Example sentences of "[pron] chance of [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Far too many amateurs place the ball forward in their stance when pitching , therefore increasing their chance of digging into the ground before the back of the ball . |
| 2 | They 're very professional , very entertaining and almost meaningless , all of which augurs well for their chances of succeeding in the West . |
| 3 | He wanted her to make enquiries with some of his friends about his chances of getting into the South African Army after leaving France . |
| 4 | Already , he knew that his chances of living through the next four or five weeks had been severely curtailed . |
| 5 | He is expected to play again in January , specialists having approved his return to training , but is unwilling to turn out too soon , as he did against Steaua after surgery , for fear of jeopardising his chances of playing in the World Cup . |
| 6 | Converting that into a winning performance at London is another matter , hence his insistence on downplaying his chances of finishing in the money . |
| 7 | On the other hand your chance of dying before the age of 100 will be of the order of .99 ie a very high probability . |
| 8 | But Wales manager Terry Yorath insisted : ‘ Our chances of going to the United States now are as good as they were before the game . |
| 9 | ‘ I would fancy our chances of turning round the Irish Derby form over a mile and a quarter . ’ |
| 10 | And er one of the reasons they 've reduced the levels of anaesthetic is because the more they reduce the levels of anaesthetic , the lower your chances of dying during the anaesthesia . |