70 Sentences With "stood a chance of" | Random Sentence Generator

In the beginning, we stood a chance of persuading them.

Players his age rarely stood a chance of stopping him.

Which is to say: Gilly never really stood a chance of being accepted.

For most of our history, no divorced person stood a chance of becoming president.

You probably never stood a chance of getting Tesla's Powerwall home battery first time round.

Throughout the 1990s Goegebuer said he never stood a chance of winning medals in international competition.

Without actual porn, the subtler voyeurism of guitar stood a chance of becoming a hit with viewers.

Once the frontrunner for the Republican nomination, he probably, it turns out, never stood a chance of getting it.

No challenger proposed before or since — not ''homonegativity,'' ''heterosexism,'' ''sexual prejudice'' or ''heteronormativity'' — has stood a chance of supplanting it.

The league stood a chance of winning both cases, had it persisted, but each case generated years of negative publicity.

While many people did not believe that Jackson stood a chance of getting the nomination, he did far better than expected.

His advisers maintained that if only Booker could introduce himself to more voters, he stood a chance of becoming more competitive.

The Truckers recorded the new album "when we still didn't think Trump stood a chance of being a nominee," Mr. Cooley said.

Retro Report There was a time when horror over gun violence stood a chance of prodding national politicians to act on their outrage.

The Christian Democrats were not far behind the Social Democrats at 33.6 percent, and still stood a chance of winning the official tally.

Just days before a stubbornly close primary election, the show stood a chance of helping win over an undecided Democratic voter or two.

The calls you made, the letters you wrote, the town halls and protests you attended, stood a chance of altering outcomes in Congress.

But do you think a part-funk, part neo-soul album from a rapper stood a chance of garnering the highest nomination last year?

It's re-seeing and rethinking the whole history of modern art from the perspective of women who never stood a chance of major attainment.

The judge said the conflict between class members who stood a chance of recovering cash and those who were excluded from money damages was fundamental and unresolvable.

Thirteen years later, still plagued by the exact same garbage — and worse, used to it — I tell my therapist I never stood a chance of loving myself.

The overwhelming margin of the Senate vote, 84 to 8, underscored the contention by Senate Republicans that only their bill stood a chance of winning the president's signature.

Members of the SPD's senior coalition partner the CDU/CSU slammed the plans, with CSU head Markus Soeder saying such a step neither made sense nor stood a chance of succeeding.

Ms. Gillibrand, 21991, said the political energy among Democratic women this year far exceeded anything she saw in 254, when Hillary Clinton stood a chance of becoming the first female president.

And if the Steelers' offense could not score, then the Dolphins might actually have stood a chance of winning Sunday's playoff game at Heinz Field instead of absorbing a comprehensive demolition.

Had President Donald Trump studied the contradictions in his predecessor's record, his ambition to make closer Saudi relations the centrepiece of his Middle East policy might have stood a chance of success.

With respective points per game averages of 8.5 (Joseph) and 6.9 (Patterson), neither player really stood a chance of taking home the hardware; it's sad but true, but that's how it goes.

On North Korea, another issue over which the two powers have been at odds, Mr. Li repeated Beijing's position that only renewed negotiations with Pyongyang stood a chance of curtailing its nuclear program.

Launched in 2760, LOLA's founders Alex Friedman and Jordana Kier formed a company around an idea that they thought stood a chance of challenging industry giants Tampax and Playtex: 22016 percent organic feminine products.

David Rosenbaum reported then for the New York Times that "many lawmakers, insisting on anonymity, said they would vote against it if they thought it stood a chance of becoming law" and were just trying to stay on the right side of public opinion.

I went from having vibrant dinner conversations about the mortgage crisis and whether we should have bailed out the big banks, or if we were hitting a housing bubble, or whether Hillary stood a chance of ever winning the presidency, to staring blankly at the walls.

Iranian designers and technicians have stood a chance of winning on several occasions—Ray Aghayan enjoyed nominations for Best Costume Design in 1970, 313 and 1976; Habib Zargarpour was nominated for Best Visual Effects in 1996 and 2000—but usually for their work on Hollywood films.

It was a bittersweet moment: a tough loss, but at the same time a new high-water mark for Iceland, which had never made it this far before and, with a player pool drawn from a population just over 323,000, stood a chance of never making it that far again.

House Democrats initially unveiled their legislation Wednesday night and threatened to move forward with or without the GOP, but with the growing number of coronavirus cases resulting in an increasing number of school, business, entertainment and athletic event shutdowns — as well as historic stock market losses — lawmakers were under pressure to take drastic action that actually stood a chance of becoming law.

