Example sentences of "[noun pl] have [det] chance " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although individuals who went to state schools have some chance of entering these jobs , public school educated elites largely reserve such positions for themselves and their children 's group . |
| 2 | And corrupt officials have more chance of a rake-off when expensive goods are involved . |
| 3 | A police chief has warned that faced with soaring crime rates , his officers have little chance of catching petty offenders . |
| 4 | His admirers applaud him as the ‘ people 's lawyer ’ , the first solicitor in Britain to realize that victims of disasters have more chance of success if they stand and fight collectively . |
| 5 | A slip-up at High Wycombe would not be fatal , because the Suffolk champions have another chance to scoop the title at home to Lydney later this month , but Sudbury are keen to win the championship in style . |
| 6 | Few of these girls have any chance of promotion . |
| 7 | And let's face it brothers , sisters , some of our members have more chance of seeing Lord Lucan riding as they have of finding a job . |
| 8 | Plants grown from divisions or cuttings have little chance of survival after planting , unless rigorously defended from the local feline population . |
| 9 | There is still much to discover of their even earlier history , and we hope that the crucial steps did not all take place in some site where fossils have little chance of preservation . |
| 10 | This section is written by Schneider of the International Energy Agency , who concludes that renewables have many chances to contribute to energy futures , and should be advanced by government action . |
| 11 | While the familial basis of women 's oppression remains for all classes , upper class women have more chance for freedom than their working-class sisters who suffer a double oppression . |
| 12 | In large leks the satellites have little chance of mating as they are driven away by the residents . |
| 13 | Because of the growth in the number of applications , the fall in the value of Research Council grants , due to inflation , etc. , and the consequent reduction in their absolute numbers , only Alpha-rated projects have any chance of receiving funding , and only a proportion of such proposals are successful . |
| 14 | As deposits in any country may originate both from domestic and foreign emissions , national or limited multinational abatement policies have little chance of success . |