Example sentences of "a opportunity [prep] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Rendezvous Dance on Friday evening and the Civic Reception hosted by the Mayor on Saturday evening provided an opportunity for delegates and visitors to relax and renew old friendships . |
| 2 | The seminar examined assessment issues in some depth , and provided an opportunity for delegates to give feedback on issues such as the design of the awards , and the additional assessment . |
| 3 | Railway and port facilities will be needed and higher levels of mine mechanization if coal production is to achieve levels which not only supply 70% of energy demand but afford an opportunity for exports . |
| 4 | BT sees this as an opportunity for companies ‘ to get started in EDI ’ . |
| 5 | The major concern for clients in debt recovery work is reporting each stage of each case , and this report facility , linked with the information already held on computer , will provide an opportunity for reports to be prepared to clients ' specifications on any given timescale . |
| 6 | ‘ However , the election of President Clinton with a very clear Irish agenda provides an opportunity for Irish-Americans to influence , in a direct and constructive way , the political situation in Ireland . ’ |
| 7 | Performances are accompanied by live or taped music , demonstrations and an opportunity for questions from the audience . |
| 8 | After the formal presentation , there will be an opportunity for questions . |
| 9 | When they return to school there should be an opportunity for students to share their experiences and explore a variety of themes . |
| 10 | they provide an opportunity for students to explain their intentions and values and to comment on their own performance , thus contributing to the collaborative nature of the assessment procedure . |
| 11 | This Conference will provide an opportunity for students and Student Enterprise Officers across Britain to meet and exchange ideas on Enterprise in Higher Education . |
| 12 | Some community organisations are concerned that Compacts might : a ) be a means of encouraging young people to leave school too early to perform menial jobs ; b ) be an opportunity for employers to recruit selectively without using proper procedures ; c ) allow discrimination according to gender , race and disability ; d ) discourage the development of different philosophies springing from different cultural backgrounds and points of view ; e ) develop an unchallenging , potentially exploited , workforce . |
| 13 | Project work is an opportunity for learners to express their own ideas , feelings and opinions , which stimulates their critical awareness , logical thought and creativity . |
| 14 | It gave an opportunity for entrepreneurs to acquire the lands , workshops , fishponds and mines which the monks had worked , and to integrate them into the developing secular economy . |
| 15 | There is an opportunity for agencies to redefine the business they want to be in , and find ways of building business and opportunity in areas once not perceived as part of advertising . ’ |
| 16 | However , someone in Wilson 's office proceeded to leak my name to the press , which used it as an opportunity for jibes at him , particularly as he had contrived an impression that the negotiations had succeeded because of him . |
| 17 | She also pointed out , quite rightly , that exhibitions can mislead the public in that it is seldom , if ever mentioned , that the events have no real relevance , except as a means of entertainment and an opportunity for players to earn more money in a fairly relaxed mood . |
| 18 | The competition also offers an opportunity for players to appear at Wembley . ’ |
| 19 | In reporting a national conference in February 1988 , Earley ( 1988 : 64 – 5 ) reported : As for the future of annual governors ' reports and APMs , most participants agreed they provided an opportunity for governors , teachers and parents to work together . |
| 20 | The APM and the report provided an opportunity for governors to explain , justify and evaluate what they had been doing , especially with regard to the quality of education offered . |
| 21 | This is presented in legislation as an opportunity for parents and the local community to run their own schools with funding direct from central government . |
| 22 | There is an opportunity for parents as well and their course starts next Thursday . |
| 23 | It provides an opportunity for researchers in academic institutions , central and local government , the private sector and other agencies to meet and discuss the discipline generally , as well as the specific papers and themes . |
| 24 | 'As you all know , this was to have been a happy occasion , an opportunity for members old and new to join together and indulge ourselves with history in pleasant surroundings , linked in our common interest by the traditions of the Circle . |
| 25 | But there will be an opportunity for members to look at the present programme which will need pruning to get it down to those guidelines , and they can obviously make any comments they wish to , or any advice they wish to give the P A G in terms of individual schemes or the detail . |
| 26 | CAMI agrees that direct marketing is an opportunity for effects as creative as anything that television can do ; his company recently produced a brochure for a property development called The Fountains which featured a front cover made of plastic , filled with water and a handful of coins . |
| 27 | A TEN pin bowling competition between a LASMO Pakistan team and a group from HMS Chatham provided an opportunity for contestants to display some unusual techniques . |
| 28 | This will provide an opportunity for lecturers and moderators to discuss student grades and borderline cases . |
| 29 | Finally , for three weekends beginning on 8 May , the artists ' quarter of Saint Gilles is hosting a third series of ‘ Parcours d'Artistes ’ an opportunity for experts and general public alike to visit artists ‘ at home ’ in their studios and view some of their works . |
| 30 | The conference director , John T Masterson , says that the conference is intended to provide an opportunity for professionals and students to exchange communication ideas . |