Example sentences of "no chance of [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 As for the militias , however zealous and heroic , they had no chance of triumphing over the Nationalist armies .
2 The skills involved are so varied and complex that whole books have been written about it , and there is no chance of going into the topic in great depth here .
3 Even at 70 , the energetic Mr Chance can not do enough for those he feels have been restricted in their activities and their education and have little or no chance of mixing with the community .
4 Countries with a huge public debt ( Holland 82% of GDP , Ireland 98% , Italy 108% , Belgium 134% ) have no chance of complying with the Maastricht criterion on debt .
5 Victory sent the Debmat Diamonds back to the top of the Gold Cup Northern Section , one point ahead of Berwick while Boro now have no chance of qualifying for the final .
6 He saw that he had no chance of winning over the militants , and so abandoned the conventional view that a political settlement was essential .
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