Example sentences of "[pers pn] [prep] the opportunity " in BNC.
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1 | Several Cabinet ministers were reported to be outraged that she had failed to consult them , depriving them of the opportunity to try to persuade her to step down in favour of a more plausible ‘ unity ’ , or ‘ stop Heseltine ’ , candidate from within the Cabinet . |
2 | Some of the more militant resisters complained that they were being ‘ diddled ’ by the ‘ ingenious , tolerance of a state which deprived them of the opportunity , welcomed by Clifford Allen twenty-five years earlier , ‘ for the young men or our generation … [ to bear ] witness to the faith that [ was ] in them . ’ |
3 | Er , the plaintiff 's case is that there was a duty to advise them of the opportunity er which arose , from the refusal of the landlords to grant a licence for assignment erm and that their failure er to er give that er advice was in breach of duty and my Lord on page eighty five of the pleadings summary er page eighty five my Lord again er in answer to the the request for what advise it is alleged the defendant should give the plaintiff on the twenty second of October nineteen ninety five , at the top of the page . |
4 | Right Rod thank you for the opportunity . |
5 | Thank you , thank you for the opportunity . |
6 | Anglo-Welsh is attempting to deprive you of the opportunity to benefit from our excellent prospects . |
7 | This provides you with the opportunity to make objections in the same way as with any other listed building and to put forward alternative solutions . |
8 | Keep up the good work — and do n't forget that this column and Postbag are here to provide you with the opportunity to air your news and views on the game ! |
9 | If so , a Raleigh International overseas expedition could provide you with the opportunity of a lifetime . |
10 | Again , many thanks for providing me with the opportunity to meet the Committee , it was very helpful . |
11 | this freedom we talk about is worthy of their support because it is for them we fight ; it is for the establishment of a social system that is going to provide them with the opportunity and the means to develop all that is best in them and the Nation . |
12 | The belief that working class men would choose idleness if at all possible and that married women 's work provided them with the opportunity was particularly strong during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries . |
13 | They would draw representatives from the business community , voluntary and interest groups , providing them with the opportunity to influence plans and priorities and comment on the quality of services . |
14 | Formerly known as Operation Raleigh , the charity aims to develop young people by providing them with the opportunity to work on demanding environmental and conservation projects in remote areas of the world . |
15 | The Scots include six full caps against the visitors ' four , and for four of the forwards , Martin Scott , Chris Gray , David McIvor , playing at No8 , and Ian Smith , the match , sponsored by Total Oil Marine International , provides them with the opportunity to get back into the selectors ' good books . |
16 | The Scots include six full caps against the visitors ' four , and for four of the forwards , Martin Scott , Chris Gray , David McIvor , playing at No8 , and Ian Smith , the match , sponsored by Total Oil Marine International , provides them with the opportunity to get back into the selectors ' good books . |
17 | How could the working class make effective use of the political power which the vote was expected to give them without the opportunity to engage in an open discussion of political principle and perspectives ? |
18 | Finding a competing behaviour means finding an acceptable activity for the child to engage in which robs him or her of the opportunity to perform the defined problem behaviour . |
19 | If it was Morrissey who would eventually encourage Stephen to write more songs ( for the set that would become the No.1 album , ‘ Viva Hate ’ , at the beginning of 1988 ) , it was Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr — now one half of Electronic with New Order 's Bernard Sumner — who provided him with the opportunity to learn his craft as the guitar player 's producer par excellence . |
20 | John and Mary , his second American film , did not satisfy his love of action , nor did it provide him with the opportunity to demonstrate his fine sense of place . |
21 | Hopefully , they would provide him with the opportunity to make contact with the pilot Vologsky . |
22 | The proposed closure at Cortonwood , Rotherham , in the heart of the militant Yorkshire Area , then provided him with the opportunity to launch a strike , under Rule 41 and the 1981 Yorkshire ballot , without , as he perceived it , any need for the potentially damaging national ballot which Rule 43 demanded . |
23 | The experience of Aden had enabled Nizan to come to terms with his own personal development by providing him with the opportunity to understand more completely the political , social and cultural causes of his psychological disorientation . |
24 | At best it would provide him with the opportunity to strike elsewhere while my back was turned , and at worst — and he 'd see it plain enough — with an excuse to raise the whole royal power against me . |
25 | Langland 's imaginative perception of Will 's growth from experiencing this tension as destructive to a state where he sees it as the opportunity for love parallels the written witness of the mystics . |
26 | Anyone who feels he can afford to risk the lion 's share of his £2,400 could have most of it in the opportunity trust . |
27 | The holiday is tremendous value for money and we feel New Millennium is doing a wonderful job in providing us with the opportunity to visit these Eastern European countries at such competitive prices . |
28 | The withdrawal of sterling from the ERM last September and the subsequent establishment of more favourable exchange rates does , however , provide us with the opportunity of countering these pressures to some extent . |