Example sentences of "has a [adj] chance of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Furthermore , the insurers are judge and jury rolled into one — if they do not think that your case has a reasonable chance of success they will not indemnify you . |
| 2 | Only McCall , who hurt his neck in training yesterday , has a reasonable chance of facing the French in the first game in Group A of the mini-league series . |
| 3 | She also has a genuine chance of succeeding Troke as a Commonwealth Games gold medallist , and may also make a challenge in Moscow in April for the European title , which Troke has won twice . |
| 4 | Hall has not played for England since , but now has a strong chance of a comeback . |
| 5 | Littlewoods , the pools promoter , calculates each punter has a 1:39 chance of a win . |
| 6 | Also , if you have a cat and you want to let it out , you could at least provided some sort of warning for the prey , so that the prey has a better chance of escaping ; such as a bell around the neck for example . |
| 7 | The public now has a better chance of listening to treasures such as the massive 40-cm 78-rpm discs cut during the Nuremburg Trials , or the 40 hours of tape recorded during the 0z trial . |
| 8 | A WOMAN who marries at the age of 42 has a better chance of success than when she was 23 . |
| 9 | The ebullient Mr Clarke — combative , frank and untainted by the shamelessly cavalier manner of Mr Lamont — has a better chance of persuading Britons that things are getting better . |
| 10 | The lesson seems to be that a plaintiff has a better chance of attacking the exercise of ministerial power if he can show that in some general way , especially procedural and not substantive , the minister has not played the game according to the newly enlarged rules of natural justice . |
| 11 | ‘ John has a better chance of being released if the kidnappers realize there is nothing to be gained by hanging on to him . |
| 12 | The phenomenon reflects not only the difficulties of part-time recruitment in an area like Oxfordshire which lacks a large urban and industrial base , but also the fact that the Modular Course has a better chance of retaining and increasing such students than conventional courses ( Figure 2.2 ) . |
| 13 | ‘ So , ’ Luke 's voice overrode her own , ‘ I 'm sure I need n't tell you that the evening has a better chance of success with four of us rather than three . ’ |
| 14 | The manufacturer has a better chance of being able to deal with difficult technical questions like yours and they really should face up to this fact . |
| 15 | A well planned acquisition has a better chance of success . |
| 16 | The 32-year-old Londoner , second behind the brilliant street-driving genius of Ayrton Senna in Monaco , knows he has a better chance of glory in Montreal . |
| 17 | The 32-year-old , second behind Ayrton Senna in Monaco , knows he has a better chance of glory in Montreal . |
| 18 | If she makes sure she is looking good , feeling good , working well , she has a better chance of taking a cool look at him from a distance and deciding if she really wants him in her life . |
| 19 | Powell only has a remote chance of playing , for Reilly 's squad has retained its shape and strength . |
| 20 | while individual ‘ stress-coping ’ strategies do help to alleviate the symptoms of stress , only an organisational approach to reducing stress has a real chance of helping all teachers . |
| 21 | He has not been bought to play like Hughes , but to score goals — and he has a real chance of doing that . |
| 22 | It appears that the gallery has a real chance of organising its museum ; the city authorities have almost given their consent to leases on two buildings in the centre of Moscow . |
| 23 | Sunday 's derby game at Newcastle could come too soon for Owers but Bennett has a real chance of being fit . |
| 24 | On the face of it Labour has a real chance of overturning the Tory majority of 2,661 . |
| 25 | Bear this in mind when using the foot sweep and ensure that it has a good chance of shifting the opponent by forcing him to lift his weight from the ankle to be attacked . |
| 26 | For a songwriter/artist who the music publisher believes has a good chance of success , it is quite usual for there to be a royalty split of 70:30 in favour of the writer . |
| 27 | ABILL improving guarantees on cars and household goods has a good chance of becoming law because it is being introduced by the MP who topped the ballot for private members ' bills . |
| 28 | Mr Wilkinson , whose bill has a good chance of reaching the statute book , believes such a measure is necessary to curb growing surburban problem of overdevelopment through luxury blocks of flats being built by developers on plots previously occupied by a single house . |
| 29 | It is not surprising that new fossil species are discovered daily , and indeed the amateur collector has a good chance of finding a new species of fossil , if he looks hard enough and learns to recognize what he has found . |
| 30 | Challenger has a good chance of hitting a Soviet tank with its first shell at a distance of more than 2000 m . |