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The phrase "a first opportunity" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to the initial chance or moment to do something.
Example: "I will take advantage of a first opportunity to present my ideas at the meeting."
Alternatives: "an initial chance" or "the earliest opportunity".
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Yesterday's meeting provided a first opportunity for the two politicians to map out their future co-operation.
"The idea is to offer one exceptional director a first opportunity to direct on a main stage.
They went into that first international break – a first opportunity to pause, think, prepare – with just two points.
The team time trial, starting and finishing in Montpellier, presents a first opportunity to get our folding bikes out.
At the end of the day the club are doing something massive for them, giving them a first opportunity".
Offering a first opportunity to a future star might be one way for him to soften an otherwise miserable legacy to his time as manager.
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"We were given a second opportunity".
It's a second opportunity to go and get promoted".
"It's a second opportunity," says an assembly supervisor, Matt McGilvery, one of Xunlight's early hires.
When Murray earned a third opportunity he netted a first serve.
Ross Barkley set up a second opportunity for Osman seconds later but he repelled that, too.
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