Example sentences of "[adj] chance of [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was the young Scots ' first win in four outings and gave them an outside chance of qualifying for the latter stages of the championship . |
| 2 | ‘ A draw would keep us in with an outside chance of going to the States . |
| 3 | There 's not much chance of wearing through the Vibram soles of these Veta V Daisy Roots though . |
| 4 | Through our experience and knowledge derived from sales in the area we are able to ensure that you have the greatest chance of selling at the highest figure . |
| 5 | Innocent was beset with problems which he had little chance of solving as the sands constantly shifted and political and economic undercurrents conditioned behaviour . |
| 6 | Damon Hill produced the performance he had dreamed of to give himself a great chance of finishing on the victory podium at the Brazilian Grand Prix . |
| 7 | I felt they might have a better chance of getting to the capital if they were folded into paper aeroplanes and launched out of the door . |
| 8 | As it was decided that there would be a better chance of getting across the front line without a military escort , WHO 's Head of Office in Sarajevo Dr Risto Tervahauta and the UNHCR Chief of Operations Larry Hollingsworth left for Gorazde , Bosnia , at 6 am on May 1 unaccompanied by UN soldiers . |
| 9 | Before the Americans were irrevocably committed , however , and before the French positions on the Chinese frontier were overrun , they could conceivably have strengthened non-communist national forces in Vietnam to the point where they had a better chance of competing with the Vietminh or even , biting on the bullet , the French could have tried to negotiate a settlement , no matter what alarm that prospect might have caused their American allies . |
| 10 | At this time of the year , if Napoleon had not returned , Sharpe should have been thinning the apple crop , stripping away basketloads of young fruit to give the remaining crop a better chance of ripening in the autumn , but instead he was riding a dusty road in Belgium and searching for an enemy . |
| 11 | Monnet himself seemed to be rather more cautious about going too fast too quickly , and seemed to hanker still for sectoral integration in the first instance , especially in the developing field of nuclear energy , as a strategy which stood a better chance of succeeding in the short term . |
| 12 | Entering on the French side still wrapped in cloud , you have a good chance of exiting on the Spanish side , as we did on the morning in question , in flawless sunshine and restorative heat . |
| 13 | But I think we 've got a good chance of getting into the play-offs and we 're capable of beating anyone on our day . |
| 14 | ‘ I thought I had a good chance of winning in the end , ’ Vrabel said . |
| 15 | ‘ And Zimbabwe have got a very good chance of qualifying for the African Nations Cup AND the World Cup . ’ |
| 16 | High structural unemployment makes alternative thinking about labour intensivity , for example more acceptable ; with less money available , small scale and community based schemes , using local resources and motivated by indigenous imagination stand far more chance of getting off the ground , provided they can obtain the right kind of encouragement and support . |
| 17 | I think I have more chance of breaking into the England squad . |
| 18 | A new approach to central area redevelopment was implied if the argument was accepted , that if we were to have any chance of living with the car , then a different type of city was needed . |
| 19 | Thus out of the middle only 27 will have any chance of getting into the top flight and then only into the second round of the Pilkington Cup . |
| 20 | The remaining arrangements of music by Borodin , Chopin , Rimsky , Liszt and Tchaikovsky hardly maintain this level of emotional charge , but if you want to stand any chance of getting to the end of your meal , that 's probably just as well ! |
| 21 | Towards the top of the hill he made two bad jumping errors but these made little difference to his progress , and with Fifty Dollars More falling at the final open ditch only Combs Ditch looked to have any chance of getting in the way of a Dickinson clean sweep . |
| 22 | Should audits be expected to detect every fraud ? ’ that we will have any chance of dealing with the expectations gap that has surrounded the audit . |
| 23 | An agency is undoubtedly the forum where you will gain the best all-round experience in your career , and have the biggest chance of rising to the top in the advertising business . |
| 24 | would have thought that the cow down the road had the same chance of getting to the one that he had . |
| 25 | He had four chances of piling on the agony for the Londoners but could not find a way past keeper Bob Bolder . |
| 26 | As the oar disappeared into the distance , his last chance of returning to the team 's hotel with dignity drifted away . |
| 27 | The unfortunate animal in question is incarcerated in a closed box which also contains a radioactive atom with a 50-50 chance of decaying in the next hour , emitting a y-ray in the process . |
| 28 | With the prospect of a European Cup final place for the winners — and little hope for the losers — only Trevor Steven is thought to have a realistic chance of playing against the Belgians . |
| 29 | Commentators noted that the requirement of a two-thirds majority of the electorate in favour of secession left Lithuania , with its 80 per cent Lithuanian population , with a realistic chance of seceding under the new law . |