Sentence examples for upon opportunities from inspiring English sources

Coming upon opportunities for depth or nuance, Ms. Jaye seems unsure how to proceed.

But the champion will also need to maintain the improvement she has shown in her second serve since Paris, or Henin will jump upon opportunities to unleash the most varied and attractive attacking weapons in the women's game.

In his position as President of the NCCD, Milton seized upon opportunities to develop an international perspective of criminal justice and to serve on many federal, state and local commissions as well as private sector positions.

He welcomed a phrase in the opening speech today in which Bishop Wilton D. Gregory, president of the bishops' conference, encouraged his fellow churchmen to "seize upon" opportunities for lay Catholics to help in church work.

Koetter, who replaced the much-maligned Mike Mularkey before this season, has always preached the value of impact plays and pushes his units to seize upon opportunities to gain big chunks of yardage all at once.

The bottom line is that students like me — from middle- to low-income families, who live in less prosperous areas of the country — tend to stumble upon opportunities by luck (if at all).

"The way they think and behave makes them far more likely than others to create, notice, and act upon chance opportunities," Wiseman concludes.

And some schools and students are targeting a laser-like focus upon opportunity channels like the Level Playing Field Institute and its SMASH Academy (Summer Math and Science Honors).

A year where I was given (and took) opportunity upon opportunity to step way outside of my comfort zone, put myself out into the world in bigger, bolder and more visible ways, and show up again and again in the face of fear, extreme discomfort, wanting to say "fuck it all" and just give up.

However, some samples did not contain 30 fish, depending upon opportunity, and varied from 1 to 150 fish kidneys; pool size also varied.

Its realization should not be dependent upon extraordinary opportunities.