Example sentences of "had little chance " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Reverend Archibald Menzies , minister to the stony and muddy village of Dull , was not exactly the pride of his parishioners — he had little chance of being that , since he had been chosen by the laird , not elected by the people . |
| 2 | THE US Secretary of State , James Baker , hinted yesterday that the US withheld military support for Tuesday 's failed coup in Panama because it believed it had little chance of success . |
| 3 | Labour members in those constituencies would have to be expelled from the party because they had little chance of ousting the sitting Tory MP . |
| 4 | He had little chance ; the Revolutionary Guards at the airport , famished by Ramadan , took it away and ate it . |
| 5 | Realising that his son had little chance of success in Munich Leopold began trying to encourage him to lay other plans and Nannerl joined in the plea saying : |
| 6 | But such proposals had little chance . |
| 7 | But on the whole it seems true to say that the minors and the ladies were at their lord 's disposal , and that they had little chance of resisting what he did ; but that none the less the lords were limited by custom , and even a king would be expected to consult his counsellors when he disposed of an heiress , as Henry I promised to do in his coronation charter . |
| 8 | The Prussian Poles had little chance to exploit any crisis in Prussian affairs . |
| 9 | In the last month before war was declared , families who were still on the waiting list for places on the Kindertransporte , but knew they had little chance of moving up the queue , took to waiting at the main rail stations , watching and hoping . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Tamar had little chance to talk to Stephen , who seemed to be occupied on estate business from morn till night . |
| 12 | Although his prosecution , normally based on false evidence , had little chance or success , it was a weapon which could cause expense and bother to those he thought responsible . |
| 13 | Once it had gone , though , he had little chance against Ivanisevic , who bombed down another 18 aces , to leave him needing just eight more for an astonishing 1,000 in all tennis this year . |
| 14 | Being in an alleyway with only two exits , she had little chance of escape ; she was too shocked even to think of escape anyway . |
| 15 | THE girls had little chance of escape once the blaze took hold . |
| 16 | They had little chance to ask for the type of ‘ human rights ’ being demanded by students in the Beida posters . |
| 17 | But police warned last night that they had little chance of tracing the rest . |
| 18 | Eastwood 's superb kicking was the vital difference between the sides , although he had little chance of grabbing the try he needed for a career total of 100 as Hull took a winning route up the middle of the field . |
| 19 | Products of poor quality , poor performance and short life cycle had little chance against high quality , dependable Japanese and European products . |
| 20 | Luckily , Felton were at full strength , so we had little chance of losing . |
| 21 | A generation ago , a child with cystic fibrosis ( CF ) had little chance of surviving to adulthood . |
| 22 | This again was unacceptable to the Western states since they were aware that the Soviet Union had little chance anyway of concluding such agreements . |
| 23 | She had little chance to talk or rest , and at lunch time was about to start eating when she noticed d'Urberville approaching . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | This had little chance of support from Democratic leaders , who seized the opportunity to publicize administration support for tax concessions for the rich . |
| 26 | Innocent was beset with problems which he had little chance of solving as the sands constantly shifted and political and economic undercurrents conditioned behaviour . |
| 27 | The scheme , like its two predecessors , had little chance to prove itself . |
| 28 | Cripps had implied in his memorandum that the Party had little chance of gaining a Parliamentary majority without Liberal allies . |
| 29 | Mr Lanaghan returned to the scene to look for his attackers about 10 times … because he felt the police had little chance of success . |
| 30 | Much more one can not say , because although Mitchell made admirable attempts to colour and project his lines , the quartet playing was so uncommitted and flabby , so lacking in dynamic range and in lustre , that Crawford 's music had little chance to make more than superficial impact . |