Example sentences of "stand a chance " in BNC.
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| 1 | The reason , of course , is that my garden is so packed with plants that the weeds simply do n't stand a chance . |
| 2 | Weeds do n't stand a chance in the closely-planted beds at Barnsdale |
| 3 | Unfortunately no situations arose during field-work where the neighbourhood police were required to use these secondary recipes , although one did state how sympathetic he felt towards adolescents in parts of Easton because ‘ they do n't stand a chance ’ there , a feeling which easily translates into sympathetic handling of situations in which youths are involved . |
| 4 | Like , I suppose that way if I was hit I might stand a chance of only losing one arm or one leg . |
| 5 | Against its rivals in a comparison test , it would n't stand a chance |
| 6 | Did n't stand a chance from the start . |
| 7 | They do n't stand a chance against a voice like his |
| 8 | ‘ A poor cripple like me would n't stand a chance against a big lump like you — especially when you got the boss 's daughter on your side … |
| 9 | Mere mortals , average , run-of-the-mill duffers do n't stand a chance . ’ |
| 10 | If she could be too — then they might stand a chance against those racy Greycoat boys ! |
| 11 | The trustee could with good reason contest the beneficiary 's claim , and might stand a chance of success . |
| 12 | Only powerful birds would stand a chance . |
| 13 | Or ( as cited above ) , one might hold a particular performance as a ‘ reference ’ , which gradually exerts such an influence that any newcomer simply does n't stand a chance . |
| 14 | ‘ He wo n't stand a chance if we can get him up there . ’ |
| 15 | If she responds favourably to this ( which , if you are wise , you will have conveyed more through your attitudes than your actual words ) , you and her other helpers should try to create various circumstances or events which may stand a chance of helping her to break the habit of mourning : an interesting holiday , perhaps , or some new and mildly challenging experience which calls for her to look beyond herself to someone else in trouble , who will make her feel ‘ needed ’ . |
| 16 | Whatever you choose it will need to be a matter of trial and error , but avoid anything that is slow or spends a lot of time near the bottom — it wo n't stand a chance . |
| 17 | If this was Drew 's type , she did n't stand a chance . |
| 18 | No Labour rethink that ignores this will stand a chance of success in the future . |
| 19 | When he took the stage to collect the award ( winning it for the second time following two years of Vivienne Westwood ) , Ozbek did n't stand a chance . |
| 20 | With the train rapidly bearing down on her she did not stand a chance . |
| 21 | It was made clear to me by my mother , sometimes backed up by my sisters , that as far as the opposite sex was concerned , I did n't stand a chance . |
| 22 | She does n't stand a chance against a beast like that . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Well he might be a bit faster because he 's lighter — but in most of the games he does n't stand a chance , said Hawk . ’ |
| 24 | We did n't stand a chance — England were going to get away with anything . |
| 25 | We were greeted by unnaturally cheerful ranger , who told us that there were 56 people on the list ahead of us so we did n't stand a chance and that it would probably rain anyway . |
| 26 | The high society platinum beauty brought up in a secluded hot-house may look a million dollars on the show stand , but is all too liable to fall flat on her face at the first pinprick of adversity and does not stand a chance unless she is cocooned in protective sprays . |
| 27 | Erwin even questions whether there is room for the mainframe in this scenario — ‘ If the mainframe 's price-performance relationship is the same in five years as it is now , it does n't stand a chance ’ . |
| 28 | In these circumstances , what ruling party would stand a chance ? |
| 29 | The argument in favour of plumping looks at first sight convincing enough : in the later stages of the count your own party will stand a chance of benefiting from the transferred lower preferences expressed by supporters of other parties , whilst those parties will not benefit from the transferred lower preferences of your own supporters since they wo n't have expressed any . |
| 30 | My hypothesis is that there is a space for a socialist argument in favour of investment planning ; that such an argument could be presented in such a way as to appeal to organised labour and even to broader strata of the population concerned about employment prospects and their standard of living in retirement ; that if organised workers were to support the proposal they could use their union organisation to press for social accountability of their savings funds ; and that if the proposals were not linked to a ‘ dogmatic ’ pursuit of nationalisation they would stand a chance of recruiting some support from the more progressive elements of the state and corporate salariat — those whose technical expertise would be required in any such project , even if it is overlaid with oppressive ‘ professional ’ and ‘ managerial ’ ideologies — helping to isolate , so far as possible , reactionary financier elements . |