Example sentences of "[noun sg] have [art] opportunity " in BNC.

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1 But beyond this , I think the prohibition in regulation 143 against making an order ‘ forthwith ’ can only apply to an order which is to take immediate effect and that a suspended order which the Legal Aid Board has the opportunity to contest in no way contravenes the regulation .
2 The witness speaks to the accused , whereby the witness has an opportunity of recognizing the thieves and the animal with its brandmarks . ’
3 However , at Cosmeston the archaeologist has the opportunity to excavate a large portion of the settlement over a long period of time and to use the results to shed light on sites where the excavators have not been so fortunate .
4 In these institutions the budding church musician has the opportunity to develop skills in conducting , performing and composing .
5 This type of order is made ex parte , the court sitting in camera , for the object of the exercise is to enable the plaintiff to enter premises and obtain access to documents or objects without the defendant having an opportunity to remove , hide or destroy them .
6 She or he would have to spend a year in general practice to have the opportunity to acquire similar skills .
7 He was there dealing not with summary remedies available to the state to which a citizen had no opportunity to state a defence but rather to additional consequences which might adversely affect a citizen should he fail in his defence to the claim to the principal sum .
8 No , the the well some of them are , those particular ones some of them are joined but they are to all intents and purposes separate in that they can be er , rented out separately they 're not tied to the house erm in that they are they go with it but the housing department have the opportunity to rent them to whoever applies for them .
9 In the second year , most students in the department have the opportunity to learn Portuguese , if they wish , and continue with it to their final year .
10 ( b ) The payer has the opportunity of contesting his liability in proceedings , but instead gives way and pays : see e.g. , Henderson v. Folkestone Waterworks Co. ( 1885 ) 1 T.L.R. 329 , and Sargood Brothers v. The Commonwealth , 11 C.L.R. 258 , especially at p. 301 , per Isaacs J. So where money has been paid under pressure of actual or threatened legal proceedings for its recovery , the payer can not say that for that reason the money has been paid under compulsion and is therefore recoverable by him .
11 No additional food should be offered during the day apart from meal-times so that the child has the opportunity to develop an appetite in time for the next meal .
12 It 's very important that when parents split up the child has the opportunity to know where both parents are living and how to keep in touch with both of them .
13 Mr Pascall 's emphasis came back time and time again to the idea of a ‘ framework ’ : ‘ The purpose of the national curriculum , ’ he said , ‘ is to ensure that there is a framework so that we can be confident that every child has the opportunity to read widely , to develop the habit of reading and to develop the love and understanding of literature .
14 Did the child have the opportunity to learn to play , relax , and enjoy itself ?
15 Having observed his or her own former situation by means of regression , the patent will then during the course of a counselling session have the opportunity to discuss what happened ( something that may never have been done before ) , to express anger at the perpetrator and possibly at others who may have guessed what was going on but perhaps did nothing to prevent it , and to understand that he or she was in no way to blame for what occurred .
16 At the end of each stage the analyst and management have an opportunity to review progress in the development of the application .
17 To-day , the world 's great athletes in almost every sport have the opportunity to earn large sums of money as a result of their skill and dedication , and no-one begrudges them that , but the Olympians compete in the Olympic Games solely for the glory and the chance of winning a gold , silver , or bronze medal .
18 Should the teacher have the opportunity to choose or decline the offer of help from a parent ?
19 The defendants could have found product liability insurance easily , ( see also on this point Flamar Interocean Ltd v Denmac [ 1990 ] 1 Lloyds Rep 434. ) and the term was universal in the trade ( but had never been negotiated by any trade association ) so that the plaintiff had no opportunity of obtaining product on other terms .
20 Over ten , half hour meetings were held so that every employee in the group had an opportunity to attend .
21 Each group had the opportunity of changing its membership at quarterly ‘ cavils ’ — events jointly supervised by management and union when faces were allocated to gangs by lot in order to even out differences in the ease of winning coal from particular seams .
22 In May , Mr and his group had the opportunity to vote with us in spending another two million pounds on the education system of this county , and now he is complaining only six months later , that we are n't spending enough , and I think we 've said before , the Conservatives have , and continue to have the opportunity for action , but they will not support their words with deeds .
23 The hon. Gentleman has the opportunity of warning us all not to speak for too long , because another important measure , concerning the civil rights of disabled people , is to come before the House today .
24 My wife has the opportunity these days of pursuing , with great enthusiasm , her hobby as a singer .
25 ( c ) A priced schedule of the builder 's standard description of work is forwarded to the subcontractor with the option that the rates are fixed by the builder and the subcontractor has no opportunity to negotiate , or the sub-contractor is given the opportunity to quote a percentage surcharge or discount off the complete schedule or individual rates .
26 I hope that the hon. Gentleman had the opportunity to tell the gentleman that he might well see me in future as I shall be returning to the town in which I was born .
27 ‘ Big Black had the opportunity to be on several major labels .
28 The national winner was Phil Shaw from Sheffield , who together with his wife had the opportunity of a lifetime to fly on Concorde .
29 Royal Institution audiences included the eminent in various walks of life , and the lecturer had an opportunity for evangelism among the mighty .
30 Has my right hon. Friend had the opportunity to read the scandalously deceitful national health service trust ballot which was put through my constituents ' letter boxes by Labour-controlled Harlow council — at an expense to the charge payers of £25,000 ?
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