better chance

collocation in English

meaningsofbetterandchance

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better
adjective
uk
/ˈbet.ər/
us
/ˈbet̬.ɚ/
comparative of good: of a higher standard, or more suitable, pleasing, or effective than other things ...
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chance
noun
uk
/tʃɑːns/
us
/tʃæns/
an occasion that allows something to ...
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(Definition ofbetterandchancefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofbetter chance

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In this new world, without the social strife of the old, there seems to be abetterchancethat the marriage might be consummated.
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In contrast, the shortest path gives the target abetterchanceto escape.
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Abstracting away from extra-linguistic considerations, one has abetterchanceto get at the central meaning of polysemous entities.
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Works that were centrally planned and assigned, moreover, had abetterchanceof seeing print than did books written on personal initiative.
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This might give new candidates abetterchanceto gain office.
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On the contrary, they had abetterchanceof success.
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We have abetterchanceof identifying the causative gene from a small number of such genes if we focus on closely related species pairs.
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I think now we have abetterchancefor deep learning.
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The marriage patterns of these nine women, however, suggest that single daughters had abetterchanceof being upwardly mobile.
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You would have abetterchanceof lighting it if you held the match nearer.
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Given these extra entries, there is abetterchanceof getting the required word in the collection of entries retrieved from the dictionary.
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Those whose husbands were in wage employment stood a farbetterchanceof gaining access to food than did those married to unwaged men.
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On the short path, the robot has entered the target's view field from where it gives the target abetterchanceto escape.
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We stand abetterchanceof understanding them through our concerted efforts, and what links that already exist seem promising.
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In addition, if the robot is detected at a far distance then it would have abetterchanceto escape or hide.
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Where committees are permanent, they havebetterchanceto develop expertise.
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For these, it appeared that seeds of tall plants had abetterchanceof travelling on the dog than those of smaller plants.
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Moreover, it is educated parents who enjoy abetterchanceof being economically well off than non-educated parents.
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He realized that the new production method gave union organizers a muchbetterchanceof organizing his workers.
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