Example sentences of "[verb] stand a chance " in BNC.
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| 1 | That is , if you want to stand a chance of stopping before hitting it . |
| 2 | Teachers must be prepared not only to defend their subject but positively to advance its cause in a hostile climate if history is going to stand a chance of surviving . |
| 3 | This was the crunch match they really had to win to stand a chance of staying up . |
| 4 | All you have to do to stand a chance of winning is answer the following questions correctly : |
| 5 | All you have to do to stand a chance of winning this great prize is to answer the following questions and complete the tie break : |
| 6 | We can not know whether a British Government that genuinely wanted a Russian alliance could have produced a different result — but it would have stood a chance . |
| 7 | ‘ Without funds being raised he would n't have stood a chance . |
| 8 | ‘ A few moments later and he would not have stood a chance . ’ |
| 9 | You should have nipped into the Gulf of Corinth — you might have stood a chance there . ’ |
| 10 | After Alan Duff , very few teachers ' books would have stood a chance . ’ |
| 11 | By such means it could win trust and acceptance of ideas that would seldom have stood a chance when presented through public oratory . |
| 12 | Dougal did n't struggle : even if he could have got out of the duvet , he would n't have stood a chance . |
| 13 | Now had I known about this it the time , of course he would not have stood a chance of getting into the RAF . |
| 14 | If I 'd known that , I would n't have stood a chance . ’ |
| 15 | Non-tidal and desperately steep , they 'll be too hard for an old fart like me ; but round the corner is a huge , blocky , roofed sweep of rock on which I 'd reckon to stand a chance . |
| 16 | Any government planning such a large-scale redistribution of income as that contemplated by Mr Smith should create an environment in which those hit stand a chance of making the adjustment without being driven into bankruptcy . |
| 17 | Sixteen weeks early , and er they er really did n't seem to stand a chance erm of living but a lot of them did and that was amazing . |
| 18 | But there had been a time , early in the nineteenth century , in Shelley 's day , where the head and the heart had stood a chance of marching forward together . |