Sentence examples for chance to invoke from inspiring English sources

This impasse gives Mr. Backhaus the chance to invoke an Asian "rental sister," who specializes in coaxing shut-ins back to life.

Hard to anticipate of course: we'd expect nothing less than regal elegance if Glenn Close steps up, and Christian Bale looks unlikely to get another chance to invoke a Satanic hellstorm, but if Olivia Colman gets the gong, I think we're in for a treat.

Still, he said, given early accounts of the evidence that has surfaced in the Tucson case — that Mr. Loughner appears to have carefully planned his attack on Ms. Giffords — his only chance might be to invoke such a defense.

Alleles can also increase in frequency – they can be rare in the past, and plentiful now, all without needing to invoke natural selection… just chance.

Given a fair chance, James Turrell's gigantic installation in the Guggenheim rotunda had power to invoke sublime feeling in a communal experience.

They like to invoke the familiar bugaboo of "moral hazard".

So Kuroda's decision to invoke his no-trade clause was puzzling, considering he turned down a potential chance to pitch in the postseason to remain with a team that had little chance at the playoffs.

However, chance provides an adequate explanation for the lower estimates of the effectiveness of NRT in 2000, without the need to invoke systematic bias.

Their message is that China reserves the right to invoke the bill, which authorises the use of force against Taiwan should China consider that there is no chance of peaceful unification.

The trick starts to invoke claustrophobic terror.

He needs to invoke the stick.