Example sentences of "opportunity [to-vb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It offered wider horizons , higher status , an opportunity to wield power , and , above all , a valuable source of income . |
| 2 | There is no opportunity to compare income with capital to yield a return on capital figure which is typically used as a measure of a business 's performance . |
| 3 | A further gloss on this quieter side of his character appears during Johnson 's own reflection in ( rather than upon ) Montrose — where he comments that he has by now had an opportunity to compare Scotland 's beggars with others he has seen . |
| 4 | We had all gathered for Hamish and Tone 's traditional Ne'erday partyette ; a necessarily quietish affair during which people exchanged tales of drunkenness , broken resolutions and recipes for hangover cures , as well as taking advantage of the opportunity to compare notes regarding blank spots in the memories of any of the assembled penitents . |
| 5 | The ‘ time-out ’ procedure is intended to reduce the frequency of an undesirable behaviour by denying the child any opportunity to acquire reinforcement ( for example , getting everyone stirred up , getting his/her own way , becoming the centre of attention ) as a result of his or her misbehaviour . |
| 6 | When the opportunity to acquire Mothercare arose , the Dutchman encouraged Conran to seize it with both hands . |
| 7 | Collectors will also have the opportunity to acquire objects formerly at Marbury Hall , including a bust of the Emperor Antoninus Pius ( est. £50–60,000 ; $90–110,000 ) and a Roman marble altar from the first century A.D. ( est. £25–35,000 ; $45–63,000 ) . |
| 8 | Priority for training : when an investor opens a franchise , he is given the opportunity to acquire specialist skills through a training course covering all aspects of the business from personnel management to administration and from procurement to marketing . |
| 9 | There is the separate question of whether the opportunity to acquire Target or its business derives from management 's status as directors and employees . |
| 10 | Richard Bastow , CTC Lines joint managing director , said : ‘ We have the opportunity to rekindle Liverpool 's spirited sea-faring tradition and provide the only cruises available from the Mersey . ’ |
| 11 | In contrast , the media enjoyed the opportunity to report cases of mature women being charged with indecent offences against under-age boys . |
| 12 | This was an opportunity to enrich Matthew 's semen or , in his own colourful phrase , ‘ produce a sperm cocktail ’ . |
| 13 | This holiday club , exclusive to HCIMA members , provides the opportunity to enjoy holidays under similar terms to the special rates available to staff working for airlines and travel agencies . |
| 14 | In the craft workshop there 's the opportunity to enjoy painting and drawing , basketwork and tapestry . |
| 15 | Programmes of study should be so constructed as to give all pupils the opportunity to enjoy work in a wide range of literary forms . |
| 16 | The House of Commons was to become a representative assembly of independent members chosen by individual electors who had the right to vote and direct representation and , through this , the opportunity to enjoy government based on their consent and indirect choice . |
| 17 | It is another opportunity to promote sales and to entertain customers , and bonhomie is the order of the day . |
| 18 | Opposition Members would welcome the opportunity to debate Government and Opposition policies during the general election campaign , but , given that the Prime Minister does not have the guts to call an election , can you please ensure that , during the few remaining weeks of the Government 's period of office , Prime Minister 's Question Time will be used to ask the Prime Minister questions about Government policy ? |
| 19 | Lord Mayor , the Conservative Group welcomes this opportunity to debate reforms in the National Health Service . |
| 20 | I am grateful to the hon. Member for Gateshead , East ( Ms. Quin ) for providing the House with the opportunity to debate student support . |
| 21 | ‘ For some children it would give them the opportunity to wreak mayhem , while other , more sensitive children would be deeply affected out of all proportion to what they had done . |
| 22 | There will be an opportunity to attend rehearsals , interview finalists and take photographs . |
| 23 | A personal example : my rugby loyalty lies with Hawick , but for career reasons I live in Edinburgh , and I rarely have the opportunity to attend home games , so club membership is n't really worth considering . |
| 24 | All the other matches ended in draws but Nottinghamshire wasted an opportunity to go top of the table at Lord 's . |
| 25 | All the other matches ended in draws but Nottinghamshire wasted an opportunity to go top of the table at Lord 's . |
| 26 | 5 There 's an opportunity to go scuba-diving — something you 've never done before — in an uncharted area of warm , unpolluted sea . |
| 27 | Because here you have an opportunity to go launch yourself onto a self employed erm platform and can not provide a better platform for that and I would say that would n't I he 's thinking . |
| 28 | It is the only personal fellowship in Scottish history backed by industry and provides an excellent opportunity to support research in an underfunded area . |
| 29 | Minton , though very definitely a part of the circle , was also contemptuous of it and never lost an opportunity to poke fun at it . |
| 30 | We aim to continue to expand the magazine , provide more opportunities to our members , continue to give exposure to the work of women artists and to lobby at every opportunity to enable equality to exist within all the professional levels of the art world today . |