Example sentences of "have a chance of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cumani has a chance of taking the big sprint on the Knavesmire with Khaydara , but she has not run since June and will be hard pressed to hold Runun ( 3.45 ) , who was the convincing winner of a valuable Ascot handicap on his last outing . |
| 2 | But for the first time in his eight months in office , Mr Kaifu now has a chance of pulling off a coup big enough to ensure his survival as prime minister . |
| 3 | If Labour were to stand only in areas where it has a chance of doing well , it would have to withdraw from a swathe of constituencies in Tory heartlands . |
| 4 | Andrea Wallace , one of Britain 's top cross-country athletes and a mother of two , running in only her second marathon , believes that if she is still there at 20 miles , she has a chance of gaining a medal . |
| 5 | In this condition its mobility is severely hampered , but it still has a chance of survival if its environment is benign . |
| 6 | Beasant , who still has 18 months of his contract to run , has a chance of playing on Sunday . |
| 7 | Ukraine would benefit , too , because the sooner it begins to reform , the sooner its economy has a chance of recovering . |
| 8 | Novæ generally appear in regions close to the Milky Way , and anyone who knows the sky really well has a chance of finding one , though beware of artificial satellites and even planets . |
| 9 | And to make sure that the colony has a chance of getting established , the intention is to release a second , larger group of captive-bred animals next autumn . |
| 10 | The reason is , of course , that there are two kinds of electric charges and their effect usually cancels , so the small magnetic field has a chance of getting observed . |
| 11 | How lucky you are in Luggnagg , where a child has a chance of living for ever ! |
| 12 | As chief executive of one of the largest book publishing groups in the UK , Mr Davis is well placed to ensure that the book publishing sector at least has a chance of meeting that target . |
| 13 | If I move as privately as possible , it is to hold off the fools and rogues until the thing has a chance of success . |
| 14 | Examination entry policies were queried and the Head of Department replied : ‘ any kid who has a chance of passing ‘ O ’ Level takes it , often against the better judgment of his teachers ' . |
| 15 | As legal aid is available for appeals to the Employment Appeal Tribunal , the applicant has a chance of pursuing his unfair dismissal claim rather than facing the prospect of bringing a negligence action against the adviser . |
| 16 | The King 's Government has to be carried on and I think that you are the only man who has a chance of doing this successfully . |
| 17 | Since HWIM 's acoustic-phonetic component can not be relied upon to correctly segment and label at the phonetic level , a number of alternative hypotheses have to be maintained to ensure that the right word has a chance of being considered . |
| 18 | The result is that ‘ a listed Church of England church has a chance of avoiding demolition nearly three times better than a listed secular building ’ . |
| 19 | Trevor Steven , though , has a chance of playing . |
| 20 | From 1 October , 1980 , applications to the MAFF for agricultural capital and development grants were to be notified to the park authority ; and since then the park authorities have at least had a chance of commenting and . |
| 21 | France was neither oblivious of nor indifferent to the outcome of the war which she was fighting and for which , as the US kept saying , she was primarily responsible ; but to have had a chance of winning at that stage it would probably have had to be a French rather than a Vietnamese war . |
| 22 | We have n't had a chance of drinking together , have we , Malcolm ? |
| 23 | I feel I would have had a chance of breaking my North West ‘ duck ’ . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | Then , even if there are no other suitable spots for hibernation , the hedgehogs will have a chance of survival . |
| 26 | At last the Eastern Bloc nations might have a chance of catching up with the West , and we owe them a debt . |
| 27 | With those southerners on board , Mr Edwards believes Congress may have a chance of overriding another presidential veto . |
| 28 | David Preece scored the second-half goal that earned them their first win in seven games and , though they remain in the bottom three , they do have a chance of making the Premier League . |
| 29 | With a new car from Benetton due to be shaken down by Martin Brundle at Silverstone today , he may have a chance of holding his position longer than many expect . |
| 30 | Nails had hoped Biddy would have foregone her offer to meet him out of school the next day , or at least be late so that he would have a chance of escaping her clutches , but when he came out she was there outside the gate on her motor-bike , and there was no escaping . |