Example sentences of "chance [prep] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Membership of Equity , then , is no guarantee of employment — it simply gives the member a chance to be considered for the work that is available . |
| 2 | But the fact of the matter is , he wrote , that none of it is right , or rather , that what has so far been accomplished is wrong and what has not yet been accomplished is only right because it has not yet had the chance to be proved wrong . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | An article in the Jewish Chronicle last year , in which Wesker wrote that all he wanted was enough money to give the play a chance to be seen in London led to a benefactor , who wishes to remain anonymous , phoning him up and offering to underwrite the venture to the tune of £13,500 . |
| 5 | ‘ I am giving him the chance to be his own publisher , ’ said Mr Maxwell . |
| 6 | The most tantalising of opportunities has thus opened up for Mr Takeshita : the chance to be prime minister again . |
| 7 | I never thought , here 's a chance to be taken seriously . |
| 8 | However , the most we could offer these determined inventors was a chance to be well-known by their peers for a week or two . |
| 9 | I have worked , I have exhausted myself day in day out , for years , and nobody has ever considered my age or health , it never entered my mother 's head that I might welcome a break , new surroundings , a chance to be waited on . |
| 10 | Jackie Tiptoe wondered what would happen if the mill should chance to be investigated . |
| 11 | But their real function is to give people a chance to be famous for five minutes , by saying something that will get them on to the next news broadcast . |
| 12 | I do n't believe that I am really going to have the chance to be in this movie . |
| 13 | We feel privileged to have had the chance to be part of such a valuable learning experience . |
| 14 | Guideline 22 : Give your youngster the chance to be responsible by giving him/her responsibility . |
| 15 | Here is a chance to be |
| 16 | The double X gives it the chance to be red and black , while the Y gives it male characteristics . |
| 17 | But Ted just smiled and said , ‘ This is my last chance to be happy . |
| 18 | Towns could take some space at a normal street comer to give ‘ more chance to be seen and to see others ’ ( a ) ; or could create a vest-pocket park ( b ) ; or a play area ( c ) ; or an island in a cul-de-sac for the local children ( d ) . |
| 19 | I did their first demos with them , and took the opportunity of telling them a few facts of life , saying that while it was nice to play guitar , if at the end of the line they were all broke then they were going to be very unhappy musicians who had missed their chance to be big , and so they had better take care of certain realities and do it right away . |
| 20 | It offered the chance to be melodic and even funky within the context of the group , but still powerful and aggressive . ’ |
| 21 | Dustin was given his first chance to be in pictures . |
| 22 | Former gang members shall be given a chance to be patrol buddies in assisting in the protection of the neighbourhoods . |
| 23 | ‘ I 'd always known Alan was mad about kids and I would n't deny him his chance to be a father . |
| 24 | But most of all I just want Chloe to have the chance to be a healthy little girl . |
| 25 | He said : ‘ It was my last chance to be a winner . |
| 26 | What is carried ‘ in the mind ’ — in their world of ‘ internal objects ’ — has little chance to be reorganized in a mature fashion because they are continually being pressed into ‘ childhood emotional relationships which result from integration in a pattern demanded by mass production ’ ( Pederson-Krag , 1951 ) . |
| 27 | I was what I felt unconsciously I had never had a chance to be : a little girl . |
| 28 | I think I 'd miss my friends and the school atmosphere and the chance to be normal . ’ |
| 29 | Were they given this breathing space it would give them a chance to be less edgy about Olwyn . |
| 30 | Here 's the chance to be creative on fabric and knitwear with an exciting new range of products recently introduced into the UK by the yarn company F W Bramwell & Co Ltd . |