Example sentences of "they have a [adj] chance " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I take risks , but they 're calculated risks and I would n't take them if I did n't think they had a good chance of succeeding . |
| 2 | Even in Wessex and East Anglia the ravaged territories were not always particularly extensive at any one time , and much of the population may have reckoned that they had a good chance of escaping . |
| 3 | If a husband and wife can only tell each other how uncomfortable they feel about the change , and how odd it makes them feel , not endlessly or every day , but just to give a place to the fact , then they have a good chance of staying on a fairly positive course . |
| 4 | Where these are offering high standards of service and promotional benefits , they have a good chance of success . |
| 5 | The disabled face much frustration and discrimination in their lives and it is vitally important that they receive the maximum help through education , careers guidance , training and help with obtaining employment so that at least they have a real chance to find and keep satisfactory work . |
| 6 | I feel they have a real chance next week . |
| 7 | The Euro-sceptics think they have a small chance of ambushing the government with snap divisions on any of the hundreds of amendments already put down . |
| 8 | Villa are at White Hart Lane this afternoon with Livermore saying : ‘ We have watched them closely and think they have a great chance of winning the League . |
| 9 | Following the success of Tracy Edwards and her Maiden crew in the Whitbread Round the World Race , women involved in yachting are realising that they have a great chance to attain their sailing goals . |
| 10 | Despite the firm 's dire financial health , they have a slim chance of pulling this off . |
| 11 | The major concern is to ensure that they have a realistic chance of completing a course : this is clearly of special importance both to them and to the University . |
| 12 | Insider dealing threatens to destroy confidence by undermining the general public 's belief that they have an equal chance of profiting from securities trades . |