Example sentences of "[noun pl] have [art] chance " in BNC.
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| 1 | She says it 's great that children from special schools have the chance of such a day out . |
| 2 | Teenagers have the chance to learn to play outdoor bowls with a new season of courses organised by Hartlepool Council . |
| 3 | They are run by Japanese , the real decisions are taken at head office , foreigners have no chance of promotion , and all the fancy design work is done at home , leaving the overseas factory as just an assembly plant for imported components . |
| 4 | Finally , the high turnover at the polls might be indicative of changes in the local population , or prudential calculations amongst particular electors as to whether it was worth one 's while trying to exercise one 's right to vote ( on the logic that people will not bother to turn up to the poll if they believe their preferred candidates have no chance of success ) ; it could equally well be indicative of various forms of electoral manipulation and influence , such as the artificial creation of new electors , the ability of returning officers to prevent one side 's supporters from polling , or the ability of some members of the local elite to " persuade " electors not to register a vote in opposition to their wishes . |
| 5 | In order for the crews to have a chance of completing a tour of thirty operations , losses had to fall below 4% , but on trips to Berlin , Stettin , Magdeburg and Nuremburg — all long-haul destinations — they sometimes touched 10% . |
| 6 | Later visitors had a chance to look round the factory . |
| 7 | YOUNGSTERS have the chance to follow in the footsteps of rugby Grand Slam greats Rob Andrew and Rory Underwood this Easter , courtesy of a council 's sports programme . |
| 8 | Most Indians have no chance of bettering themselves . |
| 9 | All visitors have a chance to win some great health prizes . |
| 10 | They would have to win their remaining two games by big margins to have a chance of escaping , starting next week at Walsall , who are just above them . |
| 11 | With four waves to choose from , each of the four surfers had a chance . |
| 12 | We do not believe that fruit flies have a chance of 61/84 of red eyes because on its own this is a silly idea ; but also , it does not fit with the rest of our accumulated knowledge . |
| 13 | But many workers have no chance of earning extra . |
| 14 | In such conditions , where drug combinations are not used for an adequate length of time , resistant strains have every chance of profiting from the destruction of their more sensitive relatives , and establishing a reservoir of intractable organisms . |
| 15 | A five-course dinner is served at a large refectory table seating twelve , so guests have a chance to get to know one another . |
| 16 | One suggestion is that the umpires should inspect the ball at the fall of every wicket , or at unscheduled stops , instead of the end of each over when bowlers have the chance to cover their traces . |
| 17 | The Hot Pot is spilled before the Halflings have a chance to fire it . |
| 18 | The prey easily runs away , but the dogs have a chance to select a vulnerable individual . |
| 19 | And those who do bid for the franchise must solve these problems to have a chance of winning . |
| 20 | CIBD 's team of Relationship Managers had a chance to hear for themselves how their role fits in with the future for the Royal Bank when they were addressed by Chief Executive George Mathewson in February . |
| 21 | As parasitic tissues generally depend for survival on a more rapid synthesis of nucleic acid than the tissues on which they prey , anything which stopped the synthesis of nucleic acids had a chance of harming parasites more than their hosts . |
| 22 | More important is the possibility , after 1994 , that one contractor may bid to take over another , and outside investors have the chance to buy into the contractor companies , opening the door to possible foreign ownership of some of the network . |
| 23 | ‘ As I see it , around eight teams have a chance of winning the Championship and that makes a welcome change from the two or three-horse races we have been used to , ’ he said . |
| 24 | But the two men had no chance to prove their innocence ; they were ‘ advised ’ to plead guilty . |
| 25 | It was to ensure that the men had a chance to make a fair average wage . |
| 26 | I wanted to ask her if I could run her errands before the other children had a chance . |
| 27 | The lists , he argued , would ensure that all children had a chance to read widely from some of the great literature of ‘ our literary heritage and those of other cultures ’ . |
| 28 | They know their television stations , their publishing houses and their department stores have no chance against the heroes of Milan . |
| 29 | Both men have the chance to put their cases at a series of election meetings between 22 March and 8 April , with voting papers to be returned by 12 May . |
| 30 | In this conversation , the children have a chance to reveal their own ideas . |