Sentence examples for opportunity of the average from inspiring English sources

So even if we concede that the playing field was never perfectly level, and that it isn't perfectly level in other parts of the world today, it remains safe to say that the opportunity of the average American to make a decent living -- enough money, say, to raise a family, own a home and retire -- has diminished substantially in recent decades.

A recent Gallup poll found that only 52% of Americans think there is plenty of opportunity for the average Joe to get ahead, down from 81% in 1998.

Part of President Obama's JOBS ACT of 2012 created an incredible opportunity for the average main street American.

In the land of opportunity the average family can no longer afford a private college education, diminishing its chances of breaking into the elite.

When the local nodes have the same number of transmission opportunities, the average throughput s i of local node i is shown in (12).

It gave us more opportunity than the average colored person.

So heavy has been the influx of young migrants drawn by employment and educational opportunities that the average age of Damascenes has dropped below that of the national level.

"Election-year politics gives everybody an opportunity to feel the pain of the average consumer.

The Obama administration sees this economic crisis more as an opportunity to permanently expand the scope and size of government than as an opportunity to help the average American worker.

The agencies must take advantage of this historic opportunity to protect the financial position of the average person living in the United States.

George Osborne's decision to back down from making radical changes to pensions tax relief was a "missed opportunity" to boost the retirement pot of the average British worker by more than 14%, according to an analysis by the Resolution Foundation thinktank.