Example sentences of "[art] opportunity for " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact , the opportunity for Edberg to play ( up to the final ) one of the 7 other players entered with a top fifty ranking , was denied him when first , Lendl slumped to defeat against Grant Connell in three sets , then Chang and Jarryd lost to Wheaton , while , in the Swede 's half of the draw , Rotsagno lost to John Fitzgerald and Woodbridge fell to the unseeded Pat Cash . |
| 2 | What lies in pieces around them represents , in effect , a unique private exhibition open to a lucky few who for the first time in generations have had the opportunity for hands-on experience of greatness . |
| 3 | But Anna Pavord 's recognition ( 27 September ) of the opportunity for the twentieth century boldly to turn Uppark 's tragedy to advantage , is a more compelling argument . |
| 4 | Good films come about when there are two centres of power — in other words , when there is the opportunity for some really good rows . |
| 5 | Labour has not only neutralised most of those policy areas which make it unpopular ; more importantly , it has virtually erased the opportunity for Tories to accuse Labour of being run by the ‘ loony left ’ . |
| 6 | This is the opportunity for senior managers to endorse warnings for vigilance or diligence , which they do occasionally , and for sergeants to review both the incidents which occurred on the last shift and the matters which need special attention on the present one . |
| 7 | The moral is that in special circumstances ‘ little crime ’ can be exciting , and the opportunity for ‘ real ’ police work can be missed unless one remains prepared . |
| 8 | Reducing the size of the public sector and number of regulations that hampered business would create the opportunity for the emergence of a more market-orientated economy . |
| 9 | The weather convinces these men to take the opportunity for a walk around the area of the war-damaged Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church , which is preserved as a constant reminder of the past . |
| 10 | The vane is the oast 's rudder and ensures that the boarded surface always faces the wind , thus preserving the opportunity for moist air to escape ( Plate 14 ) . |
| 11 | The restoration of the warehouse and the adjoining 457m ( 500yd ) length of canal is viewed with enthusiasm by the Wey and Arun Canal Trust , a society which has worked since the early 1970s for the complete restoration of the Arun Navigation and the Wey and Arun Junction Canal between Pallingham and the River Wey , and which has restored the opportunity for navigation to several stretches of these waterways . |
| 12 | ‘ With leases they miss the opportunity for super profits but they are guaranteed a return of 7% initially and then up to 10% . |
| 13 | In addition to the evening sessions there will be four ‘ away-days ’ on Saturdays ( from 10.00 am to 4.30 am ) , which give the opportunity for some extended skill-training and group-work ( an additional ‘ away-day ’ has been included this year ) . |
| 14 | Construction of hydroelectric dams not only removes the opportunity for adjacent populations to interbreed , it also utterly changes the characteristics of the river , with siltation and often stagnation occurring upstream of the barrier . |
| 15 | To a Labour government it might provide the opportunity for much more spending on schools , hospitals and roads . |
| 16 | It was clear , too , that Kanhai , who had taken over the leadership from Sobers , was coming to the end of his career and that whoever took over from him would have the opportunity for an extended run in the job if he were successful . |
| 17 | In addition the development of birth-control techniques provided the opportunity for the above changes of attitudes to be encouraged . |
| 18 | Many of these predictions were , of course , irrational and some economists , most notably J. M. Keynes saw in decreasing population growth the opportunity for per capita output to increase rapidly . |
| 19 | Inclusion in group activities is important as is , particularly , the opportunity for friends to be in the home of the bereaved person not just for ‘ heavy conversation ’ but also for social exchange . |
| 20 | Rebutting suggestions that Scottish Liberal Democrat MPs would baulk at losing the opportunity for a Scottish Assembly , he added : ‘ My colleagues and I have taken this decision jointly and collectively . |
| 21 | This provided the opportunity for the members of the committee to see something of the rural development problems and programmes in Lewis and Harris , and discuss them with some of those working on them . |
| 22 | Crop rotation can also help reduce the opportunity for resistance to develop in the insect population . |
| 23 | We have already reduced the opportunity for abuse by our introduction of tape-recorded interviews of suspects by the police . |
| 24 | At Bletchley I had begun to satisfy , however pathetically and inadequately , a desire to see the world about me , but then had neither the time nor the money nor the opportunity for anything other than very restricted local journeys . |
| 25 | Or it may represent the God-given confusion which represents the opportunity for maturity outside the safe confines of the Garden of Eden . |
| 26 | The opportunity for unification came in 1859 when the Kingdom of Sardinia — the island of Sardinia itself , together with Piedmont , Savoy and territory around Nice — sided with France in a war against Austria . |
| 27 | This afforded the opportunity for him both to become familiar with other music , and to come to grips with concerto movement forms unhampered by the need to create the thematic and harmonic material as well . |
| 28 | 1.13 Our fundamental assumption is that all pupils are entitled to an education that will provide the opportunity for them to develop to the best of their abilities a competence in and appreciation of English . |
| 29 | Once awakened , as in religious conversion or falling in love , the nationalist finds a new family from which he or she derives pride , dignity , the opportunity for unimagined courage , contact with a supposed eternity , and ‘ humanity ’ ( as opposed to the mechanical arrangements of an alien bureaucracy and the market ) . |
| 30 | The native intelligentsia provided the opportunity for outside intervention . |