Example sentences of "opportunity [to-vb] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Holidays abroad are not just a chance to unwind , they 're an opportunity to taste a different culture , see how other people live . |
| 2 | It has been a superb opportunity to compare the varied football cultures . |
| 3 | One disadvantage of the departure from the planned scheme was , of course , the loss of the opportunity to compare the new pathway students with their colleagues continuing on a traditional course . |
| 4 | But a reorganisation last year within Telfos Holdings , Hunslet 's parent company , presented the firm with an unmissable opportunity to acquire a 100,000 sq ft factory at Telfos 's headquarters in Leeds . |
| 5 | But a reorganisation last year within Telfos Holdings , Hunslet 's parent company , presented the firm with an unmissable opportunity to acquire a 100,000 sq ft factory at Telfos 's headquarters in Leeds . |
| 6 | What can be done to give even a tenth of our people the opportunity to acquire a small stake in the land , and to replace the missing bottom rungs in the farming ladder ? |
| 7 | On the face of it , this offers a potential bidder the opportunity to acquire a complete portfolio of assets at a discount to their value by taking over the trust by buying up all its shares . |
| 8 | As a special introduction to this colourful , high-quality range of screwdrivers , 25 DIY readers have the opportunity to acquire a boxed set , worth £17.50 , free . |
| 9 | The key to a good use is that it brings people to the building who value it for its beauty and appreciate and enjoy its surroundings — not simply people who regard it as an opportunity to acquire a large amount of cheap floor space . |
| 10 | According to MacDonald and Walker ( 1976 ) , HCP offered the teacher a dream-image of himself that , far from undermining his existing professional identity , gave him the opportunity to acquire an additional identity . |
| 11 | Good , well thought out industrial or commercial experience for teachers provides the opportunity to spot the exciting curriculum vehicles and identify the challenging and enterprising educational opportunities . |
| 12 | Hartley is an astute businessman , but he never passes up an opportunity to disparage a successful competitor , and I 'm certainly not the first . |
| 13 | When Mr Walesa was in Washington last week , George Bush took the opportunity to forgive an additional $800m of Poland 's debt to America ( it has now forgiven 70% of it ) . |
| 14 | Says organiser Rob Smith : ‘ We are offering a unique opportunity to enjoy a unique series of events in unique surroundings . |
| 15 | A unique opportunity to enjoy the magical experience of a dive beneath the sea … without getting wet ! |
| 16 | This is a splendid opportunity to enjoy the fantastic visibility from the Trislander 's big windows , for many passengers the first time they have really had much of a view from an aircraft . |
| 17 | The opportunity to enjoy the finest food and wine and to relive the 450-year history of England 's most famous country inn , is offered to National Trust members at £195.00 per person , including VAT , and is applicable for any two nights between 1st November , 1990 and 31st March , 1991 . |
| 18 | The notion of justice which I find most convincing is that which tells us that we ought to seek a society in which each person is accepted as of equal moral worth and has equal opportunity to enjoy an equal share of the total sum of society 's goods . |
| 19 | A particular feature of such a view of what is just is that any attempt to translate it into practice must begin by favouring the weakest and the least advantaged , since these are the people least likely to have the opportunity to enjoy an equal share of what we have , and are thus most in need of help . |
| 20 | So , if we are concerned with what constitutes a just allocation of resources , my prescription , at the very least , would call for policies aimed at ensuring , as far as possible , that everyone had an equal opportunity to enjoy an equal share of the total net welfare of society . |
| 21 | It follows that a just society must set its policies and write its laws to ensure that everyone , beginning with the least advantaged and most vulnerable , has an equal opportunity to enjoy an equal share of the total net resources allocated to health . |
| 22 | I took the opportunity to enjoy an excellent luncheon . |
| 23 | This is only the second time that the House has been given an opportunity to debate the momentous consequences of the closure of the Bank of Credit and Commerce International . |
| 24 | Finally , it made sense with the gallery 's affairs already disrupted by the construction , to seize the opportunity to restore the original museum , reinstall the collection , and landscape the surrounding grounds . |
| 25 | Finding a competing behaviour means finding an acceptable activity for the child to engage in which robs him or her of the opportunity to perform the defined problem behaviour . |
| 26 | I should like to take this opportunity to thank the vast majority of our shareholders who have clearly recognized Palatine 's potential and have remained unimpressed by the attempted takeover . |
| 27 | We would like to take this opportunity to thank the many people who have written to us . |
| 28 | I wish to take this early opportunity to thank the hon. Member for Banff and Buchan ( Mr. Salmond ) . |
| 29 | Feargal McSorley from BAT said : ‘ Many of those who attended Tuesday 's performance are involved in drama groups within their school or youth club , so of course they are delighted to get the opportunity to see a modern classic being staged by the very talented opera company . ’ |
| 30 | The lucky denizens of East Anglia are being given a rare opportunity to see a magnificent selection of 16th century drawings loaned form the British Museum 's great collection , which is only occasionally exhibited to the general public . |