chance of success

collocation in English

meaningsofchanceandsuccess

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chance
noun
uk
/tʃɑːns/
us
/tʃæns/
an occasion that allows something to ...
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success
noun
uk
/səkˈses/
us
/səkˈses/
the achieving of the results wanted or ...
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(Definition ofchanceandsuccessfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofchance of success

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From the beginning it was a strike with littlechanceofsuccess.
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Leaders in autocratic regimes were unwilling to apply either for purely domestic reasons or because they at least anticipated little or nochanceofsuccess.
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Clearly, scientists tend to think twice about engaging resources in tests of hypotheses that offer littlechanceofsuccess.
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The participants suggested that when they convinced themselves that communication could be successful, this improved thechanceofsuccess.
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It is not surprising that some sort of co-management structure has the bestchanceofsuccess.
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On the contrary, they had a betterchanceofsuccess.
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A one-in-threechanceofsuccesswas excellent, he argued, or at least good enough when the alternative was certain death.
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The political type of autonomy, according to the author, has littlechanceofsuccess.
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It was hypothesized in advance that the "chanceofsuccess" attribute would be dominant for some respondents.
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Our best hope is that we will be able to identify and avoid any "obstructive ingredient" that interferes with thechanceofsuccess.
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Reproductive cloning in humans is so far purely theoretical because it is still unknown if the procedure has anychanceofsuccess.
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Consistent with these goals, we tried to delimit our problem carefully so that we would have somechanceofsuccess.
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There is enough evidence to make the broad conclusion that better-presented bids stood a betterchanceofsuccessthan poorly presented ones.
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Why did they believe that their challenge had achanceofsuccess?
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To stand anychanceofsuccesspublic health nurses must understand the processes through which interagency collaborations are likely to progress and prosper.
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The differences in the levels for thechanceofsuccessattribute included in this study reflect clinical opinion of a plausible range for possible differences between centers.
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The appeal had littlechanceofsuccess.
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Of course, staging a coup is a risky business and only rational if there is a goodchanceofsuccess, so that rent seeking can be undertaken.
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No one who has read it could ever again believe that policies of offering a tenancy and a few months support will have any reasonablechanceofsuccess.
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