So why are we voting on measures that have no chance of becoming law?
Contenders with narrow sectional, racial or ideological appeal thus have no chance of triumphing.
Even these estimates are based on rosy economic assumptions that have no chance coming to fruition.
The liberals have no chance of mounting a coherent campaign in just six months.
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Smaller and weaker Chrysler is reckoned to have no chance of going it alone.
The abolitionists have no chance of persuading the government to drop the tests entirely.
Business owners with solid business opportunities that have no chance of getting a loan from a bank.
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Without such tools, children and parents who speak one language and teachers who speak another have no chance.
The Cardinals appear unlikely to catch the Reds and have no chance to win the NL wild card.
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The migrants lack legal aid, including interpreters, so they have no chance to apply for asylum, she said.
Many knowledgeable Egypt-watchers argued this week that the protesters have no chance of bringing down the Mubarak regime.
But if he let this opportunity escape he would have no chance to learn the secret about himself.
Beltway cynics say that the bipartisan deficit and debt reduction plans that are often cited have no chance of passing Congress.
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Senator Lieberman is, of course, absolutely right that we have no chance of defeating the enemy unless we can properly identify him.
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It is also worse outside the EU, especially in countries like Ukraine that now feel they have no chance of EU membership.
But in the longer run, we have no chance of keeping up.
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However we all know that football is not played on paper and I personally believe Los Merengues have no chance of achieving that.
Yes, someone can crush you in arena and you will have no chance of winning by dropping a pouch of real life coin.
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But this is a team that hopes to win the World Cup and everybody knows on their current form they have no chance.
Edwards said he wonders whether minority candidates get interviewed only to satisfy the rule, even though they have no chance of getting the job.
Would-be challengers have difficulty reaching even the lowest rungs of the competitive ladder, and have no chance of building the global networks clients want.
"I knew I had to attack right then because, since I'm more of a climber, I knew I'd have no chance in a bunch sprint, " said Duarte.
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In fact it is the poorest families, who have no chance of paying private-school fees, and whose schools are already sink schools, who would gain most from vouchers.
If we began to spin, we'd have no chance we'd roll.
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The bill was certified by Commons Speaker John Bercow as a "money" bill which means that peers have no chance to force MPs to consider any changes to it.
With the internet literally being rebranded with every new little gadget invented, PCs and smartphones are the only two Internet capable devices right now that have no chance of flopping.
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Though it knows they have no chance of entry in the first intake (and only a slim one later), Denmark believes strongly that the door should be kept open to them.
Some of them, like Bono, Oprah Winfrey and Lance Armstrong, obviously have no chance, but today Power is giving Scola two-to-one odds of getting the job, better than anyone else on the list.
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