opportunity for doing vs opportunity of doing

Both 'opportunity for doing' and 'opportunity of doing' are correct and commonly used in English. They are interchangeable and can be used based on personal preference or context.

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opportunity for doing

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used to indicate a chance or possibility to do something.

Examples:

This job offers a great opportunity for learning new skills.
There is an opportunity for improving our processes.
She saw an opportunity for making a positive impact.
The project provides an opportunity for collaboration.
I found an opportunity for traveling abroad.

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The Intergovernmental Conference is one very good opportunity for doing just that.
The opportunity for doing the same in 2009 is very limited, and mobilisation of short-term resources would still fall far short of the levels required.
The structural EU-China dialogue on labour, employment and social affairs, agreed between Commissioner Špidla and the Chinese minister of Labour and Social Security, might provide a good opportunity for doing so.
The promotion of modes of transport that have less or no impact on the soil, such as inland water and coastal water transport, presents an opportunity for doing this, as does the use of less harmful materials in the construction of infrastructure.
What we need to do is devise a strategy which properly applies subsidiarity: subsidiarity used not as an excuse for doing nothing but as an opportunity for doing things in a more intelligent and targeted way.
The IGC provides a unique opportunity for doing so.
My question is: will the Commission investigate the opportunities for doing so?
For precisely this reason the Commission referred in its proposal to the existing opportunities for doing so - the codecision procedure and the committee procedure.
The intended proposals for a revision of the financial regulation, a new financial framework and a reformed budget will provide opportunities for doing so during the mandate of the new Commission.
What is needed, though, is the introduction of something to accompany the principles of free circulation, which must remain within the cohesion policy framework, and the reforms of the structural funds and of the law on subsidies present themselves as opportunities for doing this.
Regarding secondary issues in connection with the report on the third stage of economic and monetary union we would also like to deal with, the opportunities for doing so will no doubt present themselves.
We are embracing new technologies that offer great opportunities for learning, for doing business, for communicating.
Lord, we thank you for this opportunity of doing thy work.
It's a brilliant opportunity doing... the thing that he does.
We have an opportunity of doing something about that this week.
All we want is the opportunity to continue doing our work.
The Commission communication on the future development of social protection, pursuant to the mandate granted by the Lisbon European Council, has provided us with the opportunity of doing so.
The strong European trading position with both countries not only offers an objective opportunity of doing this, but also means that such action must necessarily be in our own interests.
There is now an opportunity for building political institutions in Chechnya and for doing so with a little more credibility.
Phare paid for and managed the institution building, while Sapard provided the opportunity of learning-by-doing.

Alternatives:

chance to do
possibility of doing
prospect of doing
option for doing
potential for doing

opportunity of doing