Example sentences of "have [verb] [art] chance " in BNC.

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1 If you do , you risk achieving the worst of both worlds by finding that the appeals procedure becomes protracted , that you are not ultimately allowed to resume your job and that you have missed the chance to complain to an industrial tribunal about your treatment .
2 Weeks later at his trial such a person not infrequently produces an explanation of , or a defence to , the charge the truthfulness of which the police have had no chance to check .
3 ‘ Good , live firing 's just stopped and if the last few nights are anything to go by , we 'll be hearing from the battlegroup soon , once their own fitters have had a chance to check out the day 's casualties. ,
4 It is often said that children have their lives before them and to die before they have had a chance to develop their personalities and lives seems particularly cruel .
5 ‘ I will accept nothing of the sort , Miss Kenton , until I have had a chance to deal with the matter .
6 We shall not make any comments about this until we have had a chance to inspect a longer time span .
7 As they are marginally faster , the ability to begin fleeing before they have had a chance to accelerate to full speed is crucial .
8 If , however , you should fall asleep the finger immediately goes into your mouth and down your throat and wakes you before the cameramen have had a chance to snap their shutters .
9 It is simply a method of inhibiting or stopping your debtor from cashing in his assets and putting them out of your reach before you have had a chance to recover what is owed to you .
10 If you are not sure about their comfort , then do n't buy until you have had a chance to try other boots elsewhere .
11 If it is too strong , the soil will be dry before the animals have had a chance to move out of it and they will die in the soil .
12 I would imagine that the er parties on my left have had a chance to read and consider these erm statements already .
13 Green water of a consistency like pea soup is familiar to most pool owners , for even in well established pools this condition may occur for a few days during early spring when the water is warmed by the sun , so algae appears before the submerged oxygenating plants have had a chance to start growing again .
14 At the same time , UK paperbackers are contractually bound not to issue their paperbacks into the UK before the hardback editions of the same titles have had a chance to prove themselves in the bookshops .
15 And for once , as I will explain , they have had a chance to fight back .
16 We can never know what folly and what wisdom is in the speeches until we have had a chance to read them . ’
17 While these , of course , are unique to each school , other schools , by using similar methods , would come up with their own action plans , secure in the knowledge that those most involved with the school have had a chance to pull together to ensure that appropriate learning , with support , is taking place .
18 Perhaps , once you have had a chance to mull this one over , could you please telephone me at the home number above ?
19 As any changes to the Parish Council 's bank accounts must be authorised by the Parish Councillors I would ask you to continue the present arrangement until they have had a chance to discuss any alterations you might suggest .
20 I suggest that we should delay submitting this to Number Ten until you have had a chance to draft the actual terms of reference , as you propose .
21 In the meantime the younger strawberries have had a chance to come through .
22 Now President de Klerk and the ANC leadership are trying to tone down the outcome of the talks in order not to appear to have pre-empted a decision before the others have had a chance to have their say .
23 Knowsley SSD research and development officer Joe Blott referred to community care as the ‘ great unknown ’ , and like many of his colleagues elsewhere he is reserving judgement until the financial implications of the policy have had a chance to play themselves out in practice .
24 Are there aspects of training that you find to have been missing or superficial now that you have had the chance of putting your technical skill to the test ?
25 There 's not many Maclean chiefs have had the chance ! ’
26 Only they have had the chance to view the Earth from this unique vantage point — until now .
27 Since interest rates started falling millions of homeowners have had the chance to remortgage their home and pocket lower interest deals .
28 During our investigations we have had the chance to keep a continuous record of more than 4,000 cards and letters sent by your section .
29 ‘ During our investigations we have had the chance to keep a record of more than 4,000 cards and letters ( sent by Amnesty International members in Britain ) .
30 Relatively few have had the chance to ‘ acquire ’ the language simply through contact with deaf people in their culture and community .
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