Example sentences of "opportunity [prep] be able " in BNC.
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| 1 | The 34027 Locomotive Group still retain the prestigious opportunity of being able to say that it was their locomotive which took the first train hauled by a steam locomotive into Waterloo after some 25 years . |
| 2 | there is an opportunity of being able to screen it from the Farnsfield direction . |
| 3 | The public shows were given by live lecturers then , and to the eager young enthusiast — my opinion of myself , perhaps not shared by others — it was a glorious opportunity to be able to confront a real astronomer afterwards . |
| 4 | However , small libraries , ( or those who did n't send staff on many external courses ) , often looked first to the opportunity to be able to attend external courses rather than develop internal programmes . |
| 5 | Why does the hon. Gentleman think that he knows better than the people who are responsible for running the colleges who have welcomed the opportunity to be able to take decisions at local level ? |
| 6 | It 's a great opportunity to be able to meet with the Leeds Chairman and talk about the points you raised . |
| 7 | I think that also that said to me at the point that there is , people need to er , be paid attendance because otherwise you deny people the opportunity to be able to stand for council , there , otherwise you are going to end up with those that are either rich or retired as the only people who can attend a council which , and therefore we must remember that and make sure those who want to have the opportunity to participate in local government are actually compensated for their , for their erm , for their work . |