1.   We have a splendid opportunity to do something really useful.

2.   Chris Markham now teachers sixth form girls at a Wokingham School -- a splendid opportunity of introducing Medau to the younger generation and we wish her every success.

3.   And if rumors of a transfer to New York are correct, you may not have to travel to Chicago to grab this splendid opportunity.

4.   It is also an opera of splendid opportunities, though one that flourishes under certain conditions.

5.   Its appealing lyric moments, moreover, provide splendid opportunities for self-advertisement.

6.   Pollution creates splendid economic opportunities for enterprises that clean up the mess.

7.   Red Sox pitcher Derek Lowe wasted a splendid opportunity to lift whatever curse is dogging him during this season of no wins.

8.   Soon wineries and the wine merchants began capitalizing on a splendid opportunity to show off their wares, get more traffic flowing through the shops and sell more wine.

9.   The specter of a Colin Powell bid for the presidency offered a splendid opportunity for African-Americans to halt the slide of the black vote toward political irrelevancy.

10.   Therein hangs a splendid opportunity for political divination.