| The failure of strategy in electoral terms would give him a golden opportunity to identify his opponent with economic expansionism. |
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| It's a classic example of bad plotting when you have a golden opportunity to destroy your nemesis but you let him live. |
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| At the sixth Scott had a golden opportunity to put Woods two down for the first time all week, but he missed from a mere four feet. |
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| There are never any guarantees, she could hotfoot it today and be back in court tomorrow morning, but this is a golden opportunity for her. |
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| We were really kicking ourselves afterwards at having missed such a golden opportunity. |
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| Leaping at this golden opportunity, Frankenstein repairs Christina's scars, brings her back to life and puts Hans' soul in the young girls body. |
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| The chairman missed a golden opportunity to reach his intended goal and the team failed to hit expected targets. |
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| Why then did the writers miss a golden opportunity to stress the need to spay and neuter the family dog? |
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| Broadcasting by satellite was RTE's golden opportunity to ensure that every household would receive top quality reception. |
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| Mauritius as a bilingual country is seen as a golden opportunity for the Indian operators to exploit these markets, he says. |
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| The Chancellor has missed a golden opportunity to boost the Government's strategy to cut smoking rates and improve the nation's health. |
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| The enforced name change imposed by EMI brought with it a golden opportunity to extend the reach of their music beyond just Irish boundaries. |
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| Though they loved their club, they recognised a golden opportunity that would ultimately benefit Oak Hill, the university and the city. |
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| My mother showed up but headed right for the kitchen, seizing this golden opportunity to rearrange my sister's kitchen. |
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| It not only brought smiles to their faces but also gave them a golden opportunity to express their talent. |
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| The Chancellor's failures may soon present the opposition with a golden opportunity. |
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| The World Cup in Japan and South Korea is seen by the industry as a golden opportunity to attract new gamblers to online betting. |
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| In 1244 a golden opportunity appeared when open war broke out between Damascus and Egypt. |
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| If you want a film career as expansive and successful as Michael Jackson's, perhaps you should consider looking into this golden opportunity. |
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| That gave Ellen a golden opportunity to shower the couple with some pretty lavish baby gifts. |
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| This Administration has an ideological commitment to tax cuts and wasn't going to waste a golden opportunity to have them written into law. |
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| But in pragmatic terms, it was the most cack-handed loss of a golden opportunity. |
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| I feel the police are missing a golden opportunity to create good public relations. |
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| This new route presents a golden opportunity to use the rolling stock that was mostly idled when the Blainville line was electrified. |
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| The dispossession of the peasantry gave landlords a golden opportunity to amalgamate small plots into large farms. |
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| He was out there glad-handing and botching a golden opportunity. |
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| We Have a Pope A.N. Wilson, Newsweek A Jesuit pope, a golden opportunity for change. |
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| He had a golden opportunity to notch another hat-trick here, but wasn't as sharp as usual and was thwarted by a mixture of poor finishing and fine goalkeeping. |
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| In the flurry to appear as though I was being on my best behaviour at work, I missed a golden opportunity to tell Richard Wilkins how much I enjoy reading his blog. |
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| A golden opportunity to raise the profile of club rugby and bring what has been an intriguing and at times compelling championship to a dramatic conclusion has been missed. |
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| It was a golden opportunity for him to see the living conditions of expatriate labourers who live in the camps, braving the scorching heat and adverse conditions. |
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| The present state of affairs is unacceptable precisely because we have a responsibility and a golden opportunity to act. |
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| Li Benjian missed a golden opportunity in the dying seconds to settle the score, but hooked his shot wide after a determined run. |
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| Materia gives Nicolas Le Moigne a golden opportunity to ennoble four raw materials. |
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| The skipper of Safran has a golden opportunity to chase after his childhood dreams. |
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| But before Japanese bosses celebrate, they may want to consider that this golden opportunity is hardly the result of business perspicuity. |
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| My concern is that the United States will see this as a golden opportunity to cherry-pick, as they have always done, the best routes into Europe. |
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| Beirut knows that this war is a golden opportunity to get rid of a troublesome encumbrance. |
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| The changing engine of growth south of the border can provide SMEs with a golden opportunity to become a larger player in this expanding space. |
