Example sentences of "opportunity [to-vb] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Modules at this stage have minimal pre entry recommendations and offer opportunities to develop a wide range of skills , some of which may lead to vocational competence . |
| 32 | This places the solicitor in a less favourable position than the businessman who possesses greater opportunities to exploit a commercial relationship , possibly to the detriment of the other party . |
| 33 | Equal opportunities to earn a good living are cental to our vision of a better life for all . |
| 34 | For each item , the child is allowed a number of opportunities to produce a correct imitation . |
| 35 | If the child succeeds here , then the word ( for example , ‘ sun ’ ) is modelled in a sentence and the child is given a number of opportunities to produce a correct imitation . |
| 36 | Only a bone-headed Government would not accept that , by taking away young people 's ability to claim benefit and housing benefit and the opportunity to receive a decent reward for a training scheme , and by halving the value of the training allowance in the past 12 years , they are picking on young people who , at the same time , are being pushed ever further towards the consumer society . |
| 37 | This is an excellent opportunity to receive a substantial cash sum in the year 2001 , to enable you to celebrate in fine style . |
| 38 | A person who requests legal advice should be given an opportunity to consult a named solicitor or a duty solicitor [ solicitors in private practice who take it in turns to be available to give advice , particularly overnight and at weekends ] . |
| 39 | It 's the legacy of the Irish Football Association 's promotion , whereby fans buying tickets for last night 's Latvia game were given the opportunity to purchase a similar amount for the Republic of Ireland 's visit in November . |
| 40 | The implications are depressingly apparent in a study by Roberta Steinbacher and Helen B. Holmes which shows that young North American men and women who consider themselves sensitive to female inequality , would still choose to have male babies , at least as a first choice if sex-predetermination or sex determination with IVF would allow prospective parents in Western countries the opportunity to choose a preferred sex without the stigma that would be attached to using selective abortion . |
| 41 | She ca n't know how I value my freedom , Donald , the freedom to do what I like and take advantage of the opportunity to explore a new city , learn a new language , try my hand at a way of life I did n't know existed . |
| 42 | ‘ THERE is no doubt that today we all have the opportunity to open a new chapter , ’ said Giovanni Agnelli , boss of Fiat , Italy 's largest private-sector company , in a speech in Venice last month . |
| 43 | Now Emperor Clocks gives you the opportunity to own a classic timepiece that will stay in your family for generations and give to your children and your grandchildren the same precious memories . |
| 44 | Other fascists interpreted it as a locomotive of history : an opportunity to create a new society where the major political consequence of the war , the greater direction and control of economic activity by the government , could be harnessed for social reform in peacetime . |
| 45 | The storms have speeded up the process of new though on such matters ; more or less overnight they have provided the opportunity to create a new order . |
| 46 | Ian Jones , who founded Quayle Munro in 1983 with Mike Munro , and who is to become group chief executive of the new company , said the merger provided an exciting opportunity to create a new group which would operate as an integrated investment and merchant banking house concentrating on the provision of corporate finance advisory services and independent advice to listed and unlisted companies . |
| 47 | We had considerable reservations last week about the Prison Security Bill : we felt that our debate missed the opportunity to create a real piece of penal reform — legislation that would change our penal system radically , along the lines of the Woolf report . |
| 48 | So , as I enjoy the opportunity to create a modest tremor in the bourgeois breast myself , I have decided to present a few recipes that might be described as ‘ frighteners ’ : recipes that are totally delicious but fringed with menace . |
| 49 | Had the Prime Minister called a general election in October 1978 , as was expected , the Commons would not have had the opportunity to inflict a spectacular dismissal . |
| 50 | As you 'll recall , in the March issue of the Clothes Show Magazine , Wella offered our readers the fantastic opportunity to win a complete hair makeover . |
| 51 | The question was designed to give Klepner the opportunity to express a contrary view to Sanders , which , in effect , was that there should be no further new investment in the United Kingdom . |
| 52 | The MA in Comparative British and American Labour History ( 1880–1980 ) offers the opportunity to combine a taught programme and to write a substantial research dissertation . |
| 53 | For what it 's worth , I merely took the opportunity to discuss a radio-related matter with him when we happened to meet because I 've kept missing him at work these last couple of days . |
| 54 | IAN LANG , the Scottish Secretary , was urged by Labour yesterday to grasp the opportunity to fulfil a Tory pledge on the carrying of knives , writes Chris McLaughlin . |
| 55 | On balance it is well worthwhile for the voluntary organizations to seize this opportunity to play a fuller role . |
| 56 | It is important that the people of Northern Ireland take this opportunity to play a major part in deciding the future pattern of government in the area . |
| 57 | France had other priorities now : she was in the midst of a dramatic modernization at home , had the opportunity to play a greater role in world affairs , and did not need the distractions of a nineteenth-century problem . |
| 58 | As class leaders as well as local preachers , persons of humble birth had the opportunity to play a responsible role in their communities . |
| 59 | I have the opportunity to buy a used Aero Winch Ltd , capstan winch , outwardly quite similar to the Fairey unit . |
| 60 | Bush named Transport Secretary Samuel K. Skinner as his new Chief of Staff on Dec. 5 , and also took the opportunity to announce a new team to take responsibility for his re-election bid . |