1.   And the congressional Republican leadership, sensing an opportunity to trap President Clinton on the wrong side of the opinion polls, is piling on.

2.   And when Matsushita moved to the left, de Ferran sensed an opportunity to pass and shot forward on the right.

3.   Beasley senses political opportunity here in a state where the Christian right is perhaps the most powerful political force.

4.   After workers around the country were laid off last fall, Kaylene Opperman sensed an opportunity.

5.   Both their parties, especially the Likud, which senses an opportunity to revive its standing if new elections are held, opposed the merger.

6.   Bush campaign advisers say they have sensed greater opportunity in Illinois since the presidential debates.

7.   But after the market fell in August, she sensed an opportunity and asked her broker what to do.

8.   But Democrats also said they sensed an opportunity in the fight this fall to make the case for core values and define their party in opposition.

9.   But Mitchell also sensed an opportunity.

10.   Even if Iverson plays, Allen and the Bucks sense their opportunity.