Sentence examples for has a ghost of from inspiring English sources
It has a ghost of its own too.
In June 2014, when I was involved in completing post production on The Falling, I read about a school in Yanagawa, in Japan, where after a trip to Mount Hiko, which legend says has a ghost of a headless girl, a girl began to scream in the middle of class, and over the course of a few hours twenty six girls began to feel numb and started to collapse, forcing the closure of the school.
Although this software has a name that portends dark sorcery and dread magic, I still think it has a "ghost" of a chance.
Exotic two-seaters that weigh a ton less may outsprint the $289,000 Wraith, but when it comes to the rare combination of speed and cosseting luxury, no other car has a ghost of a chance.
"Men hit so much harder and run so much faster than women," Maureen says, "that we don't have a ghost of a chance against them.
A business enterprise in this situation may view its over-all objective as "10% net profit on stockholder investment"—but it does not have a ghost of a chance of achieving it on a consistent basis.
Like every one else, they are in business to make a living, and they don't have a ghost of a chance to make anything on passenger traffic under the present setup.
In an interview in today's Independent, Lord Heseltine says that unless the Tory leader is toppled there is "not any prospect" of the party having "a ghost of a chance of winning the next election".
In 1980, at the age of 38, he persuaded many boxing people who should have known better than he had a ghost of a chance against his former sparring partner, the relentless and hugely underrated hitter Larry Holmes.
If I had a Ghost of Christmas Parties Past, it would torment me with memories of lost phones, wine-stained sequins, impulsively sent (and later regretted) text messages and ill-advised rants at colleagues.
"Only by adopting this attitude will one have a ghost of a chance of coming out on the right side of the financial ledger," said Irwin.
