Sentence examples for decisive opportunity from inspiring English sources

But her own drive and ambition made a decisive opportunity of fate's accident.

The problem, worrisome to Egypt and the United States, is that President Hussein of Iraq, sensing a decisive opportunity to displace President Mubarak as the center weight of Arab diplomacy, may use the language of war in Baghdad to stake his claim to regional leadership, a claim once held in check by his war with Iran.

He had refused to single anyone out but Negredo had missed decisive opportunities against Sporting Gijón and Betis.

You've let decisive opportunities pass by to structure your organization so it can scale as you bring on new customers, partners, business units and distribution channels.

Since higher education remains the most decisive springboard for opportunity in America, we have a national imperative to ensure that talent can rise.

The forthcoming election could not be more timely in creating an opportunity for decisive action.

Saw an opportunity, took decisive action.

The opportunities for decisive American action in Iraq drained away some time ago.

Ironically, this led to failing to take the initiative against the enemy and therefore passing up good opportunities for decisive victories, which could have ended the war early, and thereby could have spared thousands of soldiers who died in those subsequent battles.

On top of the most catastrophic economic downturn since the Great Depression, the continued impact of automation, and the shift of domestic production to lower-wage nations, here is a less dramatic yet no less decisive constraint that limits opportunities for many working-age Americans: The bus does not go where the paychecks are.

With growing numbers of Americans uneasy about the country's international image, he has the opportunity to score decisive electoral points by reassuring them.