Many of his peers encouraged him to take this opportunity and run with it.
We would like to take this opportunity to offer our sincerest condolences to Mr Lubbock's family.
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And to that little girl, now a woman, I would like to take this opportunity to say again, thank you.
Well and good, but Mr Museveni's people are also hoping to take this opportunity to get rid of presidential-term limits.
I'd like to take this opportunity for a point of information and also to speak briefly to the motion of Mr. Delahunt.
"The club would like to take this opportunity to thank the Russian Football Union for their understanding and cooperation, " said a statement.
So I want to take this opportunity to lay out what we are doing, and how we intend to resolve these outstanding issues.
As I have every year as President, I want to take this opportunity to speak directly to the people and leaders of Iran.
"I'd also like to take this opportunity to thank Jamie Dalrymple for his services as captain for the past two seasons, " said Hamer.
Anders, I want to take this opportunity on behalf of all of us to thank you for your outstanding leadership over these past three years.
And I want to take this opportunity to apologize to Bruce.
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The safer path, and likely the growth-maximizing one, is to take this opportunity of robust growth to stabilize the dollar and get ahead of the inflation risk.
As you begin your second term, I want to take this opportunity to thank you -- not just for your leadership, but also for your lessons in life.
This strategy has come under considerable scrutiny by this Committee, and I want to take this opportunity to share with you the broader issues that have led us to this position.
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And before I sign it into law, I want to take this opportunity to encourage that same kind of bipartisan spirit on another step that will create jobs and move America forward.
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And I want to take this opportunity to commend you and the Turkish people for your courage in seeking an historic and peaceful resolution of the PKK violence that has plagued Turkey for so long.
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And with this year the 100th anniversary of the Territorial Army, I want to take this opportunity to pay tribute to the servicemen and women in our reserves who are such an essential element of our nation's defence.
"I wish to take this opportunity to admit that there have been times that my sexual conduct has fallen below the standards expected of me as a priest, archbishop and cardinal, " Cardinal Keith O'Brien said in a statement.
We take your feedback very seriously and while there is no excuse for poor service, we would like to take this opportunity to update you on some of the changes that have taken place at the resort since 2002.
Yet, at the same time, my more realistic analysis tells me that I should be worried about those within the PSUV (Chavez's party) who may wish to take this opportunity to take control and position themselves as likely leaders.
So this is an opportunity -- and we'll be encouraging them to take this opportunity -- to lay out a vision of where they want to take Europe and the eurozone going forward, and how they want to address these issues.
"I would like to take this opportunity to remind everyone that there are still Palestinian, Syrian, Jordanian and other Arab prisoners and especially the prisoners who were from Jerusalem and the Arabs of 1948 who are suffering under very tough conditions, " Nasrallah said.
It also gave members of our military and our veterans a chance to unwind a little bit, and on this Veterans Day, I want to take this opportunity to thank all our men and women in uniform for their service and their sacrifice.
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And I want to take this opportunity to say how sad I am for Eliot Spitzer's family, particularly his teenage daughters, his wife, of course, but his parents who are my generation and wonderful nice people, and I know this must be a terrible blow for them.
As you know, Jenny Rosser has been our Acting Director General since the beginning of the year, and I want to take this opportunity to record publicly my appreciation, and that of the rest of the NAPF Board, for Jenny's efforts on behalf of your Association this year.
The President just now spoke about his support, and I would like to take this opportunity to say thank you for all the unsparing support given by the government and people of the United States, starting with Operation Tomodachi conducted by U.S. forces at the time of the Great East Japan Earthquake of last year.
Lastly, I would like to take this opportunity to express our sincere appreciation to President Obama's visions, and the support as well as the efforts of -- excellent efforts of Secretary Clinton, as well as the responsible officials from the State Department which have paved the way for promotion of our bilateral relations and cooperation between our two countries.
Mr Blair welcomed the intensification of the inspections and stressed it was important for President Saddam to take full advantage of this opportunity to disarm, his office said.
To take advantage of this opportunity, I sent an additional 4, 000 Marines to Anbar as part of the surge.
However, the industry has been slow to take advantage of this opportunity.
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