It energized those who believed in progressive policy and the fundamental overhaul of our government's structures, and her supporters saw her as the only one who stood a chance of getting change done rather than the choices we have now: a man who has promised a mountain of appealing progressive change but who many doubt has the ability to follow through on those promises, and a man who has sneered at large-scale proposals for progressive change.

But Murad was too nervous and upset to head the conspiracy. Given his lack of leadership, the conspiracy never stood a chance of succeeding.

Mead, p. 127 When the news arrived that Wavell was going to be replaced by Auchinleck as C-in-C in the Middle East in July, Dorman-Smith probably thought that he stood a chance of getting a permanent role closer to the action but no job offer was made. By December, he had decided to resign from the army.Greacen p.

This was considered to be the smallest gun that stood a chance of putting a surfaced U-boat out of action, and they also carried a small number of depth charges.Tucker, p. 257 The trawlers were named after battles of the Western Front during the First World War that Canadians had been involved in. They cost between $155,000 and $160,000 per vessel.

Dubrovinsky returned to Russia, where he was arrested for the final time in June 1910, and exiled to Turukhansk in Siberia. Returning to Russia again, in 1910, he was soon arrested and exiled. on ! June, he drowned in the Yenisei River - ironically around the time when he stood a chance of being released under an amnesty to mark the Romanov Tercentenary.

After four years, the legionnaires again stood a chance of winning promotion to the group stage of the Champions League. In the second round of qualifying they beat Hafnarfjarðar – 1–0 away, 2–0 at home. Shakhtar Donetsk turned out to be the next rival in the decisive third stage. Both meetings ended with the defeat of Legia – 0–1 in Donetsk and 2–3 in Warsaw.

67 All twelve trawlers were equipped with a QF 12-pounder 12 cwt naval gun mounted forward. This was considered to be the smallest gun that stood a chance of putting a surfaced U-boat out of action, and they also carried a small number of depth charges.Tucker, p. 257 The trawlers were named after battles of the Western Front during the First World War that Canadians had been involved in.

It was recognized that only small boats stood a chance of assisting those close to the beach. A sailing ship trying to help near to the shore stood a good chance of also running aground, especially if there were heavy onshore winds. The Massachusetts Humane Society founded the first lifeboat station at Cohasset, Massachusetts. The stations were small shed-like structures, holding rescue equipment that was to be used by volunteers in case of a wreck.

The organisers of the tournament confirmed that any team competing would be banned from fielding players who have competed in the Indian Cricket League, a rival to the Indian Premier League. As a result of this, England's participation in the tournament was put in jeopardy. For the 2008 season, 15 of the 18 counties fielded 25 players from the ICL. On 24 July 2008, IPL commissioner Lalit Modi confirmed their stance by stating that only Middlesex and Essex stood a chance of being invited to the Champions League because they didn't have ICL links.

In March 2012, Shan Wee left 987 in February 2012, a 'ManHunt' was conducted to find a replacement for Rozz's co-host on the morning show. Listeners were invited to audition for the spot from 12 to 16 March 2012 and were told that they stood a chance of getting a spot on 987. However, it turned out that Rozz's new co-host is Bobby Tonelli from neighbour radio station, Class 95FM. It was speculated that the auditions were a waste of time and effort and simply just an advertising strategy to gain more listenership.

Anyway, Quinn's kind of feeling Sam, but she'd rather keep her heart cold and shriveled so as not to risk her popularity again, so she tells him to take his hair and get lost. Problem is, she and Sam were the only team who stood a chance of knocking off Rachel and Finn, so Rachel and Finn cement their plan by singing a thoroughly offensive song (I'll get to that in a bit) and reuniting the giant-killers. And so succeeds evil machination #4. Sam and Quinn go on their free dinner on the condition that it soooo isn't a date.

Clowes, p. 531 The port was closely watched, it was determined that an attack by a squadron of smaller vessels on the frigates stood a chance of success and a number of ships were instructed to gather off the coast. Captain Henry Inman of the frigate HMS Andromeda, had overall command; the force included HMS Nemesis under Captain Thomas Baker and 15 smaller vessels. The small craft included four fireships, small brigs designed to operate as minor warships until such time as they were deemed expendable in an attack on an anchored target, and the sloop HMS Dart under Commander Patrick Campbell.

When assessing the balance between centrifugal and centripetal factors most scholars are very cautious when offering a verdict whether Czechoslovakism was doomed to fail or whether it stood a chance of success.a highly skeptical opinion in Bakke 1999, similar view in Ficeri 2017; for rather critical assessment of this theory see Peter Haslinger, Doomed to Failure? The Czechoslovak Nation Project and the Slovak Autonomist Reaction 1918 – 1938, [in:] H-Net Reviews Online (2001), Milan Zemko, Doomed to Failure? The Czechoslovak Nation Project and the Slovak Autonomist Reaction 1918 – 1938, [in:] Historický časopis 50/2 (2002), pp.

