Example sentences of "a [adj] chance [prep] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And if , as the NES proposes , the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska is opened to drilling ( lobbyists give this a 50–50 chance of passing through Congress ) , the government will ensure that the drilling happens . |
| 2 | But at 30 Hick was not given the benefit of the doubt when lbw to a Cairns ball which had no more than a 50–50 chance of hitting the top of the leg stump . |
| 3 | Although his jarred shoulder is improving , and he has been named in the side for Saturday , he is still only given a 50–50 chance of playing . |
| 4 | So now the Black Horse has been named a regional Pub of the Year with a strong chance of winning the national title later this year . |
| 5 | To summarize , it seems that detectors which will go into continuous operation in the next few years have a strong chance of detecting a type II supernova in our Galaxy provided that the collapse is asymmetric to the degree now thought likely . |
| 6 | Both underweight and overweight women had a lower chance of becoming pregnant than women with normal weight , although this effect was greater for the obese than for the lean women . |
| 7 | In that act of letting the congenital non-participants off the hook , a once-in-a-generation chance of politicizing those millions was lost . |
| 8 | Despite the firm 's dire financial health , they have a slim chance of pulling this off . |
| 9 | With a record order book , it now has a slim chance of starting to repay a bit of the $13.5 billion that it has received in government subsidies . |
| 10 | His bill now goes forward for a second reading but stands a slim chance of becoming law . |
| 11 | If you had a deposit in an American bank between 1929 and 1932 , you had a one-in-ten chance of losing it . |
| 12 | yeah it 's good that they had a fairer chance of getting on to the tables |
| 13 | And for another , it 's about the only one that England do have a vague chance of winning . |
| 14 | ‘ Unfortunately there is nothing we can do about it and it means that the athletes from Durham and Cumbria will not get a second chance of achieving the English Schools qualifying standards . ’ |
| 15 | The gangling 22-year-old , a modern linguist at Queens ' College , Cambridge , is said to have a serious chance of becoming ‘ the first Kinnock in a thousand generations ’ to achieve first-class honours . |
| 16 | Howe still needs a goalkeeper on loan because David Seaman has only a slender chance of returning on Saturday and his two deputies are injured . |
| 17 | It appears that the gallery has a real chance of organising its museum ; the city authorities have almost given their consent to leases on two buildings in the centre of Moscow . |
| 18 | They need two wins from their final three matches to stand a real chance of staying up . |
| 19 | Surely , after the wonderful night of passion she had experienced with Ross , they 'd had a real chance of mending their relationship ? |
| 20 | while individual ‘ stress-coping ’ strategies do help to alleviate the symptoms of stress , only an organisational approach to reducing stress has a real chance of helping all teachers . |
| 21 | Now I think he 's got a real chance of winning on Saturday . ’ |
| 22 | This was Coronation year , and the young Queen Elizabeth II , crowned in Westminster Abbey just four days before the running of the race , had a real chance of owning the winner in Aureole . |
| 23 | On the face of it Labour has a real chance of overturning the Tory majority of 2,661 . |
| 24 | He has not been bought to play like Hughes , but to score goals — and he has a real chance of doing that . |
| 25 | I really think you have a fine chance of winning the first prize ! ’ |
| 26 | Pollerton 's Pride and Diane Clay have a great chance of defying a 7lb penalty in the Tyne Handicap Hurdle ( 3.05 ) . |
| 27 | Kernaghan said : ‘ If we can maintain our superb Ayresome Park record , and not lose our final away games , we have a great chance of going up . |
| 28 | ‘ Then when Warnaeera and Muralidaran got New Zealand out for 102 , we knew we were in with a great chance of beating them . ’ |
| 29 | Damon Hill produced the performance he had dreamed of to give himself a great chance of finishing on the victory podium at the Brazilian Grand Prix . |
| 30 | North , second in the table and also undefeated , have given themselves a great chance of pulling off a win which will close the gap at the top . |