Nobel laureate Amartya Sen defined development as "the removal of various types of unfreedoms that leave people with little choice and little opportunity of exercising their reasoned agency".
Grant that such a lack of experience can be attributed to a lack of opportunities to exercise choice.
Thanks to Sarah's being high-maintenance, I received a plethora of opportunities to exercise my skills as an accountant, estimating which portion of my income I'd need to reserve for restaurants, gifts, trips, flowers, cultural events -- you name it.
It's fair to say I created plenty of opportunities to exercise that right.
Participants are given information about local opportunities to exercise; including details of any postnatal specific exercise/walking groups.
Henry VIII was fond of pomp and magnificence, and thus gave the heralds plenty of opportunity to exercise their roles in his court.
It is refreshing to see that Russia's politics continue to furnish its people with opportunities to exercise their marvelous sense of sarcasm.
On Jan . 3 that small window of opportunity to exercise the constitutional option will again open.
Congress concluded that, unless the law was reauthorized, "racial and language minority citizens will be deprived of the opportunity to exercise their right to vote, or will have their votes diluted, undermining the significant gains made by minorities in the last 40 years".
Without Section 5's preclearance requirement, Congress found, "racial and language minority citizens will be deprived of the opportunity to exercise their right to vote, or will have their votes diluted, undermining the significant gains made by minorities in the last 40 years".
Without the VRA's protections, Congress wrote, the evidence is clear that "racial and language minority citizens will be deprived of the opportunity to exercise their right to vote, or will have their votes diluted".
