Example sentences of "[verb] [noun prp] the chance " in BNC.
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| 1 | Monomode cables carry light signals on a longer wavelength , and will give Mercury the chance to carry four times as much data as is possible on multimode , and over a greater distance . |
| 2 | It was director Joseph L Mankiewicz who had given Brando the chance to prove he was more than just a mumbling slob by casting him as Mark Antony in Julius Caesar . |
| 3 | Any Palestinian who speaks will have to have the approval of the PLO , but this will not be said publicly because we do n't want to give Shamir the chance to withdraw , which we think he 's looking for an excuse to do . ’ |
| 4 | Any Palestinian who speaks will have to have the approval of the PLO , but this will not be said publicly because we do n't want to give Shamir the chance to withdraw , which we think he 's looking for an excuse to do . ’ |
| 5 | Thus giving Henry the chance to reply , ‘ In fact her name was Luce … perhaps I told you … ’ |
| 6 | The music was by Scarlatti ( ‘ Les Adieux ’ ) and the designs were by Hugh Stevenson , who was also responsible for giving John the chance to make the ballet . |
| 7 | She hoped she had given Peter the chance to cry , if he had wanted to , but he had not taken it . |
| 8 | After being found not guilty , a member of the jury called Mrs Aimsley offered Imamu the chance to live with her and her family in Brooklyn . |
| 9 | Kohler said : ‘ I offered David the chance to come in with me in a partnership but unfortunately he could n't come up with the necessary amount . ’ |
| 10 | He was convinced he had probably cost Orrell the chance in the next 12 days of becoming England 's champion club for the first time . |
| 11 | I offered Benn the chance to fight me in September and he turned me down in favour of fighting Mauro Galvano in Italy . |
| 12 | Jack Charlton gave Stewart the chance to star alongside Gazza and Peter Beardsley when he signed him for Newcastle from QPR . |
| 13 | Paul Thorburn made it 8–10 with a penalty but two pieces of indiscipline gave Kelahar the chance to kick two more penalties . |
| 14 | The black-eyebrowed albatross was a frequent visitor to the Parsee , and gave Gould the chance to try out a crude but innovative experiment — one of the first attempts to tag and monitor a live sea bird . |
| 15 | A quickly taken penalty gave Witchard the chance to score yet again before halftime . |
| 16 | The role gives Brando the chance to parody his famous portrayal of Vito Corleone in The Godfather , to play his Oscar-winning method routines for laughs . |
| 17 | They gave Jack the chance to practise some of the underhand humour that eventually became part of his mystique . |
| 18 | The play is set in a seedy northern beauty contest , which gives Paula the chance to use her original Mancunian accent . |
| 19 | He gave Kiselev the chance to comment on the Secret Committee 's recent papers and expressed particular approval of Haxthausen 's opinion that the serfs had to be emancipated before their dissatisfaction expressed itself in revolt . |
| 20 | The only classy Lions ' back move of the second half came when Tony Underwood and Gibbs made sharp breaks and gave Clement the chance to burst through tackles for a converted try . |
| 21 | A beautifully-measured diagonal pass to the wing gave Lennon the chance to lob Bonner , who was caught betwixt and between after coming off his line . |
| 22 | A beautifully-measured diagonal pass to the wing gave Lennon the chance to lob Bonner , who was caught betwixt and between after coming off his line . |
| 23 | This gave Conner the chance , when the breeze was light , to build up a sufficient cushion to protect him from Kanza 's better moderate air speed as the sea breeze grew . |
| 24 | Graham 's production , performed on a mock-up apron stage , included wistful music written by Johnny Dankworth and slapstick comedy , which gave Crawford the chance to get noticed for what he did best . |
| 25 | ‘ Do you seriously expect us to forgive and forget the inhumanity of the poll tax ? ’ demanded one of the 500 , offering Major the chance to say ‘ Sorry ’ . |