Only those with access to smuggled food, and the very rich able to afford to buy provisions on the black market within the Ghetto at exorbitant prices, stood a chance of survival. For most, children were the best hope for bringing supplies over from the "Aryan side" as they could slither undetected through small openings and sewer lines on their way to and from the Ghetto. These child heroes, as noted by the historian Richard C. Lukas, saved or prolonged the lives of countless adult individuals.Richard C. Lukas, Did the Children Cry?: Hitler's War against Jewish and Polish Children, 19391945, New York, Hippocrene Books, 1994, p. 31\. .

In 1892, Irish scholar Stopford A. Brooke remarked: "When we have made every allowance for a certain fancifulness, and for the bias which a well-loved theory creates, this book is a real contribution to Northern mythology."History of Early English Literature, Vol. I, 1892, p. 111, fn. While, in 1942, Fredrik Gadde concluded: > "Even though the views set forth by Rydberg never stood a chance of being > accepted, there are points in his exposition that deserve being once more > brought to light." Since their publication, some of Rydberg's mythological theories have been cited in a number of other scholarly works including his theory regarding a World Mill,Georgia de Santilliana and Hertha von Duchend, Hamlet's Mill, 1969.

Federal soldiers on the front line at Nashville on December 16, on the morning of the battle's second day The Battle of Nashville, death knell for the Army of Tennessee Incredibly, even after his debacle at Franklin, General Hood insisted on continuing his march toward Nashville. He seems to have been motivated more by a desire to prevent his army from disintegrating through desertion than by any thought that he stood a chance of victory, now that Thomas had 71,842 men to his 23,053. Federal engineers had been fortifying the city for over two years;McDonough, James Lee. Nashville: The Western Confederacy's Final Gamble. Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 2004. , pp. 132–33.

Duntov declined to participate, so Fitch acted as Team Manager. General Manager of Chevrolet Ed Cole, watching the 1956 Sebring race, realized that only a Corvette built specifically for racing stood a chance of winning against the international competition. Two other racing Corvettes called SR-2s were built, one car for Jerry Earl, son of Harley Earl, the head of GM's Art and Color Section, and a second car for Bill Mitchell. At the New York Auto Show on December 1956 Chevrolet debuted the 1957 Corvette Super Sport, a show car based on a production Corvette with the latest engine and some features first seen on the SR and SR-2 racing cars. Harley Earl brought Jack Ensley's Jaguar D-Type into GM’s Research Studio.

Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice was of necessity somewhat different from the R-rated movie upon which it was based. The film involved sexual liberation, and featured the (short-lived) desire of the two title couples to engage in extra-marital affairs, mate-swapping and group sex, all of which would have been obviously unacceptable on U.S. broadcast television in 1973. Instead, it made do with plots which were attempts at titillation by the broadcast standards of the time, but which stood a chance of surviving the censors at the network's Division of Standards and Practices. These included skinny dipping, premarital sex, and unmarried couples cohabiting, which were still thought by many to be racy topics for network television at the time.

Previously, the competition was only open for the duration of the show, with the box containing the prize being opened at the end of the show, and the winner's name announced thereafter. This was changed from the third Season in August 2007, following the premium-rate services operator ICSTIS imposing a £30,000 fine on iTouch, the company responsible for running the competition. It ruled that the competition was misleading since the impression was given that entrants stood a chance of winning any of the three amounts contained in the blue viewers' boxes, whereas in fact since the programme is pre-recorded, by the time of broadcast only one prize amount is possible. The altered format of the competition only opened the competition after the prize amount had been chosen.

In the 1956 general elections it nominated two candidates for the fourteen European seats, choosing not to run in constituencies where independents aligned with the more liberal Michael Blundell and United Country Party stood a chance of beating right wing opponents, the Independent Group and the Federal Independence Party.Richard Hughes (2003) Capricorn: David Stirling's African Campaign, The Radcliffe Press, p179 Although neither candidate was successful, Capricorn won one of the five Indian seats,Hughes, p180 when Nahar Singh Mangat was elected in the Central (non-Muslim) constituency. In 1957, members of the society in Northern Rhodesia formed the Constitution Party, which sought to promote Capricornist ideals. A multi-racial party, its membership included several prominent political figures, including Stirling, Harry Franklin, Stewart Gore- Browne, Lawrence Chola Katilunga, Gabriel Musumbulwa and Alexander Scott.

