To look at the dog, you would think he was not worth anything but to sit around and look mean and look for a chance to steal something.

VOA: special.2009.08.29

George Gordon waits patiently for a chance to meet face to face with his mortgage company's attorney.

VOA: standard.2010.02.17

It's 9 A.M.in city courtroom 676 and already a crowd of people facing foreclosure have lined up for a chance to keep their homes.

VOA: standard.2010.02.17

They saw it as a chance to get more help for the lake's problems, and more national attention for the area.

VOA: special.2009.01.05

So I think this is a chance for them to know more about China, what China is really like.

VOA: special.2010.02.04

But Mr.Gustafson sees a better chance for the efforts to increase the popularity of the orange sweet potato in Africa.

VOA: special.2011.01.04

The event,on July sixteenth, was a rare chance for planetary scientists to share with the public the mysteries of Mars.

VOA: special.2010.07.28

And he said the people must be given a fair chance to approve or reject a constitution for statehood.

VOA: special.2009.05.21

Finally they see the agent, Mickey Rockford, and appeal to him for a break -- a chance to become stars.

VOA: special.2009.03.09

They think that a person who gets up early in the morning for work has the best chance of success.

VOA: special.2010.06.13

The Smithsonian's Mars Day offered a chance for people of all ages to touch Mars, or at least a piece of it.

VOA: special.2010.07.28

It was a good chance for our next generation of reporters here at VOA to ask other kids about their favorite teachers.

VOA: special.2010.04.30

Blinded by a meaningless imperfection and an impossible goal, Aylmer had thrown away her life and with it his chance for happiness.

VOA: special.2009.09.26

She says foreign students who work for their school or at an internship probably have the best chance for a job after graduation.

VOA: special.2009.07.02

They wanted to win the election, and they felt they had a better chance for victory with a military hero like General Taylor.

VOA: special.2009.03.12

For him, coming to America to attend George Washington University was the chance of a lifetime.

VOA: special.2009.01.28

It was a chance to report for a major television network, CBS,the Columbia Broadcasting System.

VOA: special.2009.08.16

Irving Berlin loved America for giving a poor immigrant a chance to succeed.

VOA: special.2009.12.20

Later in a news conference, Mr.Chavez said he did not see any chance for restoring relations with neighboring Colombia.

VOA: standard.2009.09.24

More important than that, it is a chance for China to step up its interaction with the rest of the world."

VOA: standard.2010.05.02

"For the first time ever we have the chance to put al-Qaida and related groups between a hammer and an anvil,".

VOA: standard.2009.10.21

"You know you're hoping and praying for a second chance and not really knowing what your future holds.

VOA: standard.2010.02.26

But with political leaders and dignitaries coming from far and wide, it is also a chance for bilateral meetings, talks and speeches.

VOA: standard.2009.11.09