Example sentences of "chance of [verb] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It was a fifty-fifty chance of saving someone on the verge of death , ’ one source close to the surgeons said . |
| 2 | By the next election , the lot of the Tottenham poor will have got worse , and the chance of alleviating it through economic growth will have receded . |
| 3 | If he did finally decide , after all , this was n't the job for him , that snide comment should go some way to ensure that Lorrimer stood no chance of succeeding him as Director of Hoggatt 's . |
| 4 | George felt anxious that he had had no opportunity to be alone with Tamar , and so there had been no chance of warning her about the groom . |
| 5 | This , presumably , is because they make the journey at very great depths , far below the reach of drift nets or trawls and since they are no longer feeding there is little chance of catching them on baited hooks or in traps . |
| 6 | She thought of ringing him on the off chance of catching him at the flat , but shelved the possibility as unlikely . |
| 7 | If your foe stoops on a ground unit and is locked in combat you 'll have a good chance of catching him in the flanks . |
| 8 | We could n't argue , for Thistle 's chance of taking anything from this game lasted all of 58 seconds . |
| 9 | Erm he 'll erm if they accept it it 'll it 'll stand a chance of getting them to the main group . |
| 10 | ‘ Because of the angle I had no chance of getting it over the bar with my right foot so I simply hit it with the left and it went over . ’ |
| 11 | She wondered if there was the faintest chance of impressing them with the significance of her position . |
| 12 | It is well recognized because unless you have managed to work out how things actually happen you have no chance of achieving anything at all . |
| 13 | ‘ There 's no chance of seeing you through the day is there ? ’ |
| 14 | Mr Mayhew 's costs , well into seven figures , were funded by Cazenove , which now stands a good chance of recouping them from tax-payers . |
| 15 | The list shows how easy it was at the time ( 1860 ) to raise money for a line intended to run from Craven Arms to Montgomery , and what a number of persons , sufficiently well-disposed to the district to advance such large sums would be deprived of all chance of recouping themselves by completing the line , if the policy of closing it was adopted . |
| 16 | If she did n't remainder the dragon , she could forget her chance of freeing herself of the D-9000 . |
| 17 | It seemed nothing could stop him , but there was still that chance of losing it to be overcome , and sure enough it came . |
| 18 | Many Thais have no chance of turning themselves into anything but sweatshop labour . |
| 19 | A clip round the ear has more chance of preventing him from doing something a second time than bringing all these other agencies in . |
| 20 | Because if we turn back , said her mind , then you will be going away from Nuadu , you will be losing what might be the only chance of rescuing him from the Robemaker . |
| 21 | If the chest is forced open , the same trap will be triggered , save that there 's no chance of defusing it with the extra lock-turn . |
| 22 | Three days ago she had refused her final chance of giving it for love . |
| 23 | Lewis added : ‘ Bowe 's stripping has robbed me of the chance of beating him in the ring . |
| 24 | On Friday , though , Alesi had been the top man as he claimed the overnight pole , but he lost any chance of keeping it with a wall-bashing incident , which came as no surprise to anyone who had watched his outrageously extrovert efforts . |
| 25 | At best , it provides a chance of doing something about it — repairing a bit of the past , perhaps finding a new way of handling difficult feelings and making them less dangerous . |
| 26 | If they can overcome their fears , they have a chance of doing something about their mutual problem , now explicit between them . |
| 27 | But if you achieve your objectives on the way , you stand a much better chance of making it to your ultimate goal . |
| 28 | I ca n't share it — not if there 's any chance of making it on my own . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ He 's got every chance of making it as a player . ’ |
| 30 | The tigress was undoubtedly familiar with every foot of the ground , and not having had an opportunity of killing me at the rocks — and her chance of bagging me at the first hairpin bend having been spoilt by the kakar — she was probably now making her way through the dense undergrowth to try to intercept me at the second bend . |