1.   An opportunity was afforded when the council supported El Universal in its uncomplimentary evaluation of the work of the early independence leaders.

2.   He was afforded the opportunity to work for a judge.

3.   Advanced courses afford the opportunity to study classical religious and anti-religious texts of influential philosophers from Plato to Sartre.

4.   This will afford the opportunity to clear the cheque, and indeed to make sure that there are no problems caused by postal delays.

5.   And she sees the opportunities afforded by gaming as an inspiration to young people.

6.   As an Air Force brat who moved around the country, he was afforded the opportunity that other black kids in urban areas were not.

7.   Becoming a grandparent affords the opportunity to experience many of the mystical qualities of Christmas again.

8.   Bigger cities afford more opportunity to lie and get away with it, and lying also is used as a survival tool in hard times, she said.

9.   For chemistry and biology students, the laboratories of a research complex like Johns Hopkins afford opportunities unavailable even at the finest private schools.