Example sentences of "opportunity for [verb] a " in BNC.

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1 Their supervision of mints and markets in their civitates would give plenty of opportunity for taking a cut .
2 The introduction of a partnership would provide the opportunity for developing a staff/industry interface .
3 Even as late as last May we had the opportunity for restructuring a number of committees we flunked it .
4 My tapestries and books were turning into pitch-thick smoke , and the heat , from which I had hitherto been protected , it seems , by the initial surge of adrenalin through my body , now made it plain that this was the last window of opportunity for effecting a dignified , if empty-handed , exit .
5 The daily visit to a ward provides an opportunity for hearing a report on the patients from the learner .
6 This is a marvellous opportunity for making a mirror that exactly blends in with the design and colour scheme of a particular room .
7 For those who might have missed his point however , Williams wrote for the ‘ Trinidad Guardian ’ soon after , ‘ I see in the denominational school the breeding ground of disunity ; I see in the state school the opportunity for cultivating a spirit of nationalism among West Indian people and eradicating the racial suspicions and antagonisms growing in our midst ’ .
8 There will no longer be the same opportunity for driving a maul , so why bother to get in there ?
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