Example sentences of "[verb] stand a [adj] chance " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm been tending to concentrate on specific things which you know stand a good chance of being on the paper , and even if they 're not will help you with others . |
| 2 | Underneath are the shale and granite deposits which workers think stand a good chance of containing metals . |
| 3 | We 're a school choir — if there are many youth choirs , who can draw from several schools around the area there then the chances of our getting anywhere are slim but if it 's large school choirs then I think we probably do stand a fair chance . |
| 4 | Being born and brought up next to a butcher 's shop in a Somerset town in the closing years of the 18th century may not have been the healthiest start in life for a child , but those who saw out the dangerous first two or three years seemed to have stood a good chance of survival thereafter . |
| 5 | They need two wins from their final three matches to stand a real chance of staying up . |