Example sentences of "[noun prp] take [art] opportunity " in BNC.
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| 1 | President Mitterrand took the opportunity of his visit to President Gorbachev in Kiev this week to spell out his insistence on the inviolability of Germany 's frontiers with its eastern neighbours and emphasise East German democratisation rather than German reunification . |
| 2 | At the same time Gascoyne took the opportunity of surveying the whole of Cornwall ; as a result of this new field-work a map , dedicated to Charles Bodville Robartes , second Earl of Radnor and lord lieutenant of Cornwall , was published on 27 March 1699 ; it is on what was for the period the large scale of almost one inch to the mile . |
| 3 | When , late in 1978 , Kristen and her boyfriend Kevin Ayers announced that they were leaving England to live in Spain , Branson took the opportunity to buy Ayers ' houseboat , the Duende , moored on the Regents Canal , a short distance from his old boat . |
| 4 | Twenty-three-year-old Jill Yate took the opportunity of telling her boss that , although she had had a wonderful year travelling around Europe , she was beginning to feel homesick and would soon be going back to the United States . |
| 5 | This was largely due to the fact that Ramsey took every opportunity to ask that old people should retain their dignity and as much independence as possible . |
| 6 | Will my hon. and learned Friend take the opportunity to pay tribute to the United Nations inspectors in Iraq who suffered harassment while carrying out a vital duty on behalf of us all ? |
| 7 | The Ukraine 's first ‘ modern ’ computer-integrated manufacturing centre , using a broad range of equipment from IBM Corp , has been inaugurated in Kiev at the Kiev Polytechnic Institute , and while it was there for the ceremonies , IBM took the opportunity of establishing a Representative Office in Kiev , the first to be established outside Moscow in the former Soviet Union . |
| 8 | Danie Visser took the opportunity of his selection to South Africa 's first Davis Cup team to be announced since 1978 , to protest that they have been placed in the bottom Group , so that it will take them at least three years to qualify for the World Group . |
| 9 | Dr Anusavice took the opportunity of a recent conference at the National Institute of Dental Research ( NIDR ) in Bethesda , Maryland , to remind 700 of his colleagues of something all 190,000 American dentists know , or should know . |
| 10 | Gould took the opportunity of taking Lear with him on this ornithological grand tour , and at some point managed to enlist him to work on the Birds of Europe with Mrs Gould . |
| 11 | It was in Launceston that Gould took the opportunity of parting company with Gilbert , instructing him to await the arrival in Launceston of the Comet , which would carry him on to the Swan River in Western Australia . |
| 12 | After an uncomfortable night tossing about on board the steamer , on arrival Mrs Gould , her maid Mary , and the baby were lodged at an inn in Newcastle , while Gould took the opportunity of visiting some of the islands in the estuary . |
| 13 | While the aide translated these remarks Joseph Sherman took the opportunity to glance around the room and noticed for the first time that groups of diminutive Annamese were standing quietly with their wives among the taller European men and women . |
| 14 | Ray took the opportunity to put his arm about his wife , and to shepherd her and the panting Harrison to the door . |
| 15 | Grateful to be spared the unsettling power of that dark gaze , Ronni took the opportunity to study him for a moment . |
| 16 | Ronni took the opportunity to make a scathing comment — which she was aware had the effect of adding to her sense of well-being . |
| 17 | But quotas set to ensure the sustainability of the resource were widely ignored : Russian and East European factory ships moved in for months at a time , and Spain took the opportunity to develop a host of industries back home — from ship-building to canning — based on the hake resources of Namibia . |
| 18 | The tackling of Selkirk 's back row/midfield triangle was a revelation and Graham Marshall took the opportunity to issue a reminder with Scotland 's team to face Fiji being named in midweek . |
| 19 | During the week the BBC took the opportunity to broadcast part of another pre-recorded interview on Radio 4 's ‘ File on 4 ’ , while Capital Radio broadcast a four-part feature on AIDS , again including a ‘ canned ’ interview with Patrick . |
| 20 | from 's Group Information Services department at Ipswich took the opportunity to spend some time in the USA 18 months ago , when he went to in Kansas to set up an Information Technology department . |
| 21 | At KL by Karl Lagerfeld , Klaus Steilmann took the opportunity to harangue the audience on the enviable success of this most prestigious brand within his giant apparel-manufacturing empire . |
| 22 | The peasants however , were determined to get rid of Diem , and Ho Chi Minh took the opportunity to offer his help . |
| 23 | Yeltsin took the opportunity of the summit to warn that the reform process in Russia could be jeopardized by economic problems ; Bush was reported to support early entry for Russia to the IMF , but there were no new US aid proposals . |
| 24 | ( 15 October 1777 ) Mozart took the opportunity of trying out one of the new pianofortes by the Augsburg maker Johann Andreas Stein . |
| 25 | With Llanelli held to a draw , Neath took the opportunity to leapfrog into third place with a 27–15 home win over South Wales Police . |
| 26 | Mary took the opportunity to look around the small country fair . |
| 27 | Vice-Chairman Derek Edwards took the opportunity to stress publicly the urgent need to make their campaign a national one . |
| 28 | When Mr Walesa was in Washington last week , George Bush took the opportunity to forgive an additional $800m of Poland 's debt to America ( it has now forgiven 70% of it ) . |
| 29 | Mr Penton took the opportunity to stress the importance of the Group 's many links with higher education and he confirmed that the company would continue to place great emphasis on the development of its staff — even in the present , extremely difficult , economic circumstances . |
| 30 | Patrick took the opportunity to stand up . |