Sentence examples for opportunity to assert himself from inspiring English sources

David Cameron is losing an opportunity to assert himself as leader of a wider European alliance.

But Kerry A. Lawrence, who, like Mr. Hynes, is a former prosecutor turned defense lawyer, said he felt that Judge Parker was careful and that Mr. Cason had had plenty of opportunities to assert himself.

He did not need to assert himself.

He has to assert himself.

And in all this, they see an opportunity to assert their authority.

Not since 2007 has the government had such an opportunity to assert itself in Mogadishu.

So here Mr. Lamar was in Brooklyn — what better opportunity to assert his primacy than this?

What some saw as an opportunity to assert their constitutional freedoms, others took as an affront.

"This gave the court a great opportunity to assert its dignity".

An opportunity to assert civilian control over the army once and for all would then have been missed.

And that is where House Republicans see an opportunity to assert their influence, with a real possibility of a stalemate.