I am given to understand that the Sun, in its lengthy and closely argued submission to Ipso, stood fair square on that point about the freedom to offend.
'He had his lapses but mostly he now stood fair and square in 1999.' Despite this, however - or perhaps because of it - he remains so utterly lost in himself, in the books he is reading and those he should be writing, that he does not see that his wife is preparing to walk out and that his house is in danger of falling down around him.
Duck into contact these days and you stand a fair chance of winning a penalty and seeing your opponent trudge off to the sin bin.
"This'll stand a fair bit of abuse," Mr. Gallagher said as he looked at his handiwork on Mary McMahon's porch.
The fragmentation of the market makes it attractive to newcomers, which reckon they stand a fair chance of grabbing a slice of it, as well as to larger incumbents, which are intent on getting more.
If they are tenants, they are facing steep rent rises and the possibility of eviction, whereas property owners stand a fair chance of compensation when their home is demolished for redevelopment.
If convicted of rape, Mr Zuma could face 15 years in prison but if he wins an acquittal and is also found not guilty of the graft charges he would stand a fair chance of resuming his political career.
Of course, it took some time before motorists got used to the situation and those who don't know the city still stand a fair chance of getting frustrated.
Nate Silver, a polling analyst for the New York Times, argues that none of the other contenders had adopted so many moderate positions, and that this put the former ambassador's chances of winning the nomination "near zero .Messrs Romney, Pawlenty and Huntsman are seen as candidates who, if they could win the nomination, stand a fair chance of doing well against Mr Obama.
When they volunteer, they know that in any case they stand a fair chance of being knocked about by the police (usually explained away as "tripping on the stairs leading down to the cells" or "falling against the corner of a table in the charge office").
