Example sentences of "opportunity [to-vb] things " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps it would be an opportunity to smooth things over , to apologise again and make a fresh start . |
| 2 | We become inwardly angry because our partner fails to live up to our expectations , instead of offering them the opportunity to discuss things with tolerance and understanding . |
| 3 | I try to do it in a way that is n't too threatening and allows the opportunity to discuss things . ’ |
| 4 | On tonight 's match , Cooper said : ‘ There 's a lot at stake and it gives us the opportunity to put things right . ’ |
| 5 | In the early 1970s Ian Hunter and John Harrington saw a niche in the market and an opportunity to do things their way . |
| 6 | The United States saw this war as an opportunity to change things in the Middle East , and celebrated the Lebanese-Israeli Withdrawal Agreement by lifting its year-old ban on the sale of seventy-five F-16 jet fighters to Israel . |
| 7 | They picked up a phone and called Max Clifford , thus providing their daughter with an opportunity to get things off her chest . |
| 8 | Nenna thought , I must take the opportunity to get things settled for me , even if it 's only by chance , like throwing straws into the current . |
| 9 | I did n't think we would have the opportunity to say things — we all got a chance to speak . |