Example sentences of "chance of [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 31 | I think I have more chance of breaking into the England squad . |
| 32 | 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 . |
| 33 | 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 . |
| 34 | A big quake east of the Rocky Mountains — and one greater than magnitude 6 has a 50 to 60 per cent chance of occurring in the next 25 years — could make California 's Loma Prieta seem trifling . |
| 35 | YEOVIL TOWN captain Mark Shail was heartbroken last night over the rash moment which may cost him the chance of playing in the dream FA Cup tie against Arsenal . |
| 36 | ‘ But I wo n't know how bad the damage is until I see the physio tomorrow , and then I may have an idea if I have a chance of playing in the first league game . ’ |
| 37 | 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 . |
| 38 | The unusual violence was blamed by Lutheran church sources here on the frustration of a trainload of young people prevented from crossing the now-closed border to Czechoslovakia , and the chance of clambering into the West German Embassy in Prague . |
| 39 | Innocent was beset with problems which he had little chance of solving as the sands constantly shifted and political and economic undercurrents conditioned behaviour . |
| 40 | 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 . |
| 41 | The skills involved are so varied and complex that whole books have been written about it , and there is no chance of going into the topic in great depth here . |
| 42 | If you ever get the chance of going to the catacombs in Rome you will see on the walls a very popular image of the cross shaped as an anchor . |
| 43 | ‘ A draw would keep us in with an outside chance of going to the States . |
| 44 | But er it was quite interesting and er more or less you got a chance of going through the departments when you were before your time was out . |
| 45 | The result severely dents Widnes 's chance of qualifying for the Premiership , in which they have reached the final for the last three years , but could prove a turning point in Salford 's survival battle , provided they are a little more circumspect . |
| 46 | ‘ And Zimbabwe have got a very good chance of qualifying for the African Nations Cup AND the World Cup . ’ |
| 47 | Victory sent the Debmat Diamonds back to the top of the Gold Cup Northern Section , one point ahead of Berwick while Boro now have no chance of qualifying for the final . |
| 48 | 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 . |
| 49 | ‘ Richardson had a chance of qualifying in the world championships but he failed and now he has won his place the officials think that their choice was justified , but it was not . ’ |
| 50 | A shot aimed at the right side of the green has every chance of landing in the bunkers . |
| 51 | 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 . |
| 52 | 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 . |
| 53 | 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 . |
| 54 | Without any doubt ZIMBABWE captain Andy Ferreira 's men must count themselves unlucky to have missed the semi-finals , and with it the chance of appearing in the World Cup tournament in Scotland . |
| 55 | Countries with a huge public debt ( Holland 82% of GDP , Ireland 98% , Italy 108% , Belgium 134% ) have no chance of complying with the Maastricht criterion on debt . |
| 56 | Also , the trio have just been offered the chance of following in the footsteps of The Osmonds and The Jackson Five by allowing themselves to be made into a Saturday morning TV cartoon series . |
| 57 | He saw that he had no chance of winning over the militants , and so abandoned the conventional view that a political settlement was essential . |
| 58 | What people are doing when they 're gambling on horses is placing their assessment of the horse 's chance of winning against the odds offered by the bookie . |
| 59 | ‘ I thought I had a good chance of winning in the end , ’ Vrabel said . |
| 60 | 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 . |