Example sentences of "[vb -s] a good [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | British Telecom says that selling a service in which the equipment is in the company 's own offices stands a better chance of success . |
| 2 | Meanwhile , the recipient of this altruism stands a better chance of survival and , more importantly , its genes stand improved possibilities for replication and expansion . |
| 3 | Any rock lying around on the frozen continent stands a good chance of being a meteorite as — the occasional ice-piercing mountain aside — there is nowhere else to come from but the heavens . |
| 4 | Mr Mayhew 's costs , well into seven figures , were funded by Cazenove , which now stands a good chance of recouping them from tax-payers . |
| 5 | DROPPED by Labour for his extremist views , Nellist , 39 , stands a good chance of embarrassing the party by securing re-election in his own right . |
| 6 | The Franks report cost £60 000 and stands a good chance of recovering some of that cost through sales of the report . |
| 7 | We have SO MANY GREAT PRIZES to give away , everyone stands a good chance of winning something ! |
| 8 | The president stands a good chance of surviving multi-party elections . |
| 9 | What is more , the incubation it needs is in any case one or two days less than that needed by its hosts ' chicks , so the young cuckoo stands a good chance of appearing before the legitimate chicks do . |
| 10 | In some such cases specific protection , in the form of import controls , subsidies or state purchasing , may be justified on socialist grounds , for instance if the industry is a struggling ‘ infant ’ with good future prospects ( ‘ good ’ , that is , in respect of the efficient satisfaction of social need ) , or even a struggling ‘ geriatric ’ which stands a good chance of reviving its fortunes through a thorough re-investment programme . |
| 11 | And if your victim happens to be conveniently close to the edge of a tall cliff , by the time he 's bounced down a couple of hundred metres on to the rocks , he 'll be in such a mess that the injury from the blow stands a good chance of being overlooked . |
| 12 | As long as the basic construction of NiCad batteries has n't changed , I can see no justification for complete discharge and agree that it stands a good chance of being harmful . |
| 13 | Sharan wants a good punch in the face does n't she ? |
| 14 | It is also a must for anyone who wants a better understanding of , and comment on the events that are reported daily in the World 's Press . |
| 15 | The A4 contains a good variety of usable sounds in both user and preset modes , and with the A4 plugged into a Boogie combo and using an Aria ‘ Mad Axe ’ I could 've headed straight to the gig . |
| 16 | This is why timber develops a good fraction of its theoretical modulus in actual practice . |
| 17 | The crisis model places a good deal of emphasis on ‘ flair ’ and ‘ personality ’ . |
| 18 | The data describing the prevalence of smoking illustrates a good example of a cohort effect as older women , those aged 60 and over , have the highest proportions classed as never smoking . |
| 19 | Kowalik looks a good prospect on the evidence of his first two Ipswich meetings and he does not expect to miss many British League meetings . |
| 20 | Jean Francois Poitevin , who finished third last year and has a best time of 1:32:22 , has pulled out in protest . |
| 21 | The conclusion I drew from the chart is that , if it demonstrated that St Johann im Pongau has a better system of queue prevention than Meribel has , there is clearly something wrong with the demonstration . |
| 22 | If er Mr Major is not going to look at why I say that then I hope that he , I assume from that that he has a better hope of peace an an |
| 23 | Also , if you have a cat and you want to let it out , you could at least provided some sort of warning for the prey , so that the prey has a better chance of escaping ; such as a bell around the neck for example . |
| 24 | The public now has a better chance of listening to treasures such as the massive 40-cm 78-rpm discs cut during the Nuremburg Trials , or the 40 hours of tape recorded during the 0z trial . |
| 25 | A WOMAN who marries at the age of 42 has a better chance of success than when she was 23 . |
| 26 | The ebullient Mr Clarke — combative , frank and untainted by the shamelessly cavalier manner of Mr Lamont — has a better chance of persuading Britons that things are getting better . |
| 27 | The lesson seems to be that a plaintiff has a better chance of attacking the exercise of ministerial power if he can show that in some general way , especially procedural and not substantive , the minister has not played the game according to the newly enlarged rules of natural justice . |
| 28 | ‘ John has a better chance of being released if the kidnappers realize there is nothing to be gained by hanging on to him . |
| 29 | The phenomenon reflects not only the difficulties of part-time recruitment in an area like Oxfordshire which lacks a large urban and industrial base , but also the fact that the Modular Course has a better chance of retaining and increasing such students than conventional courses ( Figure 2.2 ) . |
| 30 | ‘ So , ’ Luke 's voice overrode her own , ‘ I 'm sure I need n't tell you that the evening has a better chance of success with four of us rather than three . ’ |