seize on

Busy bureaucrats who lack a strong grasp of the details at hand are likely to seize on your text as a time-saver.

He was determined to seize on (upon) the opportunity to leave his employer a good impression.

We bring to history the preconceptions of our personalities and of our age. We cannot seize on ultimate and absolute truths.

China is leading an Asian surge, with its privatised companies keen to seize on the state's insatiable demand for old energy.

My arms thrash about. and i can seize on no object for my love. I am alone and want to be two. I speak. and no one is there to listen.

We must seize on the opportunities afforded by the world's interconnection, while responding effectively and comprehensively to its dangers.

Red shirts who believe that the ruling elite are conspiring to keep them down will seize on this as evidence.

Tuzi opportunity as a head hair, you seize on to seize, not a failure to focus our efforts.

Indeed, scientists hope to seize on images of the tsunami to dramatically increase their understanding.

I never dreamed how the Chinese would seize on this innocent action.

Other academics not linked to the project were quick to seize on its potential implications.

There may be large systems breakdowns, which opponents of offshoring will seize on.

Prosecutors cleared Lee Myung-bak of wrongdoing - but his rival still hopes to seize on popular skepticism about the frontrunner.

Bears could meanwhile seize on bad news to drive credit default swap spreads wider, some traders said.

"This is really a chance for publishers to seize on a second life, " says Phil Asmundson of Deloitte, a consultancy.

Labour politicians will seize on any cuts that ostensibly harm the poor in order to divide the coalition partners.

Newsome and others fear that animal-rights activists may seize on the Swiss ruling.

The simplest explanation for this tempest in a teapot is that Mr Obama's critics will seize on any perceived error.

It is not well placed to seize on a recovery in commodities.

They are guessing -- as I think most economists and pundits are -- and they seize on almost any idea that sounds good at the time.

They will seize on any excuse for their failure in policy prescription, no matter how implausible.

Reformers should seize on them.

So when you get to exercise control, you seize on opportunity.

And it means we should seize on opportunities to learn from one another.

Hong Kong's various political parties have been quick to seize on the opportunity for exposure.

In Japan the media and the opposition seize on such differences as evidence of disarray.

seize on (something) eagerly; give sudden (typically critical) attention to