Example sentences of "[pers pn] the opportunity [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yeah , really it 's a frustrating end of it , but working for Time gives me the opportunity to be in these countries and to do a good photoreportage on the country , even though it 's very rarely published . |
| 2 | Chance , fate or whatever you want to call it was offering me the opportunity to finally get you out of my system . |
| 3 | This gave me the opportunity of using homoeopathy in a general practice setting , while at the same time dealing with more chronic cases at the hospital where we had a consultant gynaecologist , an ENT surgeon and a consultant general surgeon , each operating once a week . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | My barren womb , once so degrading , had become a positive qualification , giving me the opportunity of generating money in place of babies . |
| 6 | separate reports of the views of each of the groups to give them the opportunity for further comment ; |
| 7 | ‘ And I appeal to employers to look on our ex-service people and see in them the opportunity for the loyal , dedicated , hard-working men and women that they are . ’ |
| 8 | If teachers do not believe that their pupils are able to be more responsible for their own mathematical learning , then they are not likely to give them the opportunity to be so . |
| 9 | The public library uniquely affords the expression of all minority views , gives all of them the opportunity of acceptance , or of withering away . |
| 10 | He did , however , acknowledge that it would be neither responsible nor sensible to ignore the existence of the Action Committee , and he offered them the opportunity of a meeting with representatives of the council . |
| 11 | The Catholic Social Democratic and Labour Party ( SDLP ) did not co-operate because the assembly failed to offer them the opportunity of power-sharing which they gained in 1973 . |
| 12 | In addition the strategic role of the health authority in assessing the health needs of their population , and purchasing services to meet them , gave them the opportunity of restructuring services in ways which produce greater net benefit . |
| 13 | It gives them the opportunity of working on a real live project er which actually has an end point and is going to be used . |
| 14 | The telephone , therefore , saves time and gives you the opportunity to be more businesslike , if that is appropriate . |
| 15 | In addition what we 're actually doing is we 're building in this new fin financial planning guide which gives you the opportunity to just look at where you are just now and where you want to do in the future . |
| 16 | erm and then you can , I mean , well it gives you the opportunity to , you know bang in a bloody jazz band or whatever you wan na do in there somewhere |
| 17 | Long narrow plots often adjoin older properties and this can give you the opportunity of working existing trees and shrubs into the new design . |
| 18 | Of course , if you have a young family and feel water might be a hazard , the feature could become a raised sandpit or planter , which naturally gives you the opportunity of converting it at a later stage . |
| 19 | This will give you the opportunity of smelling the oils first , and buying only those you like . |
| 20 | It will give you the opportunity of turning your idea into commercial reality with a comprehensive training programme . |
| 21 | All you have to do is answer five questions and write a short tie-breaker to give you the opportunity of winning the title and prize of Sainsbury 's Wine Taste Challenge Winner . |
| 22 | The beautiful Thai holiday paradise of Phuket gives you the opportunity of combining the holiday of a lifetime with a top class international marathon and 10km . |
| 23 | They are usually organised by well-established foundations ( the Arvon Foundation , for example ) and they offer you the opportunity of working with and learning from well-known writers . |
| 24 | These procedures will give you the opportunity of getting your voice heard . |
| 25 | So therefore it will give you the opportunity of destroying the |
| 26 | We are giving you the opportunity of winning the shirt worn by Liverpool and Wales star Ian Rush when he beat the club 's goal scoring record . |
| 27 | I think I 'll erm , I 'll give you three marks for it , but I 'll give you the opportunity for three bonus marks now , because here am I , Mrs. Public , and I did n't understand a word of that . |
| 28 | More than that , it gave him the opportunity of laying on the grass at lunchtime , trying to catch sight of Lana Turner 's legs … |
| 29 | Although the examiner appointed by the court may submit a report which accompanies the deposition , this is merely intended to give him the opportunity of recording facts , including incidents during the examination ( for example , that the witnesses fainted or rose up and tried to assault cross-examining counsel ) ; the examiner can not indicate his opinion as to the credibility of the witness or his own impressions of the witness 's demeanour . |
| 30 | " The Trustees of the Stockport Grammar and Free School , having taken into consideration an application by the Rev. C. G. Hamilton , MA , for a Testimonial as a Candidate for the Headmastership of the Birmingham and Edgbaston Proprietary School , feel that while they should be sorry to part with services so valuable to their own school , they can not , in justice to him , refuse him the opportunity of improving his position , and they cordially wish him that success to which , both from ability and experience , he is so eminently entitled . " |