Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [art] opportunity " in BNC.
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| 1 | The EPA had ruled that any plant operator wishing to do so must first notify the public , allowing them an opportunity to challenge the change . |
| 2 | ‘ I am not bitter about that , only grateful to Arbroath for allowing me the opportunity to put what I have learned over the years into practice , ’ said McGrain , who was awarded the MBE in 1983 for his services to the game . |
| 3 | Since the advent of a car-ferry system connecting Denmark , Norway , Shetland , Faroe and Iceland , it has become easier for me to take a vehicle over and , because the ferry terminus in Iceland is in one of the eastern fiords called Seyðisfjördur — see data capture sheet , this has given me the opportunity of exploring the north and east coast of Iceland in greater detail . |
| 4 | I am delighted that the hon. Gentleman has given me the opportunity to report to the House the latest figures for inward investment . |
| 5 | There was one little bit of leftover , as you 've given me an opportunity before I depart , and that was that erm we did discuss earlier today , under this heading the possibilities of erm their being sites on the inner edge or between the built up area , or there might become sites between the built up area and the inner edge of the greenbelt , I think the implication was they may be in Ryedale . |
| 6 | ( 2 ) Allowing the appeal , that before making the prohibited steps orders the justices should have informed the parties of their intention and given them an opportunity to make submissions as to whether such orders were appropriate ; that the justices had had no jurisdiction to make an order prohibiting the parents from having contact with each other because such contact was not a step which could be taken by a parent in meeting his responsibility towards his child and thus was outside the terms of section 8(1) of the Children Act 1989 ; that , on the evidence they accepted , the justices had been plainly wrong to refuse to make the interim care orders ; and that , accordingly , the court would substitute interim care orders relating to both children ( post , pp. 271B–D , H — 272A , F , H — 273A ) . |
| 7 | ‘ For some children it would give them the opportunity to wreak mayhem , while other , more sensitive children would be deeply affected out of all proportion to what they had done . |
| 8 | This would give them the opportunity to explain why they think their company 's product is the best , and at the same time , you can decide which one offers the most appropriate product for you . |
| 9 | The approach of the district judge at this stage of the proceedings is clearly crucial , although , whatever approach may be adopted in practice towards the parties , the review does at least give them the opportunity to meet and survey the relative strength of their cases . |
| 10 | The intention of the environmentalists who had campaigned for the referendums was to make it necessary for parliament to pass new legislation , since this would give them the opportunity to press their demands for much stricter controls . |
| 11 | How can you give them the opportunity to make alterations to the rules to give them " ownership " of a game ? |
| 12 | ‘ Maybe we can give them the opportunity to do something new , to wake up a little bit of the market . |
| 13 | It does give them the opportunity to provide the facilities , and on top of that on top of classification we now have grading , where every aspect of that hotel 's operation is examined and inspected and they are giving erm the classification as well as the grading , which could be highly commended or commended , and to give you some idea , out of the hotels in this region , you know , very , very few so far have reached the highly commended accolade , and those that do are well worth it , you know . |
| 14 | Madam Chairman if I may just make a comment of concern that information was not , on this point was not forthcoming to the county councillors of that area perhaps to make er give them an opportunity to make comment prior to you so you could make this delegated action . |
| 15 | ‘ I will take the Opposition seriously on crime when they support , for example , the Prevention of Terrorism Act — and we will give them an opportunity to do that within a few days , ’ he said to Tory cheers . |
| 16 | This consists of fortnightly meetings within each department of the hotel which offer all staff a chance to discuss the way their hotel is run and allows them an opportunity to make suggestions for ways to improve the service they provide . |
| 17 | Anyway , one day at a time : tomorrow I go to Durham and , as Mother said ’ — she pursed her lips now — ‘ it will give me an opportunity to wear some of the clothes I have been spending my money on . |
| 18 | That will give me an opportunity of passing on any messages — of a verbal nature only , I regret to say ! |
| 19 | The Government have a duty and I am here to answer it — — if the House will give me an opportunity . |
| 20 | It will give me the opportunity to win my money back . ’ |
| 21 | Des said : ‘ This trip will give me the opportunity to see how the adopted project is doing and feed back some information to Edinburgh . ’ |
| 22 | Just to add to what 's been said erm there , there have been some points raised er along the lines I 've mentioned and as a result of that erm it is felt that erm notification to members who are not on the application sub-committee of applications which affect their ward area could be improved and that is er I hope to be the subject of a report to the next meeting of the Application Sub-Committee , so that er matter i is something which is , which is being picked up and will be considered by that sub-committee but it does give me the opportunity to say that erm the definition of a complaint i is certainly not a precise one and I certainly would n't want members of this committee to feel that I was being complacent er as a result of there only being three complaints that we received . |
| 23 | From Strauss to Sullivan , William Walton to West Side Story , this summer will bring you the opportunity to listen to these musical greats in beautiful surroundings . |
| 24 | She was brought back to her mother 's voice , as though enticing her , yet with a slight sneer in it now , saying , ‘ It would give you an opportunity to wear some of those clothes you 've been spending your money on lately . ’ |
| 25 | A good game to play is ‘ Kim 's game ’ [ p.60 ] with items that are relevant to the cowboy theme and , in doing so , it will give you an opportunity of explaining to the younger ones the relevance of some of the items . |
| 26 | That will give you an opportunity to spot missing fasteners , cracked fairings , corrosion and chipped paint : then deal with them . |
| 27 | If we set something up like that , it does give you an opportunity to revisit the competencies that were supposedly achieved during part one and part two . |
| 28 | What we do say is that we will give you an opportunity erm er if you like a platform for er for earning good money |
| 29 | Hope we can give you an opportunity . |
| 30 | If they do , they must give you an opportunity to object or ‘ opt out ’ . |