1.   Goats will eat anything, given half a chance.

2.   It possesses a large number of small but very sharp teeth and can inflict a painful bite if given half a chance.

3.   Many kids would sleep till noon given half a chance.

4.   Many teenagers today would live in their trainers, given half a chance, but try to discourage this.

5.   Shelley smiled back, but she was well aware that he meant it, and that given half a chance he would stay the night.

6.   There was half a chance of an equaliser when Magilton got going again to send Penney racing clear, but by then Grimsby had the points in their net.

7.   And tigers do mate and breed readily, which is why, scientists say, they can rebound from near-extermination when given half a chance.

8.   At least Capriati with her born-again game and half-a-Slam credentials looked like she should have stood half a chance.

9.   Before the series began, those few people who gave the Red Sox half a chance to upset the Indians did so because of Martinez.

10.   But chenin blanc just needs half a chance to prove its charm.