Sentence examples for opportunity position from inspiring English sources

In a meritocracy, formal qualifications provide opportunity, position is no longer ascribed by birth, and rewards flow to those who excel.

Documents in Churchill's university personnel file show that he was granted tenure in a "special opportunity position".

But when you dig deeper, you learn that so many others worked in low-wage, no-opportunity positions, lacking the skills and the education to move them forward.

Because of the constant flight deck activity associated with combat air patrol operations during the preceding hour, the Japanese never had an opportunity to position ("spot") their reserve planes on the flight deck for launch.

Bachmann has the opportunity to position herself in a similar manner.

But as any good public relations professional knows, every trend -- even a negative one -- represents an opportunity to "position" a company within that trend.

"Here's an opportunity to position the UK as a world leader in the adoption of this technology by supporting the largest ever trial of such vehicles," he says.

Developing services in the runup to 2015 is an opportunity to position social work at the heart of excellent social care but this also presents challenges to the profession in acquainting itself with the new care landscape.

Rather than rallying behind an emerging market candidate during this election, "each of the key emerging markets is using the opportunity to position itself better for the next round and extract what it can from this round," Mr. Prasad said.

Anttila seized the opportunity to position himself as the little guy.

Forward-thinking undergraduates might have the best opportunity to position themselves for a career.