Example sentences of "[vb mod] have [vb pp] [art] opportunity " in BNC.
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| 1 | I should have seized the opportunity and said to Una Stubbs , ‘ Here 's your next title , A Farewell to Arms . ’ |
| 2 | Candidates for an overseas assignment should have had the opportunity to digest all information given to them on the new job , country , life style , compensation package and effects on their careers and families before being interviewed for the post . |
| 3 | CRUMLIN Road jail escaper Joe Doherty should have had the opportunity to make representations to the Secretary of State before a decision was taken to delay a review of his sentence until he had served 10 years in Northern Ireland , a court has heard . |
| 4 | It is on behalf of the latter that we should have had an opportunity of voting in Committee , which we were denied , and that we should have an opportunity tonight to vote in the House . |
| 5 | The unions might have seen an opportunity , trustees might have been appointed … ’ |
| 6 | Although photographed attending a conference on July 29 , his whereabouts on July 27 and much of July 28 remained uncertain , and fuelled speculation that he might have used the opportunity to make an undisclosed trip to Madrid . |
| 7 | It may not be , and Hakel and Reimer might have taken the opportunity to sow more seeds of doubt , or at least put the certified cause of death in an historical perspective : 100 years ago a recorded cause of death from heart disease ( except for congenital malformations and valve defects ) was barely known , yet ischaemic heart disease must surely have existed . |
| 8 | Can I just I think it 's fairly important that if we 'd have actually done the reconciliation , last week , we 'd have had the opportunity to recheck them . |
| 9 | There would have been no action and there 'd have been a nice plan on the table and I sincerely believe that but for general management we would have lost the opportunity to ( a ) have got the money , and ( b ) got the clinic built before people could actually realise what was happening and there 's been other instances of that . |
| 10 | Information collected about the relatives of cancer patients showed that only a minority have anything more than superficial contact with the staff caring for the patient , and a number of these relatives would have welcomed an opportunity to share their anxiety , not only about the patient but about their own feelings ( Bond , 1982 ) . |
| 11 | The loyal few who paid full price at the turnstiles deserved better , but the real losers were Sheffield Eagles , who wanted a tour game and would have used the opportunity much more imaginatively . |
| 12 | If he 'd met someone and wanted to be unfaithful , he would have found an opportunity and I could n't have stopped him . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Of those who have developed BSL skills later in life , few will have had the opportunity of language exposure which would be available for , say , English people learning French in France . |
| 15 | Some of you here , I 'm sure , will have had the opportunity of visiting Niagara Falls . |
| 16 | By the end of 1994 thousands more retail staff will have had the opportunity to earn this important award . |
| 17 | They will have had an opportunity to become familiar with NACAB 's anti-racist and equal opportunities policies , as well as expectations in terms of time commitment , standards expected and training requirements . |