afford a view
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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
Hagioscope, hag′-, or hā′ji-o-skōp, n. an oblique opening in the screen or chancel wall of a church to afford a view of the chief altar to those in a side chapel or aisle, a squint.—adj.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various
This will afford a view of the dress of typical persons in the ordinary ranks of life.
From Women of England by James, Bartlett Burleigh
The temptation to watch her was very great, and Tisdale squared his shoulders resolutely and swung his chair more towards his own window, which did not afford a view of the lake.
From The Rim of the Desert by Anderson, Ada Woodruff
