Example sentences of "chance of [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That was my point exactly , if people go through so much hassle to have a baby , then surely there 's gon na be less chance of abusing all that kind of trouble within the family ? |
| 2 | GORDON STRACHAN last night appealed for strong refereeing to give Leeds a fighting chance of creating European Cup history . |
| 3 | Bob Rose , manager of the specialist child care units , says unless SSDs put young people in secure care they may have less chance of controlling young people than parents . |
| 4 | Although , understanding the way , volume manufacture and I would say they 've probably if they 've got similar production facilities , got a very good chance of producing good stuff anyway . |
| 5 | Any non-party candidate will have a very small chance of being elected and if , surprisingly , he is elected , he will have no more than a minute chance of exercising significant influence in the House . |
| 6 | But many workers have no chance of earning extra . |
| 7 | Hari felt a rush of disappointment , she had expected Lewis to jump at the chance of earning some money but it seemed he was reluctant to take her venture seriously . |
| 8 | If they had wanted to fly supersonic jets for a living , they could have applied for the RAF 's pilot training scheme — you have a one in six chance of passing that . |
| 9 | Pippin " fled " back to Aquitaine , and welcomed an unexpected ally : Bernard , who had lost forever any chance of recovering great influence at Louis the Pious 's court . |
| 10 | To meet these needs , most excavations were concentrated on burial mounds , as these offered the best chance of recovering complete objects worthy of display ; in the early and mid 19th century , the recovery of objects was the primary reason for excavation . |
| 11 | The real benefit of reading Baudelaire himself on the art of his contemporaries is the chance of recovering some of the excitement the poet felt . |
| 12 | The Franks report cost £60 000 and stands a good chance of recovering some of that cost through sales of the report . |
| 13 | But then it would have to face up to the fact that , by comparison with much of the rest of the world , it would grow steadily poorer with no chance of arresting that trend until well into the next century . |
| 14 | Our one chance of sorting this out is to get to her before the Provos know for sure she 's in Ireland . |
| 15 | At the end of last year , the FDA was persuaded that the Utah Medical Center had evolved a plastic and aluminium ‘ heart ’ ( known as the Jarvik 7 , after its designer , Dr Robert Jarvik ) which stood a chance of sustaining some kind of life , and permission was given for a series of seven experiments , employing the new toy , after which the instrument 's worth was to be reviewed . |
| 16 | There they find all they need-food and water , protection from too much heat or too much cold , space to live in , a place to hide away from animals which might eat them , and a good chance of meeting other animals of the same kind as themselves so that they can reproduce . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Merely to deflate Darby 's confidence again Wickham commented that anyone could buy a tired secondhand machine and stand a good chance of buying inexpensive packs of paper offcuts . |
| 19 | It sees ways of making certain that small points of correction are dealt with speedily , and thus the chance of devoting extra energy to the broader guidelines and the delineation of greater issues . |
| 20 | It sees ways of making certain that small points of correction are dealt with speedily , and thus the chance of devoting extra energy to the broader guidelines and the delineation of greater issues . |
| 21 | But in a sense , they will stand a better chance of staying open and being appreciated and supported by the public , if in fact they 're going to devote a modicum of their time to explaining to the popular , population as a whole , what they 're doing , why it 's important and why they should carry on doing it . |
| 22 | ‘ I 'm willing to quit a lucrative job in the City for a voyage of discovery in another direction , but only if the set-up I 'm quitting for has an even chance of staying afloat for the voyage . ’ |
| 23 | Encore Computer Corp , Fort Lauderdale , Florida has persuaded the Gould Inc subsidiary of Nikko Kyodo Co Inc — which wanted to be shot of Encore altogether when it bought Gould , but has had to keep the company in the fold and bankroll it to have a chance of realising any value from it — to increase its revolving credit facility by $20m ; the pact also extends the maturity dates of Encore 's $50m term loan agreement to April 2 1995 , and the $35m increased revolving credit pact to July 3 1994 . |
| 24 | A police chief has warned that faced with soaring crime rates , his officers have little chance of catching petty offenders . |
| 25 | How do we ensure that there is a much greater chance of catching those young men and adequately dealing with them ? |
| 26 | First , it seems possible that in most cases the conditional statements about what would be observed in certain circumstances can not all be verified , because there will be cases where if you verify one you lose the chance of verifying another . |
| 27 | More important , the cost of legal action to seek redress had become so prohibitive that the consumer had little chance of taking legal action against suppliers . |
| 28 | There 's a good chance of filling most rooms most nights I would have thought . |
| 29 | Although individuals who went to state schools have some chance of entering these jobs , public school educated elites largely reserve such positions for themselves and their children 's group . |
| 30 | Although convinced that she had been drugged before the race at York , she had little chance of persuading three Jockey Club stewards that she had not been drunk , out of her depth , hysterical , and she did n't want Nick to know either . |