Collocations withchance
These are words often used in combination withchance.
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best chance
Of course everybody would want for himself or herself the best chance of the longest and best quality of life when they apply for treatment.
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better chance
In this new world, without the social strife of the old, there seems to be a better chance that the marriage might be consummated.
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chance encounter
For many of them, a chance encounter with traditional music rekindled their interest.
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chance occurrence
This is the signature of true association rather than a random or chance occurrence.
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chance of acquittal
Not proven has some backers among the legal fraternity and among the criminal fraternity, because it increases the chance of acquittal in a difficult case.
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chance of advancement
They realize that under nationalization the chance of advancement goes.
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chance of parole
He was then sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for at least 25 years.
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chance of promotion
In such a force there is so little chance of promotion that you cannot get the best men.
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chance of recovery
With a sympathetic family and employer an exserviceman with a severe condition stood an excellent chance of recovery and integration.
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chance of success
From the beginning it was a strike with little chance of success.
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chance of survival
If there is no special obligation, you should give each person the highest equal chance of survival.
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equal chance
I believe each has a right to an equal chance to the drug.
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even chance
But that concession is consistent with there being a less than even chance that there is such a world.
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excellent chance
With a sympathetic family and employer an exserviceman with a severe condition stood an excellent chance of recovery and integration.
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fair chance
In a "women's institution" women had at least a fair chance to become professor.
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only chance
The only chance remaining was to require both employers and workers to pay the insurance costs themselves.
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rare chance
For scientists who have spent their careers looking ahead, it's a rare chance to reflect on the past.
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realistic chance
Finally, mutual obligation policies are likely to be expensive if they are to give jobless people a realistic chance of finding work.
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reasonable chance
Therefore, the double mutant stands a reasonable chance of rising to high frequency by random drift.
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slight chance
But our particular policy recommendations, though we believe them to be the best available, will stand only a very slight chance of being correct.
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