The 90x series of cars in the 60s saw Porsche start to expand from class winners that stood a chance of overall wins in tougher races where endurance and handling mattered, to likely overall victors. Engines did not surpass the two litres mark until the rule makers limited the capacity of the prototype class to 3 litres after 1967, as the four-litre Ferrari P series and the seven-litre Ford GT40 became too fast. Porsche first expanded its 8-cyl flat engine to 2.2 litres in the 907, then developed the 908 with full three litres in 1968. Based on this 8-cyl flat engine and a loophole in the rules, the 4.5-litre flat 12 917 was introduced in 1969, eventually expanded to five litres, and later even to 5.4 and turbocharged.

Thiepval formed part of the Canadian naval response to Admiralty warnings to Canada about the growing German U-boat threat to merchant shipping in the western Atlantic. Intended to augment anti-submarine patrols off Canada's east coast, the RCN's Battle-class trawlers were modelled on contemporary North Sea trawlers, since the standard types of Canadian fishing vessels were considered unsuitable for patrol work. The resulting design was a -long vessel with a beam of , a draught, and a top speed of , which made it roughly comparable to the Royal Navy's s. The QF 12-pounder () 12 cwt gun that was the Battle-class trawlers' main armament was considered to be the smallest gun that stood a chance of putting a surfaced U-boat out of action, and they also carried a small number of depth charges.

Speculation of a third force largely centered on a potential united bloc led by Alexander Lebed, Grigory Yavlinsky and Svyatoslav Fyodorov. Independently, none of their presidential candidacies stood a chance of making it to the second round. However, united, they believed that not only might they be able to retain the combined 15.5% of the vote that their parties had garnered in the 1995 legislative elections, but that they could also win a portion of the additional centrist voting population (which would be around 20 to 25% of the electorate). Even if it had only been able to garner half of the additional centrist voting population, combined with their existing 15.5% of support, it was thought to be enough to propel a united ticket into the second round of voting Hypothetical polling for the second round showed that both Lebed and Yavilinsky would be capable of defeating either Yeltsin or Zyuganov.

Francis has said that she recorded it at the insistence of her father, who was convinced it stood a chance of becoming a hit because it was a song adults already knew and that teenagers would dance to if it had a contemporary arrangement. Francis, who did not like the song and had been arguing about it with her father heatedly, delayed the recording of the two other songs during the session so much, that in her opinion, no time was left on the continuously running recording tape. Her father insisted, though, and when the recording "Who's Sorry Now?" was finished, only a few seconds were left on the tape. The single seemed to go unnoticed like all previous releases, just as Francis had predicted, but on January 1, 1958, it debuted on Dick Clark's American Bandstand, and on February 15 of that same year, Francis performed it on the first episode of The Saturday Night Beechnut Show, also hosted by Clark.

The Green Party, which abstained from opposing the Labour-led government in supply and confidence votes through the life of the 48th Parliament (2005 to 2008), said on 20 October that the only party of the two main parties it could form a coalition with was Labour. In the light of New Zealand First's run-in with the Serious Fraud Office, John Key ruled out that party as a government support partner on 31 August 2008, saying "the sheer weight of allegations and the actions of Mr Peters in the last few months means that I have lost that confidence in him". At that time, Peters' future seemed under a cloud; after his party being cleared of charges of serious fraud, National restated its position, saying that the result of the case has not altered it. Based on polls commissioned by the Māori news show Marae, the Māori Party appeared likely to win most of the Māori seats and stood a chance of holding the balance of power.

Rommel had experienced the loss of Luftwaffe air superiority in North Africa and thought that the generals who had gained their experience on the Eastern Front underestimated the effect of Allied air power. Attacks on the movement of reserve forces towards the invasion area would delay them and they would fail to defeat the invasion; only a prompt counter-attack during the landing phase stood a chance of success and the panzer divisions would need to be much closer to the coast for this tactic. Rundstedt and Geyr viewed the inevitable dispersion of the panzer divisions with dismay and thought that a thin screen of panzer divisions would be destroyed by Allied naval gunfire and air attack. In April 1944, Hitler imposed a compromise in which the 21st, 2nd and 116th Panzer divisions were subordinated to Heeresgruppe B (Army Group B), the 2nd SS, 9th and 11th Panzer divisions went to Heeresgruppe G (Army Group G, Colonel-General Johannes Blaskowitz) and the 1st SS, 12th SS, 17th SS Panzergrenadier and the Panzer Lehr divisions came under his command through Oberkommando der Wehrmacht (OKW, High Command of the Armed Forces).