Example sentences of "have [vb pp] a chance " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ 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. , |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | ‘ I will accept nothing of the sort , Miss Kenton , until I have had a chance to deal with the matter . |
| 4 | We shall not make any comments about this until we have had a chance to inspect a longer time span . |
| 5 | As they are marginally faster , the ability to begin fleeing before they have had a chance to accelerate to full speed is crucial . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | If you are not sure about their comfort , then do n't buy until you have had a chance to try other boots elsewhere . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | I would imagine that the er parties on my left have had a chance to read and consider these erm statements already . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | And for once , as I will explain , they have had a chance to fight back . |
| 14 | We can never know what folly and what wisdom is in the speeches until we have had a chance to read them . ’ |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Perhaps , once you have had a chance to mull this one over , could you please telephone me at the home number above ? |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | In the meantime the younger strawberries have had a chance to come through . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Leeds boss Howard Wilkinson whose own title defence is in tatters , admitted : ‘ There are eight or so teams up there , but there is no indication that any of them are putting together the kind of run that looks ominous ‘ Blackburn showed the sort of confidence against us that comes from the feeling that you have got a chance . |
| 23 | BROOKSIDE bosses have refused a chance to talk about Liverpool 's image on Granada 's Up Front programme tonight . |
| 24 | She admires wealth-creators , entrepreneurs , and people who have taken a chance in the market rather than those who work in the public sector . |