Example sentences of "been [vb pp] a chance " in BNC.

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1 He said the Solidarity-led government had been given a chance to implement a ‘ total change ’ from Poland 's communist system to a free-market economy .
2 If his marriage was in trouble it was because he and Diana had not been given a chance .
3 The loyalists now had the grounds they needed to be able to argue that the executive was undemocratic : the people of Ulster had finally been given a chance to vote on the issue and 50.8 per cent of them were opposed to power-sharing .
4 Poor Kate had never been given a chance to answer .
5 She had been given a chance of survival .
6 A vacuum is then created because new employers have not been given a chance to develop sufficiently for an orderly takeover and employees have not been given opportunities for retraining .
7 However , Goram , Huistra and Steven at least have been given a chance of recovering in time .
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