Example sentences of "opportunity to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | They give a chef the opportunity to be creative . ’ |
| 2 | There is a great opportunity to be seized . |
| 3 | Herron 's pop collages should not be missed , nor should the opportunity to be guided by computers through his latest projects . |
| 4 | Having been waited on hand and foot for most of his life and had people jump whenever he called , he has never really had the opportunity to be anything else . |
| 5 | Of all the community services on offer , he had chosen the coastguards , which involved nights spent quietly in a hut on the cliff tops watching for shipping ; and the hardest part of all the trials he endured in the Navy was being marooned on a ship for months on end with no opportunity to be alone . |
| 6 | This is more an opportunity to be grabbed than a threat to the survival of Japanese factories abroad . |
| 7 | What happens to the grief reaction when there has been little warning of the impending death , or for various reasons , where there has been no opportunity to be involved in the preparation process ? |
| 8 | ‘ When they had read the publicity material offering help for the recently bereaved they had read it as an opportunity to be out and meet people again . |
| 9 | This would have given him the opportunity to be a restraining influence against the extremists . |
| 10 | But whilst these languages can be offered as subjects under the National Curriculum , it seems that the denial of an opportunity to be taught in one of these subjects across the curriculum would not per se be unlawful under the Act . |
| 11 | Heseltine , by contrast , seized every opportunity to be interviewed , as well as campaigning actively at Westminster . |
| 12 | This is another opportunity to be creative with this film too . |
| 13 | Yeah , really it 's a frustrating end of it , but working for Time gives me the opportunity to be in these countries and to do a good photoreportage on the country , even though it 's very rarely published . |
| 14 | You will keep failing in a society based on hierarchical power but that does n't mean you should stop trying to build a structure in which you all have the opportunity to be part of the editorial and creative process … |
| 15 | If he ( and of course this applies to girls too ) is the oldest child in the family , he will have had the opportunity to be the centre of attention for some time . |
| 16 | It was early afternoon of the following day before Karelius found the opportunity to be alone with her . |
| 17 | The telephone , therefore , saves time and gives you the opportunity to be more businesslike , if that is appropriate . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | In this way we have the opportunity to be more in tune with nature and to heighten our awareness of the things around us . |
| 20 | She had had every opportunity to be , for heaven 's sake , but she 'd never worked hard enough at it and now she did not feel like struggling with a foreign language to search for an item when she did not even know what she was looking for . |
| 21 | The City is happy because a new source of revenue has been located , and as well as broadening the client portfolio it gives the company the business and creative opportunity to be lead agency for Europe on international brands such as Pepsi . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | George felt anxious that he had had no opportunity to be alone with Tamar , and so there had been no chance of warning her about the groom . |
| 24 | Drawing on your reserve of quiet self-confidence , you may change this painful situation of total frustration into being an interested observer , leaving all you can , using the opportunity to be aware of people and their reactions to each other , using the practice material there in front of your nose and being content to wait until you have decided if you wish to participate and have considered how to create the opportunity . |
| 25 | It was interesting to note that in each of his previous six lives , which ranged from the fifteenth century to the late 1890s , Martin had been given the opportunity to be a ‘ teacher ’ . |
| 26 | Or perhaps it is an opportunity to be more philosophical , less clinging , over money ? |
| 27 | Furthermore , it is likely that all the candidates will be indistinguishable from each other with respect to their views , as the electoral process itself denies the nurses the opportunity to be fully addressed . |
| 28 | All patients referred to the ENP were given the opportunity to be seen by a doctor . |
| 29 | Now we have the opportunity to be more proactive , we 'll act as a clearing house for standard models from various parts of the company , and will develop our own standard models . |
| 30 | It came to her as a shock that , although she had an excellent opportunity to be acquainted with high school children through her son , she did not know any of his friends . |