Example sentences of "[adj -er] opportunity for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gradgrind 's becoming an MP in Hard Times gives him further opportunity for satire : Parliament figures as ‘ the national cinder-heap ’ ( HT ii 11 ) where the MPs , ‘ the national dustmen ’ , get up ‘ a great many noisy little fights amongst themselves ’ ( HT ii 12 ) , and the image recurs in Our Mutual Friend when CD apostrophizes the nation 's legislators : ‘ My lords and gentlemen and honourable boards , when you in the course of your dust-shovelling and cinder-raking have piled up a mountain of pretentious failure , you must off with your honourable coats for the removal of it , and fall to work … or it will come rushing down and bury us alive ’ ( OMF iii 8 ) . |
| 2 | The absence of the Lesothan men creates further opportunity for Lesothan economic advancement . |
| 3 | Eas , eas , easy travel , easier opportunity for people to , to spread their investment . |
| 4 | The Women Artists Slide Library will be supporting both events in Madrid and in Graz and will be trying to participate in future talks about the development of IAWA and further opportunities for women artists generally . |
| 5 | There are further opportunities for parents to provide active support to the school and for greater informal contact between parents , governors and staff . |
| 6 | A non-competitive literacy test ( in Sesotho ) is recommended to be taken at the end of the first cycle or any time thereafter prior to the final examination since mastery of literacy skills is seen as the first priority in primary school education in Lesotho — ‘ if learners are to profit from further opportunities for education in or out of school . ’ |
| 7 | Extra-curricular activities including sports , drama , music , chess and gym clubs provide further opportunities for children to gain new successes so boosting their self-confidence . |
| 8 | The new fifth television channel , wherever it is situated , will open up further opportunities for programme-makers when it starts up at the end of 1993 . |
| 9 | Mr Goodstadt says : ‘ Until recently , further opportunities for planting were becoming increasingly restricted to the residue of highly sensitive uplands , where contentious applications conflicted with the interests of wildlife , landscape and water resources . ’ |
| 10 | Extra sections at the end of each issue , and after the Grammar review and Grammar practice sections , provide further opportunities for language practice and development . |
| 11 | The importance of the ley crop , particularly clover , in an arable system in this contest is that it not only provides diversity , but also a better opportunity for wildlife , particularly plants and insects , to complete its annual cycle than do crops which are cleared every year . |
| 12 | The Senator from Louisiana proposed the taxing of all large incomes to provide every American family with a lump sum of $5000 , an income of $2000 , a car , a radio , a washing machine and better opportunities for education . |
| 13 | It gives those of a less privileged social background better opportunities for appointment and promotion . |
| 14 | Decreasing mobility and retirement are likely to reduce daytime activities and there will be a greater opportunity for daytime naps , particularly after lunch . |
| 15 | The atmosphere tends to be less formal and there is greater opportunity for integration both between staff and students and between the students themselves . |
| 16 | Julian Crozier welcomed the development and said , ‘ With the completion of this link there will be a greater opportunity for Northern Ireland jobseekers to access all UK vacancies and beyond that , the European jobs market . ’ |
| 17 | The environments are similar ; without doubt the single most important difference is the greater opportunity for recruitment from adjoining forest , steppe and alpine regions in the north . |
| 18 | Influence is to do with ‘ non-material ’ power and is not tied to positional power or title — though having this resource may offer greater opportunities for influence . |
| 19 | Education , in recent years , has been characterised by less rigidity , less concentration and greater opportunities for mobility , but all these features become more apparent higher up the educational pyramid . |
| 20 | The polytechnics were from this point onwards to have greater opportunities for development than other colleges , as a result of the operation of two factors . |
| 21 | Claiming a widespread dissatisfaction with the quality of education being provided by LEA schools , and promising greater opportunities for parent power to preserve local accountability , it was able to seize control over the curriculum with considerable public support . |
| 22 | Survival dictates that the bureaucrat keeps his subordinates happy with greater opportunities for promotion and other benefits from an enlarged budget , and his superiors satisfied with his performance as measured by the forceful promotion of incremental growth in the bureau 's spending plans . |
| 23 | Inbuilt grant resources for dissemination need to be sought , time must be allowed for lay versions of research to be written as well as academically respectable reports , and there should be greater opportunities for co-operation with policy makers and practitioners in discussions concerning implications of research . |
| 24 | The Spastics Society was founded in 1952 by a group of committed people who wanted to create greater opportunities for people with cerebral palsy . |
| 25 | In our model strategy sets are the continuum and there are a continuum of types , this provides much greater opportunities for self-screening by different types and the tendency to do this is much larger . |
| 26 | This necessitates , in turn , a far more numerous and ubiquitous police presence than in other kinds of area , far more frequent unpleasant contact with the public as potential suspects , and far greater opportunities for police misjudgment or abuse . |
| 27 | If appraisal meets the criteria outlined above then a number of benefits accrue : more systematic identification of agendas for staff development , improved communication , enhanced self-awareness and improved self-analysis , improved management of learning and greater opportunities for recognition and praise . |
| 28 | Today , with greater opportunities for profits from export and the advantages of modern transport and mechanisation , the landowner exploits his property to the full to maximise production and profits . |
| 29 | Fifthly , there are greater opportunities for crime in modern society . |
| 30 | Over El 15 million has been spent on a broad range of training measures , including YTS and wider opportunities for women . |