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
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The other three men forthwith stepped to the nearest port that would afford a view of the chase, and gazed eagerly ahead.
From With Airship and Submarine A Tale of Adventure by Hodgson, Edward S.
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 was so arranged as to afford a view of Mount Salak to the southern windows of the Governor-General's residence.
From A Visit to Java With an Account of the Founding of Singapore by Worsfold, W. Basil (William Basil)