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Meanings of seize the opportunity in English

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Usage of seize the opportunity in English
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Mrs. Brindley did not seize the opportunity to convict her of inconsistency.
The Price She Paid
2
Old Jolyon was not slow to seize the opportunity this gave him.
The Forsyte Saga, Volume I. / The Man Of Property
3
Was he anxious to seize the opportunity of returning to her confession?
The New Magdalen
4
Would he seize the opportunity and escape out of Wallaria, think you?
Princess Maritza
5
So why not seize the opportunity and have a clear out?
The Irish Times
6
But 68 percent thought that other people would seize the opportunity.
Reuters
7
We must seize the opportunity and enable the communities around us.
BBC
8
Renzi should seize the opportunity for a bit of creative destruction.
Reuters
9
And, in passing, seize the opportunity to settle accounts with Alatriste.
Purity of blood
10
And, being hungry, he lost no time in coming to seize the opportunity.
Children of the Wild
11
This mob desired to compel it again to seize the opportunity.
History of the Girondists, Volume I / Personal Memoirs of the Pa...
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The Senate, however, was far less inclined to seize the opportunity.
The United States Since the Civil War
13
We need to seize the opportunity, he said last week.
Reuters
14
Others want to seize the opportunity of a public broadcast to address the electorate.
The Guardian
15
He was encouraged by what he heard and urged them to seize the opportunity.
The Irish Times
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He would seize the opportunity to pay court to Antoinette.
Jean-Christophe in Paris: The Market-Place, Antoinette, the Hous...
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Ireland
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United Kingdom
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