Sentence examples for opportunities proved from inspiring English sources

But those opportunities proved fleeting for most.

Six of the eight choreographers responsible for the nine premieres had participated in the Diamond Project in the past and the repeated opportunities proved justified.

Those missed opportunities proved costly early in the 49th minute when Fusion midfielder Preki scored his sixth goal of the season.

Most readers will have to take on faith Robert Benchley's contemporary view that Fetchit, making full use of rare opportunities, proved himself "the finest actor that the talking movies have produced," and — in the age of Chaplin and Keaton — "one of the great comedians of the screen".

Swansea had started extremely brightly, opening Everton up with their slick passing and creating several excellent chances inside the first 30 minutes, yet their failure to take any of those opportunities proved costly as the visitors pilfered the lead shortly before the interval and totally against the run of play.

Those missed opportunities proved to be costly as Swansea finally stirred from their slumber in the final 20 minutes, and Hines' unfortunate intervention gave the visitors little time to find a response.

Meanwhile Tavernier would consider a further loan spell should first-team opportunities prove scarce for his parent club.

But the opportunity proved too tempting.

His next opportunity proved to be his last when an inexplicable miss from 12 yards midway through the second half prompted Hoddle to withdraw the former Newcastle forward.

As the founder, I'd like to close by saying that while our business opportunity proved disappointing, the contributions from our members rarely disappointed.

Mikawa's decision not to attempt to destroy the Allied transport ships when he had the opportunity proved to be a crucial strategic mistake.