Example sentences of "opportunity [to-vb] in [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Without prior purchase there was little opportunity to invest in land , except for those " professionals " tapping its rising value indirectly through offering mortgages . |
| 2 | The latter , fully engaged in this process , has little opportunity to go in pursuit of relevant insights from the informing disciplines . |
| 3 | An inept clearance by Wright , who was in the left-back position , gave Celtic an unexpected opportunity to go in front . |
| 4 | ( A simple example of a missed chance would be a recent lesson in which the pupils were asked to write to Paris to buy a painting for a local authority : there was no consultation with the French Department , and no opportunity to write in French at all ! ) |
| 5 | Here , some teachers found themselves , often for the first time in their careers , with the opportunity to engage in depth with a small number of individuals , yet were not always able fully to exploit the possibilities because sustained questioning and discussion at that level required them to have a clear framework of the kinds of question they wished to promote and a grasp of the ways a sequence of such questions related to the wider map of the curriculum area in which a particular learning task was located . |
| 6 | It offers an opportunity to engage in group delinquency and , occasionally , in group fights . |
| 7 | Perhaps the most positive outcome , on a personal basis , has been the opportunity to participate in discussion and share ideas on an area of my work which I have not previously discussed in depth . |
| 8 | Equally it is the case that the lack of opportunity to participate in employment blocks the development of the social career . |
| 9 | Isolation from centres of further education meant that these young folk often had no opportunity to participate in training and would welcome the opportunity of taking part in training courses such as welding , building maintenance , shearing , etc , which might improve their chances of employment in a rural area . |
| 10 | The learner should have the opportunity to participate in ward rounds and case conferences relating to patients in her care . |
| 11 | The Speaker 's Commission stressed that the ‘ entitlements ’ of citizenship should be protected : ‘ The Commission considers that it is the duty of government to enable people to have an equal opportunity to participate in citizenship . |
| 12 | What I am going to miss is the opportunity to pontificate in peace , without let or hindrance , as Punch has let me do for eight years . |
| 13 | AT LAST the electors have an opportunity to put in power a government that will look after the needy instead of the greedy . |
| 14 | Rouen and Impressionist Normandy , Mozart 's Vienna , Madrid and the Treasures of Castile , New England in the Fall and a cruise of the Rhine are just a few of the overseas holidays available , while the UK Breaks give people the opportunity to study in depth a subject or area such as Historic Houses of Wessex or the Gardens of Mercia . |
| 15 | Will the Lord President of the Council , as a fellow Scot , tell me whether he has had the opportunity to study in depth the implications of the ICM opinion poll ? |
| 16 | We now have the opportunity to demonstrate in practice that our more hybrid approach is better suited to the needs of the next decade . |
| 17 | this would provide an ideal opportunity to examine in detail ways of increasing access to white water for canoeists as part of our wide-ranging intention to increase access to all aspects of our countryside . |
| 18 | You 're here , you 're on trial , you can see him being accused of all sorts of things , defend yourself , job your opportunity to clarify in front of us , we represent the people . |
| 19 | We hope the council will now take the opportunity to act in accordance with the wishes of the majority of villagers . ’ |
| 20 | THE William Shakespeare Express gives a splendid opportunity to travel in style to Stratford-upon-Avon , pulled by a restored Great Western Railway express steam locomotive . |