Example sentences of "offered a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Application for a grant should be made at the same time as the application for an audition in order that you can be sure of your position should you be fortunate enough to be offered a place . |
| 2 | It is possible that your local authority may ask you to audition for them after you have been offered a place . |
| 3 | Maybe I could have been offered a discount if I brought my wife next time . |
| 4 | ‘ I was offered a restaurant in Cheltenham about five years ago , but I did n't even consider it . |
| 5 | However , as you know , most of my savings had vanished while I was unemployed and when I was offered a very nice flat near the school , the financial advantages of making that my single home base seemed overwhelming . |
| 6 | I was offered a cleaning job that I did n't much like the look of so I left quietly before the final curtain . |
| 7 | I was even offered a van to help me move . |
| 8 | The future depended on decisions I could not possibly predict , but at least I had now been offered a shadow of a lifeline , and that , for the moment , would have to do . |
| 9 | In the particular case in question , the complainant 's father had not been offered a bed by the health authority , although he was assessed as needing nursing care . |
| 10 | The late appearance of Lonrho 's Tony Rowland in the guide of Fairy Godmother — or is it the Wicked Witch ? — offering to wave the magic wand and change the bulk of the debt into convertible preference shares could have offered a reprieve . |
| 11 | Consort Hotels have generously offered a free weekend for two — plus one dog — at The George Hotel , Montrose , Scotland . |
| 12 | Pete accompanied him to training and Andrew was at last offered a Civil Servant post . |
| 13 | He was appointed to numerous official committees ; a rumour , denied by Mr Lo , held that he was also offered a seat on the Legislative Council . |
| 14 | After winning the second game , Timman immediately offered a draw in the unfinished opening game of the match . |
| 15 | ‘ I have offered a prediction to several officials of the Soviet government that , on the present slow course , the reforms run a very high risk of being set back by a general collapse of confidence in the rouble — an inflationary disintegration , ’ Mr Angell said . |
| 16 | While the police had been offered a rise of 9.25 per cent , ambulance staff , who earned only £10,000 after qualification , were being offered 6.5 per cent . |
| 17 | Another subject on which intense confusion remains is whether or not the US was ever offered a chance to apprehend General Noriega ( wanted in Florida on drugs charges ) . |
| 18 | Businessmen who support General Noriega have offered a $250,000 ( £156,000 ) reward for the assassination of six of the general 's enemies , according to a letter published yesterday in a pro-government newspaper , AP reports . |
| 19 | But now my personal life has been … simplified , and I 'm back two doors away from where it all started , maybe I 've been offered a new beginning . ’ |
| 20 | I was offered a choice of steak and kidney pudding or a couple of chunks of local pig . |
| 21 | And now he was offered a professorship at another university . |
| 22 | You do n't want to work hard for a year establishing your act , get offered a tour , and then find that your drummer wo n't give up his milk round . |
| 23 | In this situation , you may only need to wave your tape under the right A&R person 's nose to be offered a recording contract . |
| 24 | It is by no means unheard of for a band to be offered a deal on nothing more than a ‘ concept ’ . |
| 25 | The lucky few who are offered a recording contract must understand what they are signing . |
| 26 | The non-performing writer could be offered a firm one-year deal with options covering the next four years . |
| 27 | In this article , I have assumed that a band has reached this second stage by being offered a recording contract . |
| 28 | I 'd finished my foundation year earlier that summer and , although I 'd been offered a fulltime place — and grant — to do my Fine Art degree in painting , I blew it out . |
| 29 | He was offered a job on the production side , which would have entailed being a works superintendent . |
| 30 | Offered a free bed and nosebag , Tony is there like a rat up a drainpipe . |