Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] the opportunity " in BNC.
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| 1 | Another great spiritual advantage was that the people 's occupation allowed them the opportunity to read good books or to engage in godly conversation whilst they were working away at their looms . |
| 2 | He did , however , acknowledge that it would be neither responsible nor sensible to ignore the existence of the Action Committee , and he offered them the opportunity of a meeting with representatives of the council . |
| 3 | ‘ Wedgwood 1993 offered us the opportunity to welcome customers to out factory and headquarters and to talk them through our various new products and promotional initiatives . |
| 4 | AN HOUR to spare on a recent visit to London gave me the opportunity to visit the famous Science Museum 's well-advertised new gallery ‘ Physics and Nuclear Power ’ . |
| 5 | This gave me the opportunity of using homoeopathy in a general practice setting , while at the same time dealing with more chronic cases at the hospital where we had a consultant gynaecologist , an ENT surgeon and a consultant general surgeon , each operating once a week . |
| 6 | ‘ Steve gave me the opportunity to make a big play early and I did it . ’ |
| 7 | A week 's leave in August 1958 gave me the opportunity to share in another aspect of island life . |
| 8 | ‘ You came to in the middle of it , unfortunately for you , but it gave me the opportunity to make a superficial examination . ’ |
| 9 | More importantly , the Fellowship gave me the opportunity to study a subject of my choice at a university of my choice : so ( who would not at that time ? ) |
| 10 | Such abilities and equipment gave them the opportunity to make the big evolutionary breakthrough which eventually lead to Homo sapiens . |
| 11 | A once-weekly trip gave them the opportunity to earn some ‘ pin money ’ and secure a change of scene from their relatively monotonous round . |
| 12 | In addition the strategic role of the health authority in assessing the health needs of their population , and purchasing services to meet them , gave them the opportunity of restructuring services in ways which produce greater net benefit . |
| 13 | You completely the wife actually what erm another good point was that you got in are , are there dependants there were certain close questions again , the fact that the wife smoked a pipe gave you the opportunity to turn round and say well that 's , that 's good , that 's a benefit because she could be classed as a non-smoker there 's just wee er opportunities there and that 's as much as I had if anyone else wants to add to these comments . |
| 14 | Mrs Thatcher has been fortunate in that retirements of several senior personnel in the early 1980s gave her the opportunity to influence promotions ; there were thirteen appointments as Permanent Secretary in 1982 alone and she has had a hand in appointing the great majority of Permanent and Assistant Permanent Secretaries since 1979 . |
| 15 | This gave her the opportunity to bleat even more madly , puffing noisily between bleats to prove how sorely she was being tried . |
| 16 | Television also gave her the opportunity to stage a bravura farewell to the nation , not just to fellow MPs , in her last speech as Prime Minister . |
| 17 | Independent means gave her the opportunity to devote her life to social causes and world peace . |
| 18 | Adam lost his spiritual purity through eating the forbidden fruit , so God gave him the opportunity to reinstate himself partially through immersion in the original water which came from Eden . |
| 19 | More than that , it gave him the opportunity of laying on the grass at lunchtime , trying to catch sight of Lana Turner 's legs … |
| 20 | This gave him the opportunity to study Ballet , Pas de Deux , Repertoire , History of Ballet , Stagecraft and Lighting , and Ballet Music . |
| 21 | Joining the army gave him the opportunity to play full time : ‘ I practised mostly all day , and in the evenings . |
| 22 | According to MacDonald and Walker ( 1976 ) , HCP offered the teacher a dream-image of himself that , far from undermining his existing professional identity , gave him the opportunity to acquire an additional identity . |
| 23 | The officer did not invite the defendant to express a preference for giving blood or urine but warned him of the consequences of failure to provide a specimen and gave him the opportunity to put forward any reasons why a specimen of blood could not be taken by a doctor . |
| 24 | But it was the patronage of Sir John Coke [ q.v. ] , one of the principal secretaries of state from 1625 to 1639 , which lay behind his rise to complete control of foreign and domestic posts in the 1630s ; and it was that achievement which gave him the opportunity both to create a new postal service and to acquire an estate in Essex worth £800 a year . |
| 25 | His works were on a small scale until in 1823 he became engineer for the Difference Engine project of Charles Babbage [ q.v. ] , which gave him the opportunity to build highly accurate large machine tools for his workshop , the best known of which was his large planing machine , built in 1831 . |
| 26 | This seems to have been an important period for Williams , for his lecture programme gave him the opportunity to broaden his contacts . |
| 27 | Basil Matthews gave him the opportunity to expand on his vision of the West Indies under the full glare of publicity . |
| 28 | The purpose of this policy was twofold : to offer new and larger horizons to the French people and to the army , so as to divert attention from Algeria ; and to safeguard France 's position from outside encroachment until such time as more favourable military and international conditions ( an end to the Algerian war and the development of a French atomic arsenal ) gave him the opportunity to unveil his long-term strategy . |
| 29 | We 'd been heavily blitzed and this gave us the opportunity to think big and boldly and to think philosophically . |
| 30 | Takahashi is one of those people I loved on sight , or with whom I just wanted to go to bed , but denied myself the opportunity , thus leaving them forever desirable in my memory . |