Example sentences of "to [be] [vb pp] a chance " in BNC.
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| 1 | She remembers that she had been knocking on doors for years to be given a chance to act and had been practically laughed out of town . |
| 2 | Experience shows that clients may not immediately express the real reason for their visit but need to be given a chance to raise further problems . |
| 3 | BRITISH electors are to be given a chance to vote on the EC 's Maastricht Treaty in a rebel referendum run by Tory Euro-sceptics . |
| 4 | Now they were going to be given a chance to put their money where their mouths were . |
| 5 | The American public wanted this new President to be given a chance to try out his programs . |
| 6 | ‘ But little Ellie Browne is n't going to be given a chance to be a part of it , ’ she murmured with mock sorrow . |
| 7 | But Lisa 's mother points out that it 's unusual for people with Downs Syndrome to be given a chance to prove themselves in the first place : |
| 8 | ‘ It 's a life-long ambition of mine to be a chauffeur and I just want to be given a chance . ’ |