Example sentences of "[subord] offer an " in BNC.

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1 Although this programme can not do more than offer an introduction to the mastery of the skills needed by instructors , it is nevertheless of considerable importance in that it is a measured and significant attempt to provide the sort of training upon which the success of YOP and , even more important its successor , the Youth Training Scheme , will depend .
2 Services also tend to take this segmented approach rather than offering an integrated package of support services to families .
3 On the other hand , the HMI 's nine areas of experience , although offering an interesting alternative , appear to have a certain arbitrariness about them , especially when one ( technological ) is added with no explanation as to why .
4 The drama student , on successfully completing an acting or stage management training course at an NCDT accredited school registers with Equity , thereby becoming eligible for membership of the union if offered an engagement in any of the areas of work listed above .
5 Nevertheless , even allowing for these exceptions , the traditional division into figurative and non-figurative regions is largely valid , and you should be extremely suspicious if offered an Afghan or Bokhara rug that contains human or animal forms .
6 It is certainly true that , when offered an explanation that conflicts with our beliefs , we can reject the explanation on the ground that , since our beliefs are true , it must be false .
7 These are perhaps more appropriate when offering an American OTC stock .
8 Michael Heseltine , the former British Defence Secretary , warned the Royal Institute of International Affairs on 23 November that the Soviet Union had identified environmental anxieties in Western Europe and the United States as offering an opportunity for mischief-making .
9 The notion of acquired distinctiveness was originally devised by theorists wedded to an associationist interpretation of all forms of learning ( Miller and Dollard ( 1941 ) , drawing heavily on the S-R theory of Hull ( e.g. 1939 ) ) , who were thus seen as offering an associative account of perceptual learning .
10 The advantages to the supplier of having prompt payment outweigh the cost of providing this discount , as well as offering an incentive to retailers to trade with that supplier .
11 Bickersteth was at pains to make clear that the time had come to discount " scientific " discourses as offering an appropriate professional identity for English studies :
12 Jesus will be presented as offering an invitation — just as he did to his disciples — an invitation freely given and freely accepted or rejected .
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