Sentence examples for second-best chance from inspiring English sources

The booking of Moore indicates that Geoffrey Chaucer is regarded as O'Brien's second-best chance of Derby success.

ED MILIBAND, the man with the second-best chance of being prime minister of Britain after 2015, this afternoon declared that the country was living through a once-in-a-generation chance to rewrite the terms of the very social contract that binds citizens to the state.

Based on the polls, it seems pretty clear that former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has got either the best chance or the second-best chance at becoming the next president of the United States.

The Wizards have the second-best odds of winning tonight's NBA draft lottery, which is a pretty good position to be in, considering that the team with the second-best chances has won the No. 1 pick on three occasions.

Mark Halperin said on MSNBC last June; "he's got the second best chance to be the nominee right now, after Mitt Romney".

"I thought this was my fourth best chance to win one behind Flute, You and Aptitude," Frankel said.

Whatever the case, Sunday is Miami's first best chance to show Thunder fans that they too can bring the noise.

The Clippers won the first pick in the June 25 draft Tuesday when they won the lottery, moving up from the third-best chance.

The Washington Wizards will have the fourth-best chance of landing the top pick and could have the same conundrum as Minnesota after defying odds to win last year's lottery and drafting point guard John Wall.

The shadow over the organization parted for one evening when the first two combinations of balls ended in favor of the Clippers, who had the third-best chance of winning the first pick in the draft.

The Clippers won the draft lottery, moving up from the third-best chance to earn the top pick for the third time, earning the right to draft All-America forward Blake Griffin of Oklahoma, the national college player of the year.