Example sentences of "[verb] they the chance " in BNC.
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| 1 | But whatever age , Stow offers them the chance to meet up with old friends and catch up on the gossip . |
| 2 | Keep them out and you deny them the chance to share in our unpopularity . |
| 3 | It 's too easy , I think , to assume that women are n't aggressive and are sensitive and men are more aggressive and less sensitive because that 's the way society has wanted them to be in the past and children have grown up and lived up to those stereotypes , so I do n't think we can actually say yet that women can offer anything distinctive until we 've given them the chance to be themselves really . |
| 4 | ‘ It 's no use investing a great deal in youngsters like Robinson if we do n't give them the chance to prove themselves . |
| 5 | But do we give them the chance ? |
| 6 | But institutions could compensate for their loss of income by taking a more active role to ensure better performance from the management , which would at least give them the chance of a greater capital gain , so that their total return is unaffected . |
| 7 | They chose this area because it reminded them of the Alps and afforded them the chance to continue with their much loved skiing . |
| 8 | It would , he said , give them the chance to see how the bike performed on a bit of decent road . |
| 9 | They may not always be too keen on having to wash with it … but give them the chance to make a big splash somewhere and they will never be any happier . |
| 10 | Actors who train and go to drama school are usually on grants from local education authorities and to deny them the chance to join the profession — or at least compete properly — is ridiculous . |
| 11 | Economic growth in the open world market economy has been so great that few governments are now in strong enough control over their civil societies to be able to deny them the chance to participate in this wealth-creating system . |
| 12 | It is absurd not to give them the chance , and help British industry and world science . |
| 13 | The prime aim of the Marriott fellowship is not to turn chemists into budding journalists , but to give them the chance to see some of the opportunities available in scientific publishing without committing themselves . |
| 14 | Well , he was going to give them the chance , was n't he ? |
| 15 | They can not just choose to hurt you , you have to give them the chance ( for example by joining in activities like those listed above ) — so do n't ! |
| 16 | I 'm not going to give them the chance to say I ca n't foster any more , I know when I , I know now when I 'm going to stop fostering . |
| 17 | But even now , I still believe that if you trust someone you 're giving them the chance to prove that they are trustworthy . |
| 18 | They did not much like Oliver Cromwell and his dangerous toleration of loose religion , but his regime gave them the chance to start again . |
| 19 | Although the merger gave them the chance to start Andy claims they could ‘ never ’ have done it without it — the recession has taken clients and exposure has been ‘ painful ’ on occasions . |
| 20 | Her Black Sea fleet had by this time been destroyed , the allies had landed not only in the Crimea but also at Nikolaev to the west and Novorossiisk to the east , and the Turks retained a position at Sukhumi which gave them the chance of counter-attacking in the direction of Tiflis . |
| 21 | This gave them the chance to sign against experiments with animals in the development of such products as perfumes . |
| 22 | Publication of the Crofting Forestry Handbook follows last year 's Crofter Forestry ( Scotland ) Act , which gave them the chance to plant trees on common grazings . |
| 23 | ‘ Some of the lads had been feeling it and this gave them the chance to pay some of the bills that had been piling up . |
| 24 | This behavioural pattern gives them the chance to avoid detection initially by staying very still . |
| 25 | It teaches them responsibility and gives them the chance to work as adults with other adults . ’ |
| 26 | That gives them the chance for promotion to the British League , where they could face Swindon and Milton Keynes . |
| 27 | That gives them the chance for promotion to the British League , where they could face Swindon and Milton Keynes . |
| 28 | The document focuses on two areas : changes with which universities will have to comply , and changes that offer them the chance to market their skills . |
| 29 | Children actually like to acquire skills , and they learn them faster when they are young , so it is tempting to offer them the chance , and rewarding to watch them blossom . |
| 30 | Scarborough were disappointed that a deep frost on their ground — named , ironically , after frozen food manufacturers McCain denied them the chance to face Arsenal . |