Example sentences of "[art] [adj] chance [prep] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He predicted that Democrats would support it because it had the greatest chance of securing enough backing to become law by overriding a presidential veto . |
| 2 | Through our experience and knowledge derived from sales in the area we are able to ensure that you have the greatest chance of selling at the highest figure . |
| 3 | When I visit a city , I visit the older part of town first , as I have the greatest chance of finding good material there . |
| 4 | When I visit a city , I visit the older part of town first , as I have the greatest chance of finding good material there . |
| 5 | Moreover , recent findings suggest that increased levels of luteinising hormone , which may also be associated with hyperinsulinaemia , might decrease the spontaneous chance of conceiving and increase spontaneous abortion rates . |
| 6 | ‘ Because the son of a bitch wo n't let up while he thinks there is the slightest chance of getting back his quarter of a million , ’ Hugo said . |
| 7 | Every golfer in the world experiences that awful feeling of helplessness when he stands over a putt and knows that he has not the slightest chance of getting the ball near the hole , let alone into it . |
| 8 | Only the first would Niki have the slightest chance of repaying . |
| 9 | But the Japanese have decided that anything with the slightest chance of helping to make better microchips deserves a close look . |
| 10 | Germany never had the slightest chance of winning a prolonged war on two fronts . |
| 11 | She wondered if there was the faintest chance of impressing them with the significance of her position . |
| 12 | Although Mr Melding , a first-time candidate , has not the faintest chance of winning , he is reluctant to dwell gloomily on the fact . |
| 13 | They are disgusted with a decision which must kill off the all-important chance of exposing a form of cheating that has spread with alarming haste as bowlers find ways of getting the old ball to swing violently late . |
| 14 | Indeed , the party might well stay in power unless the Liberals win outright since it has much the better chance of putting together a coalition with other parties . |
| 15 | Just dial any of the above numbers , the more times you enter the better chance of winning ! ! |
| 16 | Dr Enevoldson said the more records of blood and bone marrow types she has , the more chance of helping patients like the England and Spurs striker 's baby son , who was taken ill with a form of leukaemia when he was only a few months old . |
| 17 | She thought of ringing him on the off chance of catching him at the flat , but shelved the possibility as unlikely . |
| 18 | This left the adults without children ( ‘ possibly they had been taken off at the Dutch border ; the SS guards liked to give a lasting impression of their authority ’ ) and a few veterans of earlier Kindertransporte who returned to Liverpool Street — sometimes , like Martha Levy , three or four times a week , on the off chance of spotting friends from home . |
| 19 | You might try driving a car at a brick wall at a 100 miles an hour on the off chance of coming to no harm at all , but please make sure you have renewed your NI subscription first . |
| 20 | Once built , the nests are lined with tightly packed leaves which act as insulation and the hedgehogs are then ready to sleep the winter away , occasionally waking and wandering about on the off chance of finding a meal . |
| 21 | Much effort went into tracing remote family connections abroad on the off chance of identifying a benefactor . |
| 22 | For all irrational and exploitative forms of authority , self-assertion — the pursuit by another of his own goals — is the arch sin because it is a threat to the power of the authority ; the person subject to it is indoctrinated to believe that the aims of the authority are also his , and that obedience offers the optimal chance for fulfilling oneself . |
| 23 | I asked Danny ( Knight ) to put down at the first chance after crossing back over the Channel , and he did ’ . |
| 24 | The last deed is caused by the sheer chance of finding a dagger ‘ bound round with spells for the destruction of Mordor ’ in the wight 's barrow . |
| 25 | I read an article on Cizek 's school in Vienna — the apparent chance of reading that one article has arranged my life since then , until the present moment . |
| 26 | With some research topics , such as asking people to say what criminal offences they have committed , the only chance of getting any truthful answers would be with a guarantee that the answers would be confidential ( no one else would be told the answers given by a particular individual ) , and the best way of ensuring this is to allow respondents not to give their names ( anonymity ) . |
| 27 | Like Herbert , however , he suffered from ‘ aguish distempers ’ ; his doctor advised that the only chance of saving his life was for him to travel overseas in order to escape from the Cambridge climate and as a respite from his studies . |
| 28 | I do not believe in the SNP , but in realistic terms the only chance of seeing a society based on social justice is through independence . |
| 29 | Liberal Democrats believe that expanding and utilising to the full scientific and technological talents offers the only chance of improving our performance and reversing the long tale of our relative economic decline . |
| 30 | Because if we turn back , said her mind , then you will be going away from Nuadu , you will be losing what might be the only chance of rescuing him from the Robemaker . |