Sentences with phrase «rare an opportunity at»

With Sergio Ramos injured Varane gets another rare opportunity at centre - back despite the fact many believe the France international is more superior to the two men ahead of him and he gets into our XI ahead of youngster Jose Gimenez.

Co-founder and chief executive Jennifer Hyman said her company, which is profitable on an EBITDA basis, was not planning on raising new funding but saw this as a rare opportunity at an advantageous time in the business» lifecycle.»

In 127 Hours, the subtle scene stealer was afforded not merely a rare opportunity at a lead role but the luxury of basking in the limelight all by himself for the bulk of the picture.

The way back to the Sunshine Coast takes in Tin Can Bay, where the calm waters provide the perfect opportunity for sailing, swimming, fishing and a rare opportunity at Barnacles Dolphin Centre to interact with wild Indo - Pacific Humpback dolphins.

Incredible and rare opportunity at the prestigious vallarta shores beachfront which features only 10 units, this 2 bedroom, 2 bathroom fully furnished beachfront condo is just a few steps from los muertos beach.

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We had the rare opportunity last week to sit down at 1871 with Joe Mansueto, the founder and CEO of mutual fund tracker Morningstar, for a fireside chat.

That was the best that they made and you see it in retrospect so clearly now but nobody at the time realized that the Storm's failure really opened up that rare opportunity for Google to come in.

«I truly love football and it's such an immense blessing and privilege as an athlete to be given the rare opportunity to use those talents at the highest professional level, but it's certainly not a replacement for an education.»

As a former professional basketball player, longtime coach, and founder of CoachUp, the nation's leading sports coaching company, I've been afforded a rare opportunity to see coaches at their best - and at their worst.

AWEA Wind Power on Capitol Hill is a rare opportunity for AWEA members and others who want to help advance wind energy to participate in advocacy training and then put that training to work to educate legislators and their staff on the wind industry's top policy initiatives at both the state and federal level.

Don't miss this rare opportunity to help shape the future of search at our SEO keynote, led by Search Engine Land Editor - in - Chief Michelle Robbins.

Still, the rare extremes of current overvalued, overbought, overbullish conditions here, coupled with the absence (at least at present) of the factors that deferred their consequences between late - 2011 to mid-2014, suggest that we may be observing the best opportunity to exit the U.S. stock market that investors will see in a generation.

NEW DELHI (AP)-- Given a rare opportunity to lunch with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, Gaurav Dalmia was less interested Thursday in discussing the planned topics at hand, including climate change or even the trade dispute between India and the U.S. Instead, the Indian businessman was focused on Kerry himself — and whether he would be able to smooth over brittle relations between Washington and New Delhi for the sake of economic growth.

This presents a rare opportunity to scoop up a great business at a cheap — or at least reasonable — price.

Consider this... a person goes to college, gets a four year degree in archaeology (or some antiquities preservation analog); spends summers sifting through sand and rock and gravel, all the while taking graduate level classes... person eventually obtains the vaunted PhD in archaeology... then works his / her tail off seeking funding for an archeological excavation, with the payoff being more funding, and more opportunities to dig in the dirt... do you think professional archaeologists are looking hard for evidence of the Exodus on a speculative basis... not a chance... they know their PhD buys them nothing more than a job at Tel Aviv Walmart if they don't discover and publish... so they write grants for digs near established sites / communities, and stay employed sifting rock in culturally safe areas... not unless some shepard stumbles upon a rare find in an unexpected place do you get archeological interest and action in remote places... not at all surprising that the pottery and other evidence of the Exodus and other biblical events lie waiting to be discovered... doesn't mean not there... just not found yet...

I also love fishing (lake, stream or ocean) so I do that whenever I get the (seemingly rare) opportunity — usually at our river house on the Merced River where we keep a nice little stash of canoes and fishing poles.

In truth, this trip is a rare opportunity for them to spend time together; usually one was helming the kitchen at Minetta Tavern while the other looked after the kitchens that served the rest of McNally's booming restaurant group.

Falcao was handed a rare start in the 1 - 0 defeat to Chelsea at Stamford Bridge at the weekend, when he again drew a blank, spurning a good opportunity in the second half by slamming the ball against the woodwork after being put clean through on goal.

Leinart plans to return to USC next fall for his final year of eligibility but might be lured to the NFL; White, who was granted a rare sixth year of eligibility by the NCAA because of time lost to his many injuries, will welcome an NFL opportunity, but not at the expense of college football.

Bettors have jumped at this rare opportunity to take Alabama as an underdog.

It's rare that bettors will be able to get these high caliber teams at plus money, which makes this such an interesting opportunity.

This results in a juicy opportunity to take the other side because, as we know, it is very rare for a team to win at such a high clip for an extended amount of time.

Emma Pooley wants to seize a «rare opportunity» after the Olympic silver medallist announced her intentions to come out of retirement and compete at Rio 2016.

