Example sentences of "[adj] opportunity for a " in BNC.

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1 One effect of the early deadline was that some teachers claimed that their reports had to be rushed and that there was little opportunity for a considered appraisal :
2 It was either recovery or recession , modernising the health service or commercialising it , investing in all children or preserving opportunity for a few , said Mr Kinnock .
3 The Fellowship represents an exciting opportunity for a high-profile research career and will appeal to those wishing to join a small and highly motivated research team .
4 Even if the government did not wish to take this opportunity for a full reform to a fair voting system , the extra six seats offered the chance of creating a more proportional system by creating a so called additional member top up to ensure under represented views gained their rightful place in Europe .
5 Guinness Draught Bitter was tested in the UK during 1991 after extensive research revealed a clear opportunity for a premium bitter in a can .
6 Stonily as he said this , it could only give the CO another opportunity for a barb .
7 The Polytechnic staff development policy requires that each lecturer shall have an annual opportunity for a development interview with a Head of Department .
8 The existence of a specialist team , it may be argued , provides a clearer opportunity for a specific model of service to be developed and implemented .
9 Governors should be an essential element in these : the current legislation gives a real opportunity for a meaningful partnership between staff and governors .
10 This is a fine opportunity for a sustained piece of writing , calling on a range of historical and artistic data , and including the art critical views not only of the author , but also criticism written at other periods .
11 The research being undertaken is a unique opportunity for a detailed cross-national comparison of the contracting systems in the UK and France through a controlled pair of case studies of construction projects .
12 The small retrospective exhibition of Alexander Calder in the Sackler Galleries of the Royal Academy , until 7 June , is a rare and welcome opportunity for a British audience to meet one of the most popular and distinctive of modern American artists .
13 The circle has to be broken if the Book Trade is not to miss a major opportunity for a logical , practical and lucrative diversification .
14 A great opportunity for a free summer musical evening
15 Staff groups may be short-term or long-term , or a mixture of both , with a core of long-term members working with short-term participants who join for an agreed number of sessions in turn — this particular structure affords a good opportunity for a school to build up a core of its own consultant teachers .
16 regulations ) A good opportunity for a spring clean and a chance to get rid of old furniture etc accumulating in your attic .
17 At no time in history has there been more opportunity for a middle-class person to rise , yet , at the same time , the possibility of falling to great depths has similarly increased .
18 The only opportunity for a large increase in revenue was thought to lie in the Gatwick Express non-stop service introduced in May , featuring air-conditioned stock on the half-hour journey from Victoria to Gatwick every fifteen minutes ( and powered on a push-pull basis by Class 73 electro-diesels ) .
19 It was the first opportunity for a small celebration .
20 We are a bit tired of getting up early ( breakfast 7.30 , start teaching at 8.30 — and that 's a concession to us lazy foreigners , since teaching starts at 8 normally here ) so Comrade Wu kindly arranged for us to have breakfast in our rooms today — the first opportunity for a lie-in we 've had !
21 There is a wonderful opportunity for a limited number of ( loud and enthusiastic ) Amnesty members and supporters to be part of the audiences for The Big Three-O and there is only one catch — you have to wear a fancy dress costume reflecting the fashions of either the 60s , 70s or 80s .
22 Online catalogue systems at present do not offer any opportunity for a contextual or open approach to searching .
23 The criminal seized on the new opportunity for a quick get-away across state boundaries .
24 ‘ This is a marvellous opportunity for a British firm to pioneer the way ahead for a new style of entertainment in Russia , ’ said Mr Driscoll .
25 This is a marvellous opportunity for a Strathclyde company to tap into the vast markets of North America , ’ Mr Baxter said .
26 King Hassan of Morocco , in a broadcast on Nov. 11 , called for an emergency Arab summit as a last opportunity for a peaceful Gulf settlement , with the Palestinian issue also on the agenda .
27 This was the last opportunity for a dress rehearsal in the New York Preview theatre .
28 The Ministry of Housing of the State of Bahrain has an attractive opportunity for a Senior Architect .
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