Example sentences of "have a good chance " in BNC.

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1 Bear this in mind when using the foot sweep and ensure that it has a good chance of shifting the opponent by forcing him to lift his weight from the ankle to be attacked .
2 For a songwriter/artist who the music publisher believes has a good chance of success , it is quite usual for there to be a royalty split of 70:30 in favour of the writer .
3 ABILL improving guarantees on cars and household goods has a good chance of becoming law because it is being introduced by the MP who topped the ballot for private members ' bills .
4 Mr Wilkinson , whose bill has a good chance of reaching the statute book , believes such a measure is necessary to curb growing surburban problem of overdevelopment through luxury blocks of flats being built by developers on plots previously occupied by a single house .
5 It is not surprising that new fossil species are discovered daily , and indeed the amateur collector has a good chance of finding a new species of fossil , if he looks hard enough and learns to recognize what he has found .
6 1949 ) , soldiers in two different sections of the army , the Military Police and the Air Corps , were asked : ‘ Do you think a soldier with ability has a good chance for promotion within the army ? ’
7 Challenger has a good chance of hitting a Soviet tank with its first shell at a distance of more than 2000 m .
8 I reckon anything over an inch long by November has a good chance of making it .
9 ‘ Anyone who can beat me has a good chance of knocking out Holyfield , ’ he said .
10 Today 's house-price cheer has a good chance of fuelling tomorrow 's repeat .
11 If you are clear who you are writing to and address them directly , the tone of your letter has a good chance of appropriately expressing your message .
12 From the seventh month onwards , with adequate care , a child born before full term has a good chance of survival .
13 As Goshiki are grouped in the catch-all Kawarimono class at shows , the Koi buyer with limited funds has a good chance or rearing on a future champion , providing the fish has that certain something .
14 What the wife back home should hold on to is that , provided their relationship was good enough — and that does n't have to be perfect — in the first place , then the marriage has a good chance of survival .
15 Waiting in the third round could be fourth seed Boris Becker , who has had a torrid time in the build-up to the French Championships but who has a good chance to find his feet with a first round match against 579th-ranked French wild card Nicolas Escude .
16 BTW I think Kelly has a good chance of playing 'cos Big Jack has a lot of injury problems .
17 Oxfordshire jockey Richard Dunwoody has a good chance on Kribensis …
18 Peter Scudamore says he has a good chance and he 's glad to see the rain
19 And at Uttoxeter , Adrian Maguire has a good chance of stretching Peter Scudamore at the top of the jockeys ' table with the help of prolific winner Sillars Stalker , who makes his seasonal bow in the David NorrisTom Pepper Handicap Hurdle .
20 Bob Tistall also has a good chance , but it 's Dixton House everyone is talking about .
21 The whole operation had taken a few seconds only , a little huddle of activity in all of which the discreet entry of Liz Spalding to the house had had a good chance of going unnoticed by any distant , watching eyes .
22 ‘ IF Bulgaria had qualified for Euro 92 they would have had a good chance of winning it .
23 She would have a good chance of sneaking out unnoticed by then .
24 Drifter flowed up the gallop in a smooth fast rhythm and Tremayne said he would have a good chance at Worcester if his blood was right .
25 Sponsorship has raised about £300,000 for the British Garden , which should have a good chance of winning the competition .
26 With his own production company , Crucial Films , funded by the Beeb and with ‘ all manner of people dropping off bits of writing ’ , it seems he may have a good chance .
27 If your foe stoops on a ground unit and is locked in combat you 'll have a good chance of catching him in the flanks .
28 And pure substances tailored to neurotransmitter sites would have a good chance of being free of unpleasant side effects elsewhere in the body .
29 We 'd have a good chance of overpowering them . ’
30 I like to feel that if it came to a stand-up fight I would have a good chance of victory and escape .
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