even chance

collocation in English

meaningsofevenandchance

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even
adjective
uk
/ˈiː.vən/us
/ˈiː.vən/
flat and smooth, or on the ...
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chance
noun
uk
/tʃɑːns/us
/tʃæns/
an occasion that allows something to ...
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(Definition ofevenandchancefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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But that concession is consistent with there being a less thanevenchancethat there is such a world.
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I think there is anevenchancethat we shall be invaded.
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It is one which children and grandchildren are likely to inherit, and there is anevenchancethat they will inherit it.
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In a sense, it is anevenchancewhether we use the regulator or not.
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I am confident that we have a better thanevenchanceof success.
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Then one's chances of getting a monthly prize are 11 to 10 —there is nearly anevenchanceof getting a monthly prize.
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It was anevenchancewhether it came on, and there was less than anevenchancewhether it would be completed on the day.
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Looking at them it seems about anevenchance.
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Any consultant, therefore, has a more thanevenchanceof an award before he retires.
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Cases with a less thanevenchanceof success would be very unlikely to receive funding, unless they were of the highest priority.
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That would allow us at least anevenchancewith other places of getting new factories which people may have in mind to build.
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He subsequently took counsel's opinion and was advised that he had a better thanevenchanceof convincing a jury that he was the victim of defamation.
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They came in at the beginning when there was nothing proved, when there was anevenchancethat they would lose the money they put in.
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He insisted that athletes were given at least anevenchancewith the other students, and, if anything, a slight advantage over them.
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Doctors claimed he had anevenchancefor recovery despite his injuries.
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While mere belonging is a minimal orevenchancesocial connection, social belonging factors are characterized as social feedback, validation, and shared experiences.
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He emphasised that he would use the words not unlikely as denoting a degree of probability considerably less than anevenchancebut nevertheless not very unusual and easily foreseeable.
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He was described as having better than anevenchanceto live and was suffering from a skull fracture, a broken arm and possible internal injuries.
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