Sentences with phrase «rare opportunity given»

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«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.»

One of the cool side effects of welcoming customers into his home, Blumenthal says, is it gave the customers a rare opportunity to «peek behind the curtain» of a start - up, while simultaneously giving the founders a rare opportunity to get immediate feedback from customers.

We felt (this was) a bit of a rare animal that gave us a really interesting opportunity,» he added.

Further, the TPP gives Canada a rare opportunity to take market share away from the U.S. in TPP countries.

Get Me is an upstart ride - hailing company in the model of the multibillion dollar Silicon Valley darlings that was given a rare opportunity.

It gives you significant opportunities to earn rewards, not only with BP, but also through your daily spending - a rare offer for such a card.

Excellent lawyers who also understand your business, anticipate developments in your industry, help you manage your budget and staffing needs, connect you with business opportunities, partner with you on community outreach and giving, and assist in educating your staff are a considerably rarer breed.

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.

«Cooking, I found, gives us the opportunity, so rare in modern life, to work directly in our own support, and in the support of the people we feed.

Jesse Lingard, Ashley Young, Darmian and Sergio Romero are all also given a rare opportunity from the beginning.

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Give Macey his rare opportunity.

City defined «leggy» against Swansea last Saturday and were fortunate to win but Manuel Pellegrini had a rare opportunity to give his players a couple of days off earlier in the week, allowing batteries to be recharged and breaths to be taken ahead of a run of eight games in four weeks.

Neither are getting game time and when given the rare opportunity, injury has prevailed or they have failed to impress.

In fact, it proved a double edged sword in the end as while Holloway was selecting players which had played very little this season, which meant in turn the chemistry should have been non-existent, those given a rare opportunity to shine seized their moment with both hands.

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.

The TU says the retirements of Assemblymen Bob Reilly, Jack McEneny and Rob Canestrari gives voters a rare opportunity and «bank slate» to elect lawmakers who might be more reform - minded.

John Grande, a struggling London art dealer, is thrown what he thinks is a lifeline when he is given the opportunity of handling a collection of rare masters, housed in a villa above the cliffs of Positano in Italy.

A Constitutional Convention is a rare chance for the people of New York to come together to transform a broken system, giving us the opportunity to:

A massive spending bill to provide money for five Cabinet departments for the upcoming budget year is about to hit the Senate floor, giving senators a rare opportunity for open debate on legislation of any kind.

The Tories have given the Liberal Democrats a golden opportunity to not only outflank them on law and order (a rare gift indeed) but also to prove the value of a joined up Europe.

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.

Borough President Katz visited many of the exhibits and was given a rare opportunity to sit in the Batmobile.

«It's rare in politics when voters are given the opportunity to take power away from the legislature,» Dadey said.

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.

The rare spectacle of a total solar eclipse has given scientists throughout history fleeting opportunities to delve into everything from the sun's chemistry to Einsteinian relativity to Earth's place in the solar system.

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.

Another group of bees were given the opportunity to solve the task spontaneously, without any training, and only two of 110 were successful suggesting it is a rare occurrence.

While it gives scientists studying these animals a rare opportunity, it's also another hurdle in the race to save the devils from a constantly shifting foe.

Overall I have learnt some new things, made some great friends and contacts and importantly this week has also given me time to reflect on the work that I do and what I will do next which is a rare opportunity.

«On rare occasions, we will give an individual postdoc grant for a particularly innovative unsolicited proposal,» Cohen notes; still, he urges postdoc prospects to approach Swartz - funded institutions, not his foundation, for career opportunities.

One - on - one encounters between females are generally rare, giving researchers few opportunities to observe signs that would clue them in to each chimpanzee's relative rank.

It also gives a rare opportunity to watch the corona dance and sway over the full hour and a half it takes the eclipse to traverse from Oregon to South Carolina (SN: 8/20/16, p. 14).

Between college and graduate school, Mary Kay spent six weeks at the Royal Greenwich Observatory, which gave her the rare opportunity to live and work in the Herstmonceux Castle.

What makes it special: This a mostly flat hike gives you the rare opportunity to walk around the base of a volcano with views of old lava flow.

Unlike many other yoga programs that simply scale adult practices down into child - size chunks, mini yogis builds each practice from the ground up, creating an exclusively child - based yoga practice and giving children the sometimes rare opportunity to just be kids within the context of asana and meditation.

PARIS, France — The mesmerising Subhuman Inhuman Superhuman retrospective currently on show in the Triennale in Milan gave Rick Owens a rare and precious opportunity to shape his own history into a coherent whole for posterity.

An online dating service will give you the rare opportunity to find dating partners while being in the comfort of your own home.

The long flight from Miami with lovely Virgin team gave me the rare opportunity of having time to create a summary for this Miami event.

The rare moments when she is silent gives one the opportunity to appreciate the faithfulness to her original design and mischievous facial expressions.

Given the film's winter release, Comic - Con International: San Diego could provide Marvel a rare opportunity to promote an upcoming film in the heart of its marketing cycle (4 months before it's release), rather than promoting films coming in the following year.

Not surprisingly, the acting here is consistently superb, from Ronan adding another wonderfully complicated character (with a perfect American accent) to her repertoire to a supporting turn from Metcalf that gives her the rare opportunity to dig into her talents on the big screen in the way she gets to on stage and television.

He gets a chance to restore his reputation when he's given the rare opportunity to escort a valuable Chinese antique out of Shanghai.

Not only does Francois give audiences a chance to see what Cera looks like with a shadow of facial hair around his jaw, but it gives the one - trick Cera a rare opportunity to stretch his wings and play a bad boy — even if it is just for laughs.

Every Secret Thing is the rare contemporary film that focuses on female characters and gives women the opportunity to tell their story, in front of and behind the camera.

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One of the best things about «Talk to Me» is that it gives Cheadle a rare opportunity to display his comic and dramatic sides in one entertaining package.

Then again, this category may provide give the Razzies a rare opportunity to recapture some of their bizarre spark.

Rare is holding a contest to give some select fans the opportunity to play Sea of Thieves before anyone else.

Screenwriters will be given a rare opportunity to have their work read by Cohen's fellow actors, followed by discussion of their work.