Sentence examples for of several chances from inspiring English sources

It brought an improvement in tempo, though not in quality, and Newcastle initially maintained the upper hand, with Mohamed Diamé missing the best of several chances, sidefooting wide from eight yards out after Jonjo Shelvey's pull-.

Whether they get to keep it will likely depend on whether their politicians seize the last of several chances on Friday to cobble together a coalition government out of the inconclusive results of Sunday's general election.

All of Wane's problems meant a debut for the young half-back, Jake Shorrocks, but his most telling contribution in a first half without any points whatsoever was the fine tackle in tandem with Lewis Tierney to deny the Widnes winger, Corey Thompson – one of several chances for the home side prevented by fine Wigan defending.

And bear in mind that this was just the first of several chances for Republicans to hold the budget hostage and threaten a government shutdown; by caving in so completely on the first round, Mr. Obama set a baseline for even bigger concessions over the next few months.

Gary Glen with his first touch failed to connect correctly, one of several chances that Ross County wasted in the last 15 minutes of the match as they sought to earn a point.

But "Rabbit and Rogue" does seem to be the outcome of several chance factors, chief among them Mr. Elfman's surprising desire to write a score for a ballet.

Ivory Coast had their moments, with midfielder Yaya Toure showing occasional glimpses of his destructive power, while Bony was guilty of wasting several chances.

Both sides were guilty of squandering several chances to add to the score due to poor decisions on final plays, when sets got that far.

We've given this guy a lot of attention and several chances.

I've been lucky enough to have had several chances of working with American broadcasters, and I've had contrasting experiences.

Against RSL, their shortcomings were exposed, succumbing to a goal on the counter-attack having passed several chances of their own.