Sentence examples for chance to devise from inspiring English sources

That gave community leaders a chance to devise a long-term development plan.

Once a fiscal emergency is declared, the city has one final chance to devise a plan, something Harrisburg has been incapable of doing because the Council and mayor are at odds.

Kelly, who was mentored by Price, says the public at the Southbank will have a chance to devise their own Fun Palace, which will be brought to life in future years.

Ms. Aronson said that renewing Congressional discussions about tobacco regulation might give Philip Morris and other producers a chance to devise a plan that would resolve the lawsuits against them.

There have been concerns that Deasy and his then-top deputy Jaime Aquino might have been at minimum guiding the two companies to produce the product the district would want, long before other bidders had a chance to devise their own proposals.

Casing the joint gives you a chance to assess the risks involved, and to devise a plan of action.

If there is any "silver lining" here, it is a chance to punish those who failed us and to devise a system that works.

Mr. Reischauer, who served during the Clinton administration on an advisory commission that tried to devise a pilot competition program, said the chances were slight that the experiments in the current legislation would begin in 2010, as required.

He therefore asked Anderson to devise a new concept that, in his estimation, would stand a greater chance of sealing a deal between ITC and the profitable US market.

As World War II loomed, Whistler rejected the chance to become an official war artist or to join the many painters and designers recruited to devise camouflage and other ruses.

"We deferred to them to devise a plan".