Sentence examples for respectable chance from inspiring English sources

They must beat Sri Lanka - and then South Africa on Saturday - to have a respectable chance of staying in the tournament.

Follow the Guardian's World Cup team on Twitter Sign up to play our great Fantasy Football game Stats centre: Get the lowdown on every player The latest team-by-team news, features and more In the first half, tackles flew, blood was spilled and there were respectable chances before the Suárez goal that momentarily raised hopes among the South Africans in the crowd that salvation might be at hand.

I make this to be a respectable 31.25% chance of penalties.

Now, he says, he at last has a chance to look respectable.

With that decision, he also inadvertently turned down the chance to find respectable acting work.

So you might think that she would jump at the chance to marry a respectable businessman who obviously loves her.

We're in November, the primaries are looming, and the former speaker suddenly has a clear path to the great prize of this Republican presidential campaign: The chance to finish a respectable second to Mitt Romney.

"It would be a step backward for those of us who are willing to pay more money for a respectable transaction rather than take our chances on the street and be degraded in the process".

Is there any chance they will even be, shudder, respectable?

Though Mr. Vergnaud still sees a chance that France can manage a respectable growth rate of about 2.5percentt for the year, he acknowledged that the outlook had deteriorated.

So when the call came from Manhattan -- Uncle Carmi was making his annual two-month winter pilgrimage to Puerto Rico (rumor had it he had a "friend" there) and desperately needed a respectable house sitter -- I jumped at the chance.