Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb -s] [pron] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Open University offers you a lifelong opportunity to continue your education — to whatever level you want , and in a way that fits in with the rest of your life . |
| 2 | Although Daniel 's dark skin offers him the same protection as a mild sunscreen , it 's not enough to block all the sun 's harmful UV rays . |
| 3 | As we have seen , the removal of a core-electron requires an energy characteristic primarily of the atom concerned , so this technique offers us the ability to identify the constituent atoms of any sample . |
| 4 | If your hair causes you no concern , count yourself lucky . |
| 5 | The present writer owes him a particularly deep debt of gratitude . |
| 6 | ‘ We believe that Power Fluidics offers us a unique opportunity , and we are delighted to be at the forefront of the application of this technology . |
| 7 | Today the Echo offers you the chance to become one of the big match mascots . |
| 8 | The Proconsul offers him a last-minute reprieve , however , if he will repent and swear by the genius of Caesar . |
| 9 | Now parental investment is a technical concept which we do n't need to go into in this course in too great detail , suffice is to say that parental investment represents everything a parent sinks into its offspring which promotes its offspring 's reproductive success . |
| 10 | The number of applications for judicial review has none the less increased significantly over the past decade . |
| 11 | Despite his growing involvement , he ca n't scratch her from the list and another murder casts her every action in chilling , ambiguous light . |
| 12 | The drawing shows what the city and port was like in about 1200 AD . |
| 13 | Women compositors did not want equal pay , she wrote , for no girl of sense puts herself on the level of a comp all round but if the division of labour assigns her a task she can perform , what reason is there she should not do so ? |
| 14 | The barman hands her a second drink , a Tennents . |
| 15 | Much of the work evaluated in this chapter takes us a long way towards identifying mechanisms for triggering the need for investment , screening the proposals and defining them . |
| 16 | First , it is hard to accept that the subsequent payments figure reflects what the organization ‘ cost ’ to run during the year . |
| 17 | The equipment can be switched on and off by two switches on the front of the unit , and a red light tells you the power is on . |
| 18 | Rather , this chapter asks what the implications are for the administrative system , should a state develop corporatist tendencies . |
| 19 | Look back at the section on decimal place values and check : unc Notice that the place value of the last figure tells you the size of the denominator . |
| 20 | Bracing the right side gives you the only opportunity to use the left side to start the forward swing smoothly and efficiently . |
| 21 | Thirdly , the Act clearly adopts as the test of danger either ‘ the greater risk of harm ’ or ‘ the risk of greater harm ’ : an elephant may not in fact be very likely to get out of control and do damage , but if it does so , its bulk gives it a great capacity for harm . |
| 22 | This long extract gives one the general flavour of Locke 's discourse , besides illustrating some of his main propositions . |
| 23 | The result gives us a breathing space , but there is still the risk of a private member 's Bill . ’ |
| 24 | Community Action gives us the opportunity to do that and more , on a fairly large scale . |
| 25 | SOLE GIVES US A LECTURE |
| 26 | The heading of this chapter gives you a clue . |
| 27 | in the bar on the harbour serves you a drink — what ? — asks you if men could possibly land on the moon . |
| 28 | A brief look at the content of the women 's programme gives us a flavour of how homosexuality was represented : a good deal of time was devoted to an interview with Steve , a prospective female-to-male transsexual ( displaying a common confusion with homosexuality and transsexuality ) . |
| 29 | Aware of this , he spins on his back in the manner of a break dancer and the spin gives him the momentum to strike at the legs of the attacker . |
| 30 | Defoe gives us a splendid picture of an industrial landscape in the time of Queen Anne or shortly after . |