increasing opportunity

collocation in English

meaningsofincreaseandopportunity

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increase
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈɪn.kriːs/us
/ˈɪn.kriːs/
a rise in the amount or size ...
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opportunity
noun
uk
/ˌɒp.əˈtʃuː.nə.ti/us
/ˌɑː.pɚˈtuː.nə.t̬i/
an occasion or situation that makes it possible to do something that you want to do or have to do, or the possibility of ...
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(Definition ofincreaseandopportunityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Increasingopportunitycost of labor has already resulted in rising trends in herbicide use and the associated environmental consequences.
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The 1990s promise to be a decade ofincreasingopportunityfor business.
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For them there is anincreasingopportunityof attending lectures and organised classes.
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So theincreasingopportunityfor employment has been appreciated by many women who have benefited financially and socially.
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For the ambitious young sailor, therefore, there isincreasingopportunityto get to the top of his branch and reasonably quickly.
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Increasingopportunityand improving the delivery of public services to our most deprived communities is the cornerstone to our approach for tackling poverty wherever it occurs.
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The theory states that buyer's remorse is created throughincreasingopportunitycosts associated with increased choices.
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More people will have more mutations, therebyincreasingopportunityfor evolutionary change under natural selection.
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Individual self-control improves with age as a result of many factors: changing biology trough hormonal development, socialization andincreasingopportunitycosts of losing control.
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There are increasing opportunities for participation in specialized roles.
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Strengthening undergraduate and graduate education, placing an international imprint on programs, and increasing opportunities for women and minorities were among his priorities.
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Liberalization measures in the 1970s and 1980s encouraged intermarriage and provided increasing opportunities for public service.
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This new prototype encompasses one sales level only, reducing construction costs and increasing opportunities to secure prime locations.
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Though her position provided increasing opportunities for fieldwork and freedom in choosing her writing projects, it also entailed increasingly tedious administrative responsibilities.
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