Example sentences of "and stand a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Franks report cost £60 000 and stands a good chance of recovering some of that cost through sales of the report . |
| 2 | He 's decided to come into motor sport and stands a good chance . |
| 3 | The fully battened mainsail is loose-footed and stands a bold roach which has to brush past the backstay during a tack . |
| 4 | ROOT-BALLED : Such trees have been carefully removed from the earth and stand a good chance of survival if planted out . |
| 5 | Merely to deflate Darby 's confidence again Wickham commented that anyone could buy a tired secondhand machine and stand a good chance of buying inexpensive packs of paper offcuts . |
| 6 | There were still those in the skilled , supervisory , and managerial groups , who might have sought alternative employment and stood a better chance than the majority of finding it , who chose instead to take early retirement . |
| 7 | She came back slowly , thoughtfully , and stood a few paces in front of him as she lit up . |
| 8 | Ellie puckered her brow and stood a little back from the canvas . |