extraordinary opportunity

collocation in English

meaningsofextraordinaryandopportunity

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extraordinary
adjective
uk
/ɪkˈstrɔː.dɪn.ər.i/us
/ɪkˈstrɔːr.dən.er.i/
very unusual, special, unexpected, ...
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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 ofextraordinaryandopportunityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It has also been anextraordinaryopportunityto encounter other practitioners with whom we share the same values of creation and creativity regarding our craft.
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There is no reference to the positive aspects, theextraordinaryopportunityfor communication, of a common language.
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Globalisation offers us anextraordinaryopportunity.
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It therefore constitutes anextraordinaryopportunityto lay down the lasting foundations for real and stronger cooperation for peace and security.
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We, surely, have a remarkable and anextraordinaryopportunity.
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That gaveextraordinaryopportunityfor research on this disease, the etiology of which is little known.
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As the report correctly says, the development of nanotechnologies presents anextraordinaryopportunity.
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The new technology certainly represents anextraordinaryopportunitybut it also conceals extraordinary risks.
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This is anextraordinaryopportunityfor a country.
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We have theextraordinaryopportunitythat many here thought would never come.
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This is anextraordinaryopportunitywhich will most likely never recur.
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Emerging technologies represent therefore anextraordinaryopportunityon which all industrialised economies will root their competitiveness, an indispensable instrument for future growth.
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A man in the position of a prison chaplain has the mostextraordinaryopportunityof influencing his fellowmen and that opportunity carries with it a great responsibility.
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Europe cannot miss thisextraordinaryopportunity.
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This is anextraordinaryopportunityof further development for our company, whilst preserving the brand's identity and the entrepreneurial spirit of our family.
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The concept provides anextraordinaryopportunityfor imaginative and innovative preservation techniques at minimum risk.
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Every dynamic economy has its doldrums and even torpid economies may rise, perhaps with delay, to anextraordinaryopportunity.
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By anextraordinaryopportunityin 1972, he started designing play areas and elements that encouraged children to learn through play.
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This is anextraordinaryopportunityfor forty-two emerging artists each year to introduce themselves to the public and to a team of experts.
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That's anextraordinaryopportunityin life.
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