Example sentences of "[verb] at the [adj] opportunity " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rangers ' pitch will now be lifted at the earliest opportunity and a new one laid in its place , so long as the work can be carried out in time for the new season . |
| 2 | Applicants who are uncertain as to the validity of their qualifications or of their present course of study , or who wish further information on any aspect of their application , are advised to write at the earliest opportunity to the Associate Dean for Admissions , Faculty of Arts Office , David Hume Tower , George Square , Edinburgh EH8 9JX . |
| 3 | He stopped at the first opportunity , and emerged with a lead of 45secs . |
| 4 | He ought therefore to disappear at the first opportunity , especially since the purpose of his stay , that of meeting Katja Müller , appeared to have lost its point … |
| 5 | The overriding principle , though , is that consultation must commence at the earliest opportunity . |
| 6 | I asked for that to be done at the earliest opportunity , the following morning at 9 o'clock . |
| 7 | The court decided that the adoption by the Secretary of State of this general policy , which had the result that the judicial views were not sought at the earliest opportunity after conviction and sentence , was unlawful . |
| 8 | With that in mind , the college plans to invite President Clinton to visit at the earliest opportunity . |
| 9 | Child abuse cases to be given priority to avoid delays and enable therapeutic help to be offered at the earliest opportunity . |
| 10 | But immediately Jessie said to Agnes , ‘ I 'm going at the first opportunity , Bible or no Bible . ’ |
| 11 | As my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for the Environment and my hon. Friend the Minister have made clear , the community charge is to be replaced at the earliest opportunity . |
| 12 | The 1989–90 Committee recommended that this should be provided at the earliest opportunity , as an adjunct to the permanent televising of the House . |
| 13 | New legislation to be introduced at the earliest opportunity to put an end to the current need for children to give live evidence and face intimidating cross examination in either open court or by video-link . |
| 14 | The Law Lords should review at the first opportunity the natural injustice of injunctions which can silence all the media at a stroke . |
| 15 | She would leave at the first opportunity , and never again would she listen to the reckless promptings of her heart . |
| 16 | The conclusions are , discrimination must end at the earliest opportunity for both men and women changes should include a full and p proper consultation exercise . |
| 17 | Support Alan on Saturday and contact him with details those items you would like auctioned at the next opportunity in December . |
| 18 | He kept a set of bags packed inside the door of Downing Street , so he could escape at the earliest opportunity to the grouse moors or trout streams . |
| 19 | The young officer , he concluded , must escape at the first opportunity or risk being classified as an unambitious ‘ no hoper ’ at an early career stage . |
| 20 | The need for additional staff should be identified at the earliest opportunity after consideration of alternative means of meeting the shortfall . |
| 21 | I personally led a vigorous campaign to get Niblet removed at the first opportunity . |
| 22 | 53 per cent of school leavers leave at the earliest opportunity — 16 . |
| 23 | This is not to say that I will desert the club I love at the first opportunity . |
| 24 | DM suggested that contact between Kerry and ECTF staff should be arranged at the earliest opportunity Marisa Main and Gillian Malcolm had assisted Tony Miller with his work to complete Flora of Arabia vol.1 . |
| 25 | Having searched this field to the best of my ability I left with the intention to return at the earliest opportunity . |
| 26 | Parents and staff at school , and local residents who use the crossing , are united in this petition for a pelican crossing to replace the current zebra crossing at the earliest opportunity . |