Example sentences of "[verb] they [art] chance " in BNC.
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| 1 | But whatever age , Stow offers them the chance to meet up with old friends and catch up on the gossip . |
| 2 | Keep them out and you deny them the chance to share in our unpopularity . |
| 3 | It 's too easy , I think , to assume that women are n't aggressive and are sensitive and men are more aggressive and less sensitive because that 's the way society has wanted them to be in the past and children have grown up and lived up to those stereotypes , so I do n't think we can actually say yet that women can offer anything distinctive until we 've given them the chance to be themselves really . |
| 4 | If you have to go out to deliberately buy them the chances are that you wo n't but if you buy the occasional packet when you happen to see them you can have a grand time selecting them to effect a change on a sweater at the right time . |
| 5 | It can give them a chance — certainly often seized by widows in the past — to assert themselves with genuine dignity and authority in the public world . |
| 6 | We did n't give them a chance to cause trouble . |
| 7 | No ; they fidget , touch their hands to their mouths , make interrupt gestures and can hardly wait for that momentary pause which will give them a chance to get a word in edgeways . |
| 8 | No matter how many there are we 'll give them a chance to show themselves first , eh ? |
| 9 | Were they given this breathing space it would give them a chance to be less edgy about Olwyn . |
| 10 | Without conceding that the gentry of Tula , Smolensk , and elsewhere were justified in calling for an assembly which would give them a chance to vent their spleen , Alexander II seemed to be no less frightened than they by the enormity of the changes he had sanctioned . |
| 11 | the odds are against them … the bookies do n't give them a chance … but never never write off a team driven by a man so determined as Horton |
| 12 | ‘ It 's no use investing a great deal in youngsters like Robinson if we do n't give them the chance to prove themselves . |
| 13 | But do we give them the chance ? |
| 14 | But institutions could compensate for their loss of income by taking a more active role to ensure better performance from the management , which would at least give them the chance of a greater capital gain , so that their total return is unaffected . |
| 15 | They chose this area because it reminded them of the Alps and afforded them the chance to continue with their much loved skiing . |
| 16 | A more rigorous church system , which in any case allowed them a chance to work out their own salvation , may not have seemed too high a price . |
| 17 | Motability has arranged special schemes with motor manufacturers , wheelchair manufacturers , insurance brokers , and other so that today a variety of schemes can be offered which not only help disabled people become mobile but also give them a chance to be truly independent . |
| 18 | If these things happen we 'll say to our people : ‘ Give them a chance . |
| 19 | Because that 's the way you develop players , give them a chance of first-grade football and get them used to operating in the big time . |
| 20 | When you return your top scorer 's marks to ‘ Aquarian ’ you give them a chance of a free weekend for themselves and a partner at the Pontin 's Weston Super Mare-based Supreme Festival of Fishkeeping on November 7 and 8 . |
| 21 | When you return your top scorer 's marks to ‘ Aquarian ’ you give them a chance of a free weekend for themselves and a partner at the Weston Super Mare based Supreme Festival of Fishkeeping on November 7 & 8 . |
| 22 | Performance of silence , give them a chance . |
| 23 | Alan Smithson , promotions manager at The Mall , said : ‘ We hope to encourage new talent and give them a chance . |
| 24 | ‘ They should seriously consider Liverpool people and give them a chance , particularly as it is an area of high unemployment . ’ |
| 25 | It would , he said , give them the chance to see how the bike performed on a bit of decent road . |
| 26 | They may not always be too keen on having to wash with it … but give them the chance to make a big splash somewhere and they will never be any happier . |
| 27 | I , I told them when I was over week , but he just says to keep giving 'em a tr give 'em a chance . |
| 28 | Give 'em a chance . |
| 29 | Actors who train and go to drama school are usually on grants from local education authorities and to deny them the chance to join the profession — or at least compete properly — is ridiculous . |
| 30 | Economic growth in the open world market economy has been so great that few governments are now in strong enough control over their civil societies to be able to deny them the chance to participate in this wealth-creating system . |