Example sentences of "[noun pl] have [verb] a chance " in BNC.
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1 | If it is too strong , the soil will be dry before the animals have had a chance to move out of it and they will die in the soil . |
2 | In the meantime the younger strawberries have had a chance to come through . |
3 | Green water of a consistency like pea soup is familiar to most pool owners , for even in well established pools this condition may occur for a few days during early spring when the water is warmed by the sun , so algae appears before the submerged oxygenating plants have had a chance to start growing again . |
4 | ‘ Good , live firing 's just stopped and if the last few nights are anything to go by , we 'll be hearing from the battlegroup soon , once their own fitters have had a chance to check out the day 's casualties. , |
5 | If , however , you should fall asleep the finger immediately goes into your mouth and down your throat and wakes you before the cameramen have had a chance to snap their shutters . |
6 | Now President de Klerk and the ANC leadership are trying to tone down the outcome of the talks in order not to appear to have pre-empted a decision before the others have had a chance to have their say . |
7 | At the same time , UK paperbackers are contractually bound not to issue their paperbacks into the UK before the hardback editions of the same titles have had a chance to prove themselves in the bookshops . |
8 | BROOKSIDE bosses have refused a chance to talk about Liverpool 's image on Granada 's Up Front programme tonight . |