It has been a rare occurrence in recent seasons for the Hammers to deliver a dominant home performance, whether at Upton Park or the London Stadium, and today would be an ideal opportunity to put that right.

We suppose it's a golden opportunity for Blackburn to notch up a rare away win in the league but they've found life hard on the road this season and could very well come unstuck once more against a Burnley side who do like to attack when at Turf Moor.

Marcus Rashford enjoyed a rare opportunity to lead the line against Burton Albion in midweek, scoring twice and providing a reminder of what he can offer in the position, but he was back on the left flank as Lukaku took centre stage at St Mary's.

Ian Holloway is set to make changes to his starting XI in a bid to protect the fitness and conditioning of his players, with Matt Philipps, who impressed from the bench at Eastlands on Saturday, set to be handed a rare opportunity to shine from the outset.

In addition to passionately studying neonatal, general pediatric and adolescent medicine at CHLA, he had the opportunity to train under some of the greatest minds in subspecialty pediatrics, diagnosing and managing the rarest and most complicated childhood ailments.

The Penn State scandal gives us a rare opportunity to shine - and continue to shine - a national spotlight on what is generally covered regionally and soon fades from the front page to the back page to not being covered at all.

Put those Cheetos down and enjoy a great mama lunch that will make you feel like you are getting that rare opportunity of eating at an adult restaurant.

Try looking at breastfeeding as a rare opportunity to take a break from the fast track and bond with your child.

But at a new hotel just around the corner from Westminster, a new collection of contemporary art offers a rare opportunity for the politico to revel in work focusing unashamedly on life at the heart of Britain's political world.

Here's the thing: recess presents a rare opportunity to catch congressmembers at home, where they're less insulated by busy schedules, Hill security and a cocoon of staffers.

His performances at these big set - piece events matter, because they are rare opportunities for politicians to get direct cut - through to ordinary voters on economic issues.

But early yesterday morning I had a rare opportunity to make some noise with my fellow commuters at the Campaign for Better Transport's «Stop the Fare Hikes» demo at Waterloo station.

Yet, when the opportunities at a rare consensus came calling, what some Yoruba elders, former young Turks under Awo, offered was mere dross.

At a Career Fair organized by the Enquiry Agency on April 9, the students had the rare opportunity of mentoring sessions from world class pilots, John Ababio of Starbow Airlines and Flt.

After spending three days at home in Chappaqua recovering from pneumonia, Hillary Clinton said she was happy to return to the campaign trail, but called the unexpected time off a «gift» that offered her a rare opportunity to reflect.

Thanks to two pre-existing vacancies on the New York side of the board, Cuomo will soon be presented with the rare opportunity to fill five of his six seats at the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, giving him the chance to remake the New York side all at once.

Flushing residents got a rare opportunity to cut through the bureaucratic tape at a town - hall meeting hosted by City Councilman Peter Koo (R - Flushing) last Thursday and they held nothing back.

Given this rare opportunity to see Hizzoner at a large public gathering rather than in his office, Freeman city hall reporter Tom Wakeman and I went to the breakfast at the old Holiday Inn.

In raising our frustration with this problem to faculty members from other departments at our university, as well as to chairs of science departments across the country, it became painfully clear that a concerted effort by an applicant to connect their expertise and interests to a specific faculty opportunity was rare.

Beijing had imposed special restrictions on air pollutants, providing a rare opportunity for researchers to do relatively controlled experiments, says David Rich, an environmental epidemiologist at the University of Rochester in New York.

The setting gave scientists the rare opportunity to look at the impact of pollution on atmospheric processes in a largely pre-industrial environment and pinpoint the effects of the particles apart from other factors such as temperature and humidity.

«It's rare for someone to stay at the same company for their entire career,» Van Blarcom says, and there is security in knowing that there is probably another opportunity close by.

For cognitive neuroscientist Atsushi Sekiguchi, who was studying the neural underpinnings of stress at Tohoku University in Sendai, the earthquake was a rare opportunity to tease apart cause and effect.

According to Cohen, NITP — which is one of just three such programs around the country (the others are at MGH and the University of Pittsburgh)-- offers its students a rare opportunity in interdisciplinary training.

He was game to research the microbial communities he would encounter on his journey, and every day after he made what he called a «tripmark,» a tire tread imprint on a piece of paper with location information and notes (above), he filled three vials of dirt and sent them back to Nagler at the University of Innsbruck, providing her with a rare opportunity to examine many samples of microbes from a broad geographic range.

Technophiles have a rare opportunity beginning May 10 to see one of these devices (only two exist) on display at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, Calif..

Blumenauer said the committee afforded lawmakers a rare opportunity to delve deeply into the issues surrounding energy production and climate change, and it was a boon for members of the committee — the Democrats, at least — who were searching for well - researched solutions.