chance - use in sentences

Converse of object

  • stand: Only a gambler like Blair could stand a chance of winning " .
  • miss: Two minutes later, Hull missed a glorious chance to level.
  • get: Members of the Lottery get five chances to win up to £ 10,000 every weekday for just £ 1 per week.
  • have: At a workshop earlier in the year people had a chance to give ideas about what could be done.
  • reduce: However, proper teaching reduced the chances of these side-effects.
  • give: Given the chance I would like to try to maximize all sports sides in ways like this.

Adjective modifier

  • good: The longer parents are here the better chance they have of being allowed to stay.
  • realistic: What is the realistic chance that this technology touches off another wave of crime against airlines?
  • equal: The pool is three feet deep on each end and 5 feet in the middle so everyone has an equal chance.
  • rare: A rare chance to see these world renowned performers in Lincoln.
  • less: The new versions should have less chance of name clashes.
  • slim: There's a slim chance of a gig in London at the end of May... .

Modifies a noun

  • saloon: Nirah in Bedfordshire is drinking at the last chance saloon.

Noun used with modifier

  • cent: Any child born to someone affected by FAP has a fifty per cent chance of inheriting the condition.
  • %: I was told I had a 60 % chance of having prostate cancer in December 2002 at the age of 36.

Preposition: of

  • survival: The groundbreaking study will track the young seal Morocco's chances of survival in the critical first few months back in the wild.
  • success: Then your religion will have some chance of success.
  • lifetime: Round the world A great adventure, the chance of a lifetime, the best thing youâll ever do.
  • victory: Although the First Civil War dragged on for another year, the Royalists had no realistic chance of victory after the battle of Naseby.

Preposition: for

  • revenge: She knows that the narrator does not really like her, and this is a chance for revenge.

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