Sentence examples for seizing a chance from inspiring English sources

Here in north London they found that seizing a chance is sometimes harder than not having one at all.

Seizing a chance to prove Mr. Reid wrong, he offered a motion allowing work on the bill to continue.

By seizing a chance to act internationally, it has increased its prospective clout within the EU while also confirming itself as America's best friend in continental Europe.

But Capriati struggled hard enough to pull into the lead after seizing a chance to break in the eighth game, to finally take the set 6-4.

"We're going to think outside of the box, but we intend to run The Examiner as a paid, subscriber-based morning newspaper," he said, seizing a chance that none of the giant chains was willing to take.

Alice's oversexed sister, Edith, also on board and betrothed to a Spanish ex-prince, will eventually sleep with Bruno, the blind head hijacker, seizing a chance to prove that she hasn't lost her zing.

Proponents saw, and seized, a chance to move that idea forward.

At a critical moment Homburg was able to seize a chance of routing the Swedes.

Many praised Joyce for his gracious response; others noted that Qantas had shrewdly seized a chance for free marketing.

Garibaldi's question first arose when James W. Quiggle, outgoing American consul in Antwerp, Belgium, seized a chance at glory by writing an unofficial letter to him in June 1861.

It's the way she felt, she said by telephone from Los Angeles, as she changed languages and home countries to seize a chance at reaching the wider world.