Example sentences of "have an opportunity " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is healthy eating available in today 's RAF , and with messing committees to ensure that everyone has an opportunity to contribute their views and ideas , there seems wider appreciation of the skills of today 's cooks and of the results that they achieve with their limited financial resources . |
| 2 | Similarly , on retreats such as this one , the fire of the Holy Spirit has an opportunity to burn away the dross of the Church and even of doctrine that may obscure the faith that is central to all we believe and hope for . |
| 3 | Now , Major has an opportunity to redress the balance and , at first sight of his celebratory reshuffle , he does not appear to be squandering it . |
| 4 | The new church has an opportunity to start afresh and keep clean and clear and strong relationships . |
| 5 | The witness speaks to the accused , whereby the witness has an opportunity of recognizing the thieves and the animal with its brandmarks . ’ |
| 6 | Fortunately you have a chancre which has appeared soon , and this means that the system has an opportunity to right itself as far as it can , having got rid of some of the trouble . |
| 7 | ‘ the basal reason for binding the creditor with equities arising from the conduct of the husband is that in substance , if not technically , the wife is a volunteer conferring an important advantage upon her husband who in virtue of his position has an opportunity of abusing the confidence she may be expected to place in him and the creditor relies upon the person in that position to obtain her agreement to become his surety . |
| 8 | In commissioning music the Church has an opportunity of affirming the importance for society of musical creativity . |
| 9 | There are many gaps in his legal knowledge that he now has an opportunity to make good , as he never will again . |
| 10 | The Minister has an opportunity to stand up and be counted by the travelling , suffering public in Scotland . |
| 11 | Within the framework of this short debate the Minister has an opportunity to say whether the Government will give any substance to their words . |
| 12 | The Minister now has an opportunity to clarify that position . |
| 13 | The Home Secretary has an opportunity to extend the scope of grants to local authorities under section 11 of the Local Government Act 1989 . |
| 14 | The terms of the motion may not be welcome to all hon. Members , but what he has to say deserves to be aired and I hope that the House will ensure that he has an opportunity to make his point today . |
| 15 | For the moment and until Philips and their partners finally launch their product , CDTV has an opportunity to scoop a substantial segment of the market . |
| 16 | If you ca n't slow down , then deliberately pause so that the person who 's listening to you has an opportunity to mentally catch up on what you 're saying . |
| 17 | It 'll be many months before the case next comes to court but Linda Joyce is happy at last she has an opportunity to clear her name and that her case has opened the way for others in a similar position . |
| 18 | But the company has an opportunity to make other gains through a 50 per cent stake it has secured with BP in five surrounding blocks where an intensive exploration programme will begin later this year in an attempt to discover other ‘ elephant ’ fields . |
| 19 | Yet , seriously enough so she has n't had she has n't , so she has an opportunity to put herself in your shoe . |
| 20 | These are usually temporary measures which can be obtained quite swiftly and will involve the court directing the developer not to carry out the development until the court has had an opportunity to consider the dispute in detail . |
| 21 | Commissioners were accordingly appointed to make perambulations in the forests of Devon and Surrey : they were to be returned into the Chancery before Christmas , but were not to be put into effect until the officers of the central administration had had an opportunity of comparing them with the earlier perambulations of Edward I 's time . |
| 22 | Has he had an opportunity to hear their French colleagues on France Musique , Radio 3 's French equivalent ? |
| 23 | Those members of the public who have not had an opportunity to experience contact with the mentally handicapped except in the most superficial way inevitably draw their opinions from the concepts portrayed in the mass media and , above all , from what they see on television . |
| 24 | They will have had an opportunity to become familiar with NACAB 's anti-racist and equal opportunities policies , as well as expectations in terms of time commitment , standards expected and training requirements . |
| 25 | The tigress was undoubtedly familiar with every foot of the ground , and not having had an opportunity of killing me at the rocks — and her chance of bagging me at the first hairpin bend having been spoilt by the kakar — she was probably now making her way through the dense undergrowth to try to intercept me at the second bend . |
| 26 | One assumes from this that there should be no repeat of the Investment Business Regulations debacle but , until such time as the Institute has had an opportunity to demonstrate that it can resist the temptation to create any further unnecessary bureaucracy , members are likely to be justifiably sceptical . |
| 27 | He had taken the Thompson with him for a practical demonstration and afterwards had not had an opportunity to exchange it for the army 's normal issue Sterling gun . |
| 28 | This is to certify that Color Serjeant Nicholl served in the Grenadier Company of the King 's Regiment for twenty one years , and being myself one of the Officers of the Company during the greatest part of that period , I have consequently had an opportunity for closely observing his character and conduct , therefore it is but doing him that justice which his uniformly good behaviour merits , to state that I have never ( in his station in life ) met with a more truly steady or strictly honest a man . |
| 29 | Once you 've had an opportunity to enjoy it , to see it , you would n't mind letting others share it . ’ |
| 30 | I have had an opportunity of reading the judgment of Balcombe L.J . |