afford a view
Example Sentences
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For people who can’t afford a view suite, the main benefit of losing the viaduct is elimination of its 80-decibel traffic roar.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 14, 2019
East Germany claims the fortified frontier is purely defensive, but many watchtowers do not even afford a view of West Germany.
From Time Magazine Archive
The ramparts of Pendennis afford a view of extreme beauty.
From England, Picturesque and Descriptive A Reminiscence of Foreign Travel by Cook, Joel
The park was very extensive, and enclosed by a high wall, which had light iron gratings placed here and there, to afford a view of the surrounding country.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 340, February, 1844 by Various
She got a big chisel, to use as a lever, and between us we managed to twist the pedestal round and round, so as to afford a view of the statue from all points.
From Mark Twain's Letters — Volume 3 (1876-1885) by Paine, Albert Bigelow