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| However, we will miss this golden opportunity if we are not able to put our own house in order. |
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| He and I know that there are probably many other immigrants out there who may themselves have that golden opportunity. |
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| This meeting is therefore a golden opportunity for this forum to express the expectations and the hopes of the peoples of the world. |
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| In this model, a disruption of the old order is a golden opportunity to get things done and reach new levels of performance. |
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| Our neighbours have the choice to join this prosperity, and we have a golden opportunity to enable them to do so. |
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| A golden opportunity for the winners to present their philosophy of design to the world. |
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| This is why today we have a golden opportunity to discuss, finally, appropriate amendments to the blasphemy law. |
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| Employees taking language training thus have a golden opportunity to enhance their learning experience. |
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| The euro-area's strong growth performance presents a golden opportunity for all euroarea members to put their fiscal houses in order. |
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| It is a great adventure and a golden opportunity to make contact with the rest of Europe. |
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| The Games are a golden opportunity to highlight our linguistic duality, and we want these to be truly Canada's Games. |
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| Locally born and bred Mike, a prolific marksman in the Reserves, was handed his golden opportunity when his team mate limped off after 41 minutes with a groin injury. |
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| The leader of the free world missed a golden opportunity to speak up on their behalf. |
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| Greg Ricker was handed a golden opportunity when he joined Strickland Insurance Group a little more than 10 years ago. |
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| Cusson-Mervil-Montcalm, still holding concerts in 2010, offers Michel a golden opportunity to bring to the forefront once again, his role which is usually mostly an out of the limelight one in musical and cinema productions. |
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| As the two were politically estranged, it was a golden opportunity to commence a reconciliation. |
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| Secondly, bad press can kill a golden opportunity of bringing readers' attention to new acts of philanthropy that just might educate and incentivize others to give. |
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| So why hasn't the Golden State seized a golden opportunity? |
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| George, Molly's husband, gives him a golden opportunity, but he and Clive argue furiously about the moral responsibility of the act. |
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| The NEPAD eschool initiative may thus be a golden opportunity for African leaders and the donor community to test the relevance of applying OSS in the education sector in Africa. |
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| In short, a golden opportunity to implement much needed democratic reforms might be lost in the wake of an overly hasty move to an unfamiliar electoral system. |
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| Many believed that Cardiff Blues had a golden opportunity of finally making the Heineken Cup quarter finals. |
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| On hearing the news the thief is eager to take advantage of the golden opportunity presented to ransack the neighbour's apartment without fear of disturbance. |
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| Last August, when Syria's president, Bashar Assad, was caught red-handed gassing his own people in their hundreds, the Saudis saw a golden opportunity to strike hard. |
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| But it could also be a golden opportunity for character assassination, a rhetorical assault on federalism, and publicity for hitherto marginal republican groups. |
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| Immigrants fleeing poverty in their country of origin saw the chance to work on large-scale Montreal construction projects as a golden opportunity. |
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| The other side to this, however, is that it is precisely in difficult times that exhibitions and other events have a golden opportunity to demonstrate their characteristics as efficient marketing and communication platforms. |
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| The 1936 Berlin Games were seen by the German government as a golden opportunity to promote their ideology. |
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| It is true that they found a golden opportunity in the unfortunate words of Bishop Williamson, which enabled them by an unjust amalgamation to ill-use our Society, considered as a scapegoat. |
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| With returns to corn producers falling significantly short of the cost of production for the crop, some consider the expanding ethanol market as a golden opportunity for the beleaguered corn industry. |
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| We have a golden opportunity to overcome the unavoidable overcrowding through staff and workload expansion of recent years and to equip ourselves with a properly designed and outfitted workplace. |
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| It is really a golden opportunity for them to reflect on all that. |
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| With the rest of the squad injured, Jones had a golden opportunity to prove his worth to the coach. |
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| With this unprecedented offer of funding targetted towards primary care research, we have a golden opportunity to let primary care research rightfully shine. |
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| But Holl, who also serves as head of policy for UK Athletics, says the findings of the WADA report signal a golden opportunity to boot dopers out for good. |
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