Example sentences of "chance of [verb] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He might have to sacrifice somewhat of pay for this end but he would not mind that owing to the chance of rising in the Imperial Service . ’ |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | This experience gave him at least a chance of succeeding in the Caucasus . |
| 4 | Her Black Sea fleet had by this time been destroyed , the allies had landed not only in the Crimea but also at Nikolaev to the west and Novorossiisk to the east , and the Turks retained a position at Sukhumi which gave them the chance of counter-attacking in the direction of Tiflis . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | The Rev Hammer stands resplendent in battered hat , pleated hair and a grin so friendly he might even stand a chance of getting in the Camden Palace , and announces ‘ There 's two shcools of folk — the scholars with 27 different versions of the same sea shanty , and the get drunk/dance a lot/make free love … this is the lot I 'm interested in ! ’ |
| 7 | The Rev Hammer stands resplendent in battered hat , pleated hair and a grin so friendly he might even stand a chance of getting in the Camden Palace , and announces ‘ There 's two shcools of folk — the scholars with 27 different versions of the same sea shanty , and the get drunk/dance a lot/make free love … this is the lot I 'm interested in ! ’ |
| 8 | Both for different , but similar , reasons have turned down the chance of participating in the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona in July . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 14 | A shot aimed at the right side of the green has every chance of landing in the bunkers . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | ‘ I thought I had a good chance of winning in the end , ’ Vrabel said . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | They 're very professional , very entertaining and almost meaningless , all of which augurs well for their chances of succeeding in the West . |
| 20 | We 'll take a break there , still to come tonight , Roy Keane on Manchester United 's chances of staying in the European Cup , and in a couple of minutes , we concentrate on the Edinburgh derby . |
| 21 | We 'll take a break there , still to come tonight , Roy Keane on Manchester United 's chances of staying in the European Cup , and in a couple of minutes , we concentrate on the Edinburgh derby . |
| 22 | He is expected to play again in January , specialists having approved his return to training , but is unwilling to turn out too soon , as he did against Steaua after surgery , for fear of jeopardising his chances of playing in the World Cup . |
| 23 | Converting that into a winning performance at London is another matter , hence his insistence on downplaying his chances of finishing in the money . |