rare opportunity
collocation in Englishmeaningsofrareandopportunity
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rare
adjective
uk/reər/us/rer/
not common or frequent; ...
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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 ofrareandopportunityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofrare opportunity
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One has therareopportunityto prise underneath the 'official mind' of patriotism, and to gauge public reaction through press reports and periodical articles.
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This chapter provides us with arareopportunityto see how patronage looks in the mind's eye of its participants.
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These assessments also provide arareopportunityto assess the relationship between neurocognitive deficits and early behavioral disturbances.
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The phase space is, however, a functional space, and we have arareopportunityto study a specific nonlinear system with non-trivial behavior.
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Further, it gives us arareopportunityto examine behaviour of clusters both in word-initial and word-medial contexts.
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For workers, holidays on religious occasions were especially significant because they provided arareopportunityfor festive enjoyment.
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Thus, far from appearing as annoying busybodies or self-indulgent zealots, puritans on this issue took advantage of arareopportunityto appear downright sensible.
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The budget does, however, provide arareopportunityto examine in detail the work patterns and finances of a household of the stem family type.
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These data therefore represent arareopportunityfor ecologists to examine community change over a relatively long period.
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In addition, the identification, in the accounts, of a considerable number of employees by name creates arareopportunityto plot the employment record of individuals from year to year.
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Richards (1998), in a collection of case studies from language classrooms, offered arareopportunity for the publication of short accounts of classroom investigations by teachers.
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Nonetheless, these large, nationally representative surveys have provided arareopportunityto analyse comparatively some of the influences on widespread forms of parental support for their adult children.
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The seminar was welcomed by all participants as arareopportunityto discuss key issues and share methodologies for investigating the role which listening plays in learning.
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We should not lightly pass by arareopportunityat little budgetary cost to re-create a mineral industry of very large proportions in these islands.
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I believe that we all agree that it has provided us with an all toorareopportunityto discuss important questions.
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This is a welcome butrareopportunityto talk about agriculture.
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I am glad of therareopportunityto agree wholeheartedly with him.
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This week, there is arareopportunityto begin rectifying these injustices.
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