Example sentences of "[noun sg] at the [num ord] opportunity " in BNC.
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| 1 | Make friends with your accounts department at the first opportunity . |
| 2 | The momentum of the swing forces you to turn your back on the opponent , who is waiting to counter-attack at the first opportunity . |
| 3 | Second , when the discount houses want to " test the water " for an interest rate cut , they might offer paper ½%; lower than on the previous day at the first opportunity ( that is , at 9.45 a.m. or midday ) . |
| 4 | Forcing a litigant to settle with a judge who had usurped jurisdiction , in order to avoid still higher costs in a superior court , was not likely to have enhanced the popularity of the regality court of Glasgow , and , quite apart from the fact that he was himself injured by Sproull 's actions , Montrose had little choice but to remove the bailie-depute at the first opportunity . |
| 5 | One baulked by the House of Lords would have to accept that , but would almost certainly determine to exact a price at the next opportunity . |
| 6 | I remained standing there ready to relieve his discomfort at the first opportunity . |
| 7 | Much of the mutual enjoyment of the other sex is lost if the only end in view , for at least one of the two , is to get the other into bed at the first opportunity . |
| 8 | She did n't feel comfortable and safe with anybody but Angus : he had n't tried to push her into bed at the first opportunity . |
| 9 | He had curled up on to his bed at the first opportunity and fallen fast asleep . |
| 10 | Check one of these out for your rack at the first opportunity . |
| 11 | It was a performance unworthy of the faithful supporters who had travelled from Edinburgh and one that requires to be expunged from the collective memory at the first opportunity , which is against Celtic in Glasgow tomorrow night . |
| 12 | Drama time At the next opportunity — in class time — the teacher relates the " story " of the drama so far , taking care to include reference to all the groups of children , but concluding : |