Example sentences of "little [coord] [art] chance " in BNC.
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| 1 | For another , there was little or no chance that the National government , working with a very large Conservative majority , would be in danger of political defeat even on the matter of ‘ appeasement ’ . |
| 2 | It was like pulling them off a duplicating machine , and after a while , when we realised we had little or no chance of catching anything bigger , it became so boring we never went again . |
| 3 | With the passing of a potential meal , the fish lunges forward with its mouth wide , either swallowing in one go or clinging to a larger item which , once grasped , stands little or no chance . |
| 4 | Even if the species did so , we would have little or no chance of picking up the message , because — to repeat — we are not looking out for it . |
| 5 | They repeatedly stated that the situation was ‘ hopeless ’ in that there was little or no chance of employment at the end of training . |
| 6 | But without the initial pump-priming operation by the Government , there is little or no chance of attracting this secondary wave of employment . |
| 7 | If such a position were copied by a club player less skilled and using a less powerful hand-and-arm action , the clubface would stand little or no chance of squaring up on impact . |
| 8 | The bare infinitive in exclamations evokes therefore an incidence of the infinitive 's event to its support which can only be represented as potential since the speaker feels it has little or no chance of being real , of finding a place in real time . |
| 9 | The investments failed , and all the money was now gone , the court was told , With little or no chance of anyone getting it back . |
| 10 | Even at 70 , the energetic Mr Chance can not do enough for those he feels have been restricted in their activities and their education and have little or no chance of mixing with the community . |