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 | Powell only has a remote chance of playing , for Reilly 's squad has retained its shape and strength . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | He has not been bought to play like Hughes , but to score goals — and he has a real chance of doing that . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Sunday 's derby game at Newcastle could come too soon for Owers but Bennett has a real chance of being fit . |
| 10 | On the face of it Labour has a real chance of overturning the Tory majority of 2,661 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Challenger has a good chance of hitting a Soviet tank with its first shell at a distance of more than 2000 m . |
| 17 | I reckon anything over an inch long by November has a good chance of making it . |
| 18 | ‘ Anyone who can beat me has a good chance of knocking out Holyfield , ’ he said . |
| 19 | Today 's house-price cheer has a good chance of fuelling tomorrow 's repeat . |
| 20 | If you are clear who you are writing to and address them directly , the tone of your letter has a good chance of appropriately expressing your message . |
| 21 | From the seventh month onwards , with adequate care , a child born before full term has a good chance of survival . |
| 22 | What the wife back home should hold on to is that , provided their relationship was good enough — and that does n't have to be perfect — in the first place , then the marriage has a good chance of survival . |
| 23 | BTW I think Kelly has a good chance of playing 'cos Big Jack has a lot of injury problems . |
| 24 | And at Uttoxeter , Adrian Maguire has a good chance of stretching Peter Scudamore at the top of the jockeys ' table with the help of prolific winner Sillars Stalker , who makes his seasonal bow in the David NorrisTom Pepper Handicap Hurdle . |
| 25 | WEIGHT ON HIS MIND : Paul Merson ( left ) has a fat chance of making George Graham 's Arsenal team until he sheds a few pounds |
| 26 | If a person is suffering from a fairly severe mental disorder and has close friends or relatives who sympathize , encourage early treatment and make full rehabilitation possible by providing a tolerant but secure home after hospitalization , then the person has a fair chance of ultimately coping with their illness without it handicapping their general performance in life too severely . |
| 27 | Every day a compromise is effected on the ground that the party making it has a fair chance of succeeding in it , and if he bona fide believes he has a fair chance of success he has a reasonable ground for suing , and his forbearance to sue will constitute a good consideration . |
| 28 | Every day a compromise is effected on the ground that the party making it has a fair chance of succeeding in it , and if he bona fide believes he has a fair chance of success he has a reasonable ground for suing , and his forbearance to sue will constitute a good consideration . |
| 29 | With a record order book , it now has a slim chance of starting to repay a bit of the $13.5 billion that it has received in government subsidies . |
| 30 | If the degree of moral outrage is widespread and simmering then the individual who ignites the fire has a high chance of success ; the enormous , potential power of the base of the hierarchy is ignited . |