Example sentences of "opportunity of [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Signatories of GATT could institute tariff changes which might discriminate against third parties only if done over a long period of time , so giving those third parties the opportunities of adjusting to the change without suffering severe economic disruption . |
| 2 | This fact I had ample opportunities of verifying on the islands of Bass 's Straits , where I had scarcely stepped from the boat before every creature was made acquainted with my presence — no small annoyance to me , whose object was to secure the wary cereopsis and eagle , which with thousands of petrels and many other kinds of water-birds tenant these dreary islands . ’ |
| 3 | They do n't want to charge her so that she can have the opportunity of proving to the court that er she is innocent . |
| 4 | He made a special point of seeking their opinion and their cooperation in everything he undertook on their behalf ; he believed in giving his deaf friends every opportunity of sharing in the organisation of the social and religious life of the Institutes in his care . |
| 5 | More than that , it gave him the opportunity of laying on the grass at lunchtime , trying to catch sight of Lana Turner 's legs … |
| 6 | Now , if you had an opportunity of glancing at the leaflet already you will have seen that the leader for this July 's er , weekend is is Mr Henry and , I do n't think I can do any better than to spend two minutes of the time that we 've got in asking Henry if he would say a word or two of introduction to the theme for this year . |
| 7 | While we talked , I had an opportunity of glancing round the familiar room , which was even more cluttered than usual . |
| 8 | In the last general election it was encouraging to find where contest had taken place that enthusiasm for cooperative representation had been considerably increased , and in addition the opportunity of bringing before the general public the benefits of cooperation has resulted in a very material addition to the cooperative forces in the district . |
| 9 | Students who show evidence of sufficient merit may on completion of the course and at the discretion of the Course Committee be given the opportunity of transferring to the second year of an appropriate degree programme within the Faculty . |
| 10 | Within these four categories you have the opportunity of participating in the running of the college and its affairs . |
| 11 | Max Klein 's wife , Dora , however , had recently begun to tolerate this prohibition with definite , if unexpressed , ill-grace , finding that it greatly restricted her opportunity of parading before the community Max 's newly acquired Ford motor-car . |
| 12 | If the court or the arbitrator should find against the validity of the expulsion , the injured partner should as a matter of common sense be given the opportunity of retiring from the firm on short notice : relations with those party to an attempt to expel him could scarcely be expected to remain harmonious . |
| 13 | A good game to play is ‘ Kim 's game ’ [ p.60 ] with items that are relevant to the cowboy theme and , in doing so , it will give you an opportunity of explaining to the younger ones the relevance of some of the items . |
| 14 | For a start Claridges Hotel , in London 's Mayfair , where the Russians would be staying , was fully bugged by MI5 on a permanent basis ( because so many ‘ interesting ’ foreign guests stayed there ) and it was certainly not going to miss the opportunity of eavesdropping on the two leaders . |
| 15 | Speaking from NatWest 's experience of the DTI report on its role in Blue Arrow 's rights issue , Lord Alexander said : ‘ I find it a simply awful process that people of 40 years ’ experience should have to resign on the basis of judgments in the report without having the opportunity of going through the regulatory process that you in Parliament provided . ’ |
| 16 | So long as the documents have been sent to all those entitled to attend a general meeting in accordance with section 238 , it is a pointless farce to require a formal general meeting to be held in order that they may be ‘ laid ’ unless a member wants to raise questions about them at a meeting , or the auditors want to have an opportunity of talking to the members about them . |
| 17 | If the salesperson is unsuccessful at this stage , then he or she may not have the opportunity of selling to the firm again until the next model change ( and even then it is difficult trying to dislodge established suppliers ) . |
| 18 | The ropes took the first opportunity of falling into the waterfall and freezing solid , bending at unpredictable angles , more or less imitating wire hawser . |
| 19 | Say how you hope you will have the opportunity of working with the company and that you look forward to hearing the decision . |
| 20 | SIX stage-struck students from St Mary 's Sixth Form College , Middlesbrough , seized the chance of a lifetime this week when they were offered the opportunity of working with the Royal Shakespeare Company , says a recent school report . |
| 21 | Since the Minister is anxious to avoid giving a commitment to set up a further education council , perhaps he could use the opportunity of replying to the debate to rule out a possibility which was raised in the press last year . |
| 22 | I should rather like to have an opportunity of putting to the Prime Minister some of the arguments in favour of handling business through Cabinet Committees . |