Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] a chance " in BNC.
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| 1 | I eventually got a chance to read the South Wales Aggregates Working Party 's Regional Commentary which has been sitting on my desk for months . |
| 2 | New technology and more international competition will eventually create more jobs than they destroy , as they have for the past two centuries , if they are only given a chance to work . |
| 3 | Another helpful procedure would be to let children who are learning to read silently have some experience of reading aloud , to one another , passages of their own choosing , not ‘ from cold ’ , as a test of reading skill , but after they have become familiar with a text in general terms and have perhaps had a chance to look closely at syntax or vocabulary found to be perplexing . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'm not going to name anyone in particular but you are all aware of those who have been to Australia this winter with the A team , and they have all got a chance of coming through this summer especially some of the young bowlers . ’ |
| 5 | Apart from perhaps winning a chance to record prizes worth more than £16,000 are on offer to the winner and runners up . |
| 6 | Though he almost came a cropper on one occasion — United had just squandered a chance to cancel out the first-half lead Ian Baird had given Hearts — his footwork was pretty good , which is more than can be said for those on the pitch itself . |
| 7 | When the House finally has a chance to debate the matter the Minister of State takes 40 minutes over his speech . |
| 8 | Hooper , chosen ahead of David James because of his experience , could not be faulted for either of the Russians ' goals and desperately wants a chance to make the Anfield number one shirt his own . |
| 9 | However , hundreds of people have already had a chance to view a model of the plan . |
| 10 | WHILE Craig Chalmers revealed in this paper earlier this week that he might just have a chance of being put on standby for the forthcoming British Lions tour , he is now more upbeat about the prospects of that happening . |
| 11 | Readers may soon have a chance to buy some of The Daily Telegraph . |
| 12 | AFICIONADOS of the BBC 's Test Match Trivia programme will soon have a chance to pit their wits in a contest of similar format . |
| 13 | So , but where I know it is a bit difficult with clothes because a market stall erm you do n't , you do n't normally get a chance to try the clothes on erm and you 're never absolutely sure are these clothes , is this garment going to fit or not ? |
| 14 | Many of the residents have led sheltered lives and do n't normally get a chance to meet other people in the community . |
| 15 | TOMORROW 's moonstruck but musically unaccomplished lover may soon get a chance to serenade with the help of a computer . |
| 16 | ( 29–30 September 1777 ) On 30 September Mozart finally had a chance to speak with the Elector , only to be told that there was no vacancy at court . |
| 17 | Andy Partner and Paul Flowers , regular central defenders in the youth team , thus have a chance to impress in the friendly fixture at Chelmsford City on Saturday ( 3 pm kick-off at New Writtle Street ) with a view to being involved in the Cardiff and more especially the Carlisle clash . |
| 18 | Now , though , as the cute and fiery new single , ‘ My Aquarium ’ , is released , we finally have a chance to see if Drop Nineteens are worthy of all the fuss … |
| 19 | So , in addition to the high increases in taxation that the Labour party would impose if it was ever given a chance , the community charge payer , or the council tax payer , would be ripped apart by high-spending Labour authorities , because there would be no capping . |
| 20 | QPR hardly made a chance and were given an even bigger mauling by boss Gerry Francis afterwards , who fumed : ‘ This is the first time we have conceded four since we were last here 15 months ago . |
| 21 | ‘ Perhaps he still has a chance , ’ said a western diplomat in Pakistan , ‘ but it looks as though events have overtaken him . |
| 22 | In this condition its mobility is severely hampered , but it still has a chance of survival if its environment is benign . |
| 23 | ‘ It means Sam still has a chance . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ Damon still has a chance to win the championship and that is good for us , ’ he said . |
| 25 | If Quigley had ever had a chance of regaining his grip on the First Spiritualist Church of South Wimbledon , he had lost all hope of it now . |
| 26 | Oh well you 've still got a chance to go and get her ready duck . |
| 27 | Another subject on which intense confusion remains is whether or not the US was ever offered a chance to apprehend General Noriega ( wanted in Florida on drugs charges ) . |
| 28 | It is not usual for the advisers of the Crown to draw people out of important work when they have hardly had a chance to do what they have undertaken . |
| 29 | As one recently retired 62-year-old put it : ‘ I had hardly had a chance to enjoy a couple of days pottering in the garden for the first time in years , when my wife was nagging me to go out and find something to do . |
| 30 | Now , I have n't totally had a chance to talk to Mr er , about that , but I would assume that means you er , and so it 's moving in the other direction if anything Mrs . |