Example sentences of "give [noun prp] the opportunity " in BNC.
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1 | Roger Alwen , the club 's joint owner , said : ‘ We have given Greenwich the opportunity to lead British football into the 21st century . |
2 | The question was designed to give Klepner the opportunity to express a contrary view to Sanders , which , in effect , was that there should be no further new investment in the United Kingdom . |
3 | Germany 's position on the developmental ‘ gap ’ between East and West Europe , between the feudal and industrial worlds , meant that Germany was subject to fear of Western competition and envy of Western colonial markets ; the proximity of poorly developed lands to the East gave Germany the opportunity to rectify its lack of colonial holdings and to sink its internal problems in external conquest . |
4 | This little side-play caused Peggy to stop and wonder , and it also gave Lizzie the opportunity to try to bring a smile to her daughter 's face and perhaps ease the tension she saw there . |
5 | His continued appearance on the public platform and his considerable oratory skills gave Williams the opportunity to enhance his growing reputation as a spokesman for the ‘ common man ’ . |
6 | The French gave Bismarck the opportunity for this . |
7 | After Oldsmobile 's factory burned down in 1901 , Ransom E Olds was forced to turn to contractors for the assembly of his single cylinder engine , and gave Leland the opportunity to prove his theory . |
8 | Thankfully the distraction of the door opening gave D'Arcy the opportunity to hide his surprise as Ahn carried in a silver salver and two tulip crystals filled with Bruno Paillard . |
9 | This gives MacMillan the opportunity in the first act , which is brilliant , to introduce his characters in solos of vivid personality while Rose 's vision of her lost Prince provides a poetic pas de deux . |
10 | NT is a more powerful alternative to Windows For Workgroups , Brown says , and this market niche gives Microsoft the opportunity to undermine Novell from the low end rather than take it on head-to-head . |
11 | The breakdown of national pay bargaining in the power industry gives NIE the opportunity to quickly reduce demarcation and improve labour efficiency and gradually bring pay rates employment market . ’ |
12 | Hill , who survived a late collision with Berger 's Ferrari lost a lot of time in the traffic and this gave Gerhard the opportunity to close up in the closing stages . |
13 | The political and intellectual ‘ zeitgiest ’ of England in the Thirties appears to have suited James ' radical and romantic temperament ; this period of intense political ferment gave James the opportunity to become embroiled in the great political and ideological debates that so dominated the times . |
14 | Frank also gave Crawford the opportunity to dream up stunts that would put his previous daredevilry in the shade . |