have occasion to
Example Sentences
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When testing swivels, the two have occasion to sit in chairs they repair, and they report some are less comfortable than one would imagine.
From Washington Post • Sep. 13, 2022
“How far is too far, in scrubbing away a history so that we won’t remember it wrong – or, indeed, have occasion to remember it at all?” asked Mark Summers, a University of Kentucky professor.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 11, 2020
We don’t often have occasion to mention art exhibitions here, but a new show at Los Angeles’ Museum of Contemporary Art deserves special recognition.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 21, 2018
Since these precedents are accepted, states and citizens do not file, and lower court judges do have occasion to hear, cases challenging them, thereby placing them on the superprecedent list.
From Slate • Jul. 5, 2018
“How many letters you must have occasion to write in the course of a year! Letters of business, too! How odious I should think them!”
From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen
