Example sentences of "a opportunity for [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | When they return to school there should be an opportunity for students to share their experiences and explore a variety of themes . |
| 5 | An opportunity for escape occurred shortly afterwards when she and Wordsworth set off on a walking tour into the Wye Valley . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Project work is an opportunity for learners to express their own ideas , feelings and opinions , which stimulates their critical awareness , logical thought and creativity . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . ’ |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | The competition also offers an opportunity for players to appear at Wembley . ’ |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Hopes that a cut in German rates would somehow create an opportunity for UK rates to fall were shortlived yesterday . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | As well as bringing girls into an industrial environment , this programme provides an opportunity for girls to see Signal and Telecommunications ‘ at work ’ . |
| 17 | A man who has skills of basic cooking , cleaning and mending already within his grasp is better prepared ; and by the same token , retirement provides an opportunity for women to learn some ‘ male ’ skills , such as wiring plugs , changing tap washers , and other household repairs so that , if she should be widowed , she will not feel totally helpless . |
| 18 | Many of us saw this as an opportunity for mankind to make a small gesture of recompense to the cetaceans ( the whale family ) for the abuses we had inflicted upon them . |
| 19 | The general election was an opportunity for voters to say that they do care about the future . |
| 20 | I have for long been concerned to provide an opportunity for children to revise their choice of school between the ages of 11 and 13 . |
| 21 | To provide an opportunity for pupils to use and extend inquiry and communication skills developed in class work . |
| 22 | It was an opportunity for people to see the positive side of dog ownership , and we readily agreed to produce a team . |
| 23 | City YMCA cross-community co-ordinator David Porter believes the programme is an opportunity for people to meet , develop friendships and awareness of the issues which both divide and unite them . |
| 24 | The first six relate directly to the Earth Summit , the last two provide an opportunity for people to get more involved in practical initiatives and to help to raise more pledges for the Tree of Life within your local community . |
| 25 | However , in the arrangements made for the investiture of Henry , the king 's eldest son , as prince of Wales , Salisbury , now lord treasurer , saw an opportunity for Cranborne to win royal favour and he was summoned home to share the privilege of holding the king 's train at the ceremony on 4 June 1610 . |
| 26 | Group treatment can also provide an opportunity for patients to share experiences and learn from each other . |
| 27 | A period as a hospital inpatient is an opportunity for patients to break the habit , particularly those who have disease related to smoking or are at high risk , such as those with diabetes . |
| 28 | The more ancient Antarctic specimens provide an opportunity for meteoriticists to compare the types of planetary debris that followed orbits around the Sun and across the Earth 's path half a million years ago , with those colliding with the Earth today . |
| 29 | The political turmoil in England following the deposition of Edward II was too good an opportunity for Bruce to miss , even though the truce of 1323 still had nine years to run . |
| 30 | On Friday 17 July there will be an opportunity for graduates to visit the Social Sciences Faculty 's new building in Woodland Road and to hear presentations by some of the Faculty 's leading researchers . |