1.   Given the opportunity, many more would doubtless welcome the chance to exercise their new-found skills in the context of church services.

2.   He would welcome the chance of retiring to his yachts.

3.   Pensioners very often welcome the chance to earn a little extra money and are happy to babysit for an evening.

4.   They might welcome the chance to learn.

5.   FORMER Darlington manager Frank Gray would welcome a chance to team up again with Denis Smith.

6.   The council says it would welcome the chance to expand on the submission when the inquiry takes oral evidence.

7.   Although Bhatia had visited northern India twice as a child, she welcomed the chance to return alone.

8.   Although Mariners execs maintained publicly that they would have welcomed the chance to play with Griffey this season, privately they dreaded his arrival in Peoria, Ariz.

9.   And independents like John Sayles, Hal Hartley and Joel and Ethan Coen have welcomed the chance to have their works preserved.

10.   And instead of welcoming the chance to give express their views, many resent the matter being given to the parish council.