Example sentences of "[pers pn] have little chance " in BNC.

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1 Now the authorities say she has little chance of getting them back .
2 Although convinced that she had been drugged before the race at York , she had little chance of persuading three Jockey Club stewards that she had not been drunk , out of her depth , hysterical , and she did n't want Nick to know either .
3 Being in an alleyway with only two exits , she had little chance of escape ; she was too shocked even to think of escape anyway .
4 She had little chance to talk or rest , and at lunch time was about to start eating when she noticed d'Urberville approaching .
5 If you are catching 7lb and 8lb fish you have little chance of catching anything under 6lb at that time .
6 It may seem obvious but some appear to forget that if you do n't understand what a question asks you have little chance of answering it !
7 If you arrive at a practice ground or driving range with a whole jumble of ideas , you have little chance of achieving positive results .
8 Luckily , Felton were at full strength , so we had little chance of losing .
9 But workers say few employees will volunteer for redundancy when they 've little chance of finding another job .
10 The workers say they 've little chance of getting another job .
11 Labour members in those constituencies would have to be expelled from the party because they had little chance of ousting the sitting Tory MP .
12 But on the whole it seems true to say that the minors and the ladies were at their lord 's disposal , and that they had little chance of resisting what he did ; but that none the less the lords were limited by custom , and even a king would be expected to consult his counsellors when he disposed of an heiress , as Henry I promised to do in his coronation charter .
13 In the last month before war was declared , families who were still on the waiting list for places on the Kindertransporte , but knew they had little chance of moving up the queue , took to waiting at the main rail stations , watching and hoping .
14 They had little chance to ask for the type of ‘ human rights ’ being demanded by students in the Beida posters .
15 But police warned last night that they had little chance of tracing the rest .
16 They had little chance to defend themselves at their court marshal , they were n't properly represented and there was very little right of appeal .
17 But without several key players they had little chance against winners Leicestershire .
18 This means that she can throw out the eggs of her nest mates , but they have little chance to throw out hers .
19 Back-bench MPs may be able to promote new policies through ‘ private members ’ Bills ' : These can not have direct financial implications for the government , and they have little chance of becoming law without government support .
20 Many college curricula , especially in scientific and technological subjects , subject the student to such a barrage of facts and opinions that he has little chance to pause and assess what has taken place so far .
21 THE US Secretary of State , James Baker , hinted yesterday that the US withheld military support for Tuesday 's failed coup in Panama because it believed it had little chance of success .
22 The Reverend Archibald Menzies , minister to the stony and muddy village of Dull , was not exactly the pride of his parishioners — he had little chance of being that , since he had been chosen by the laird , not elected by the people .
23 He had little chance ; the Revolutionary Guards at the airport , famished by Ramadan , took it away and ate it .
24 Once it had gone , though , he had little chance against Ivanisevic , who bombed down another 18 aces , to leave him needing just eight more for an astonishing 1,000 in all tennis this year .
25 Eastwood 's superb kicking was the vital difference between the sides , although he had little chance of grabbing the try he needed for a career total of 100 as Hull took a winning route up the middle of the field .
26 Innocent was beset with problems which he had little chance of solving as the sands constantly shifted and political and economic undercurrents conditioned behaviour .
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