Example sentences of "opportunity for [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The lack of opportunity for people to travel and study abroad would have hastened that decline . |
| 2 | It was an opportunity for people to see the positive side of dog ownership , and we readily agreed to produce a team . |
| 3 | However , it does present an opportunity for people to be empowered , for example in assessing needs , planning and implementing responses , even though these responses will not solve the totality of the problem . |
| 4 | Nonetheless , it has been claimed that the problems of recreation have been overstated and Fitton ( 1979 , 57 ) has argued that : ‘ There has been a tendency to view recreation in the countryside as a problem rather than a welcome opportunity for people to enjoy themselves ’ . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | The plan is designed to achieve equality of opportunity for people from these groups within the ES . |
| 7 | For that reason , the Russians will need to have a community in which there is private property , freedom from regulation and low taxation , with the opportunity for people to accumulate wealth and invest it . |
| 8 | The Conservative party believes in choice and opportunity for people in terms of how they spend their money and their time . |
| 9 | The Home Ownership and Opportunity for People Everywhere ( Hope ) programme was set to be expanded , but overall the proposed expenditure on " choice " was to be an estimated $16,000 million in fiscal 1992 , approximately $3,700 million less than in the current fiscal year . |
| 10 | Developing Managerial Effectiveness — this highly successful five-day residential conference provides the opportunity for people to explore and develop their own managerial skills in work which requires leadership , communication , motivation and the use of one 's own authority . |
| 11 | Eas , eas , easy travel , easier opportunity for people to , to spread their investment . |
| 12 | We are interested in the notion of affordability , not in the notion of means testing and we recognise crucially that the public sector provides an opportunity for people . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | ‘ The new association will provide , for the first time , the opportunity for people from throughout Scotland to find out what is going on elsewhere , ’ she said . |
| 15 | There 's a lot of free-lance work which is actually used in the media , and there 's a lot of opportunity for people . |
| 16 | So , in my experience certainly down in the Sussex area , there 's , there 's great opportunity for people who have something worthwhile saying , who understand how to repackage what they 're saying in such a way that it will keep local radio audiences listening , and who are prepared to learn the minimum techniques and skills necessary to come across reasonably well . |
| 17 | The low waters of this summer have provided us with a superb opportunity for fish spotting and also for mapping the contours of the river bed . |
| 18 | The system should allow adequate opportunity for staff discussion and consultation , ensure that documentation and evidence required for External Verifiers ' consideration are available in accordance with requirements and ensure that SCOTVEC results procedures are followed . |
| 19 | Of the 23% who did not approve of the devolution , some commented on the speed with which the new system had been introduced and of the lack of opportunity for staff development ; others were concerned that localised development meant duplication of effort . |
| 20 | A variety of departmental activities ( Common Room , weekly Linguistic Circle , annual Postgraduate Conference , occasional staff-student lunches ) provide an opportunity for staff and students to meet informally . |
| 21 | Recently Thresher has also been involved in the development of a national vocational qualification at levels 1–4 through the retail Certificate and it has been one of the first of three British companies to offer an opportunity for staff to obtain NVQ recognition through all stages . |
| 22 | Hands-on opportunity for staff . |
| 23 | On Dec. 18 Bush instructed the department to reverse its decision on the grounds that it contradicted his stated intention to increase educational opportunities for minorities . |
| 24 | Although one might suppose that the creation of a new party offers attractive opportunities for people previously excluded from local élites to establish themselves as leaders , it is often the case that such people do not obviously possess the right qualities . |
| 25 | In the absence of appropriate provision by other bodies , the WEA had grown as a social movement which sought to provide those opportunities for people , denied access to further and higher education , either through its own efforts or cooperatively , but without patronage , in partnership with the universities , LEAs , and other agencies . |
| 26 | On those assumptions the state can be neutral only if it creates conditions of equal opportunities for people to choose any conception of the good , with an equal prospect of realizing it . |
| 27 | As well as demonstrations of country crafts , such as sheep shearing , hedge laying , stonewalling and spinning , there were opportunities for people to participate in activities ranging from bug-hunting to searching for gold . |
| 28 | Such an act could be accompanied by a Commission against Age Discrimination both to help enforce the legislation and promote equal opportunities for people regardless of age . |
| 29 | Tyne Thames Technology ( T3 ) was set up in early 1989 with funding from computer company North Tyneside Brass Tacks , BITC 's city action team and the Telethon Trust , and a secondee from Northumbria Water , to develop home- and remote-working opportunities for people confined to the house . |
| 30 | THERE ARE excellent opportunities for people to keep on learning more about their faith in different parts of the diocese . |