Example sentences of "[noun] open [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 We may agree with much of Wilson 's emphasis on the need for public policy that promotes universal programmes and increases employment and training opportunities open on the same basis to all people .
2 As we have seen ( Chapter 2 ) , it is not the ideal way to start , but it is a fact of life , and the size of the budget does , to a significant extent , serve to set limits on the opportunities open to the media planner .
3 Please pray that as more opportunities open in the media they will be God-directed .
4 ONE OF the more significantly tossy tactics open to the very successful musician is the purchase of a farm .
5 The steadings had been built three sides of a square , with the fourth side open to the road .
6 If an important site is threatened the only real recourse open to the Council is to step in and purchase the land , as in the widely publicized case of the Ribble Estuary Marshes where drainage plans had been proposed .
7 SYCORAX SITS HUNCHED under the earth , her head fallen sideways , face up , on to her knees which her hands clasp ; her mouth — what is left of her mouth — gapes open in the direction of the ground above .
8 With winding street hidden behind massive stone walls , the old town is a must to visit , particularly in the cool of evening when the traders in the street markets display their wares and the old shops open after the afternoon siesta to sell gold , silver , leather and furs at reasonable prices .
9 She might seem remote to new readers when she talks proudly about being the last family at school to get a TV set , and the books open on the table at mealtimes in her parent 's house .
10 The books open on the library floor were mostly genealogical . ’
11 Battersea Power Station stands open to the rain ; the new British Library will have taken nearly 30 years to complete .
12 Now one of the tall windows on the front room stands open to the warm evening air , but there is nothing to be made out in the darkness of the room beyond .
13 The reaching for cigarettes from packets open on the table .
14 As our eyes open to the perilous state of the world , it is hardly surprising that so many sensible people are turning instinctively to the land and looking for smallholdings .
15 The only advantage identified from using the largest headhunting firms was a ‘ bigger candidate bank ’ ; it is unclear whether or not this means general pool of candidates open to the firm , or the size of their data bank .
16 The British Post Office Philatelic Bureau has an interesting exhibition gallery open to the public .
17 It was , as the Duchess said in her speech , an exciting event because Derbyshire had so few smaller manor houses of this type open to the public — and what made it all the more special was the fact that Eyam Hall is still the family home of the Wrights , who built ( or rather rebuilt ) it , a few years after the plague , in 1671 .
18 With the Rummidge A to Z open on the passenger seat beside her , she set off to find J. Pringle & Sons , somewhere on the other side of the city : the dark side of Rummidge , as foreign to her as the dark side of the moon .
19 18–4–1865 The Session learned that a new attempt was being made to have the Royal Botanic Gardens open on the Sabbath and petitioned Parliament to refuse the grant .
20 A number of nurseries are offering it now , and you are likely to find it on the plant stalls of plantsmen 's gardens open to the public .
21 Apart from enjoying the achievement of working on his own garden , the patient may also like to visit parks and gardens open to the public .
22 Gardens open to the public could also label the most dangerous plants on display — zoos , after all , take care to protect visitors from the tigers , crocodiles or snakes .
23 Attractions include : Rockingham Castle built by William the Conqueror ; Althorp House , ( family home of the Princess of Wales ) with magnificent paintings and porcelain ; Castle Ashby which has extensive landscaped gardens open to the public ; Sulgrave Manor , ancestral home of George Washington ; and the delightful Canal Museum at Stoke Bruerne .
24 From the famous Elizabethan Montacute House to Brympton D'Evercy there is a wealth of National Trust and privately owned country houses and gardens open to the public .
25 TWO gardens open to the public in Co Antrim and Co Down this weekend under the National Trust 's Ulster Gardens Scheme .
26 FOR the last lecture of the season Headley Horticultural Society members enjoyed pictures of Surrey and Hampshire gardens open under the National Gardens Scheme .
27 Sion Hill Hall open to the public , a beautiful Edwardian Country House with superb collection of antiques , also tea room , Kirby Wiske , Thirsk ( off A167 ) , 2–5pm .
28 All signals are thus essentially selective rather than instructive since they bring a minimal amount of new information to the cell , and only select from the possible responses open to the cell .
29 Such responses can also be reinforced by a lack of clarity around the options and the permitted physical responses open to the victim .
30 He could see the rectangular outline of the building and , at the top , at the harbour end , a lighted window open to the night .
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