His stands on principle undoubtedly denied him a genuine chance to contend for the presidency.
Consequently those that get picked for the Saxons generally tend to be players that are thought to have genuine chances of moving up.
"We're going in with a genuine chance of winning," Rees said.
This was the first season that Trojans believed they had a genuine chance at winning the league title.
And wasn't there a small but genuine chance of being saved?
In other words, the first genuine chance at success they'd had all day.
Peter Whittingham's 25-yard shot was the game's only genuine chance of the first 45 minutes, but the second half was anything but as poor.
To create genuine winning chances, White will often play c2-c4 at some stage to put pressure on Black's d5-pawn.
What is beyond doubt is that they now have a genuine chance of qualifying.
It is really only then that democracy will have a genuine chance in Central Asia.