Sentence examples for respectable chances from inspiring English sources

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.

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

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

All respectable choices; all $20.

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.

"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".

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.

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.