Sentences with phrase «at long odds»

Those from all but the most affluent backgrounds are forced to gamble an enormous sum, at long odds, on a career at the Bar.

There were some surprising losses in UCL qualification including teams like Villarreal and Roma, while clubs like Legia Warsaw and FC Rostov were able to qualify at long odds.

Some more enticing names are listed at long odds, but chances are the next coach isn't named on the list.

Of course with a list like this, bettors also don't mind throwing $ 5 on someone like Peyton Manning at long odds, which was the case early on.

Each of these teams has odds of 150/1 or worse — and even at those long odds it's tough to find value.

If I were in Vegas, I'd definitely take a shot on Mayfield at the longer odds.

I placed the first, at the longest odds, the moment I heard that Josh Kroenke was staying in London for a three month spell.

Manning is the odds - on favorite to win the Super Bowl MVP Award at 11/10, with teammates Demaryius Thomas, Knowshon Moreno and Wes Welker going off at longer odds of 20/1 each.

Not exact matches

Odds are good as long as mistakes are not the norm for you, people will be appreciative and lenient when you come at them with honesty.

Emma Stone has long been championed as a feminist, but some critics questioned whether her work with Allen was at odds with her public stance.

Page determined that beautiful design and speed no longer needed to be at odds, and he pushed his engineers and product managers to focus a new, unified, and more elegant design, for all of Google's web products.

Her goals may seem at odds with her husband, who has a long history of using Twitter to insult people.

The contract has sparked a debate among corrections officers, their union, and activists, who are at odds over whether the special - operations training is the right approach to solving Rikers» long - standing brutality problem.

With a roughly 536 % increase in revenues over the past decade, you could say that Westech Industrial is on fire — although that would probably be at odds with the company's long - standing expertise in industrial flame arresters.

Woods opened in August 2017 as a 100/1 long - shot to take the green jacket at the Masters, but after a month of solid play during which viewers have seen flashes of the Tiger of old, Woods» odds have fallen all the way down to 16/1, the seventh best odds in the field.

From the founding of New France, to the fight for Canada in the War of 1812; from the visionary achievement of Confederation, to our victory at Vimy Ridge, Canadians have repeatedly triumphed over long odds to forge a great country, united and free.

So if we can expect 3 more quarter - point hikes this year it would seem to make sense to stick to short - term CDs yielding around 2 % now and then look for a longer - term one at around 3.5 % at EOY, especially if one — I am in this camp — thinks that by EOY the odds of recession will have risen enough that further rate hikes in 2019 will be looking doubtful.

«So long as the Fed is in an accommodative mode and the economy is out of recession, the odds are that you will have a bull market,» David Rosenberg, chief economist at Gluskin Sheff and Associates, told the New York Times Tuesday.

However, the fund's maturity mandate puts it at odds with our longer - term segment benchmark in a predictable way.

The essential insight is that 506 (c) may, for many startups or incubator programs, may not so much be a choice, going forward, as a cure for regulatory standards long at odds with industry practice.

It's probably the one file where long - time allies will find themselves at odds in the months ahead, as U.S. President Barack Obama tries to cobble together a deal to liberalize trade among the dozen countries with a combined population of 792 million.

Bernanke publicly acknowledged this week a policy conflict with the Treasury over its move to lock in low borrowing costs, which is working at odds with the central bank's efforts to lower long - term interest rates.

«Repeated intervention to maintain the currency's stability is at odds with the «more flexible exchange rate mechanism» the central bank announced just three weeks ago,» wrote Chen Long of Gavekal Dragonomics in a research note on Wednesday.

Stereotypes of redneck Alberta have long been at odds with the province's growing progressive streak.

He and Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook have long been at odds.

To some people, this is at odds with the idea that our framework can last for the long term.

Over at Stratechery, Ben Thompson says Tesla already faces «very long odds of achieving its plans.»

Because I have just completed thirty years of teaching at a Christian university in Canada, I was most interested in his exploration of educational initiatives undertaken by ordinary Christians against long odds.

Whitehead, another mathematician - physicist - philosopher, had a similar view Thus our theological scheme is no longer as seriously at odds with science or the philosophy of science as it was in the days of classical or Newtonian physics.

As long as evangelicals reject science, they are at odds with modern society and are on the road to extinction.

So we can not long continue at odds with God until we begin to be at odds with self.

In 2016 as in 1964, the paper charges the Republican nominee with being, in fact, at odds with the values and ideals that have long defined the Republican Party — a verdict that has been (and will be) echoed by many other traditionally Republican media outlets.

Although he is fully aware that the thesis of his book is at odds with the self - interpretation gays and lesbians generally present, he believes his alternative portrait will in the long run be useful to the homosexual movement.

In a box at the back of my closet, a few last things remain: odds and ends sent on to me in Washington by my mother, for the most part, as she came across them here and there in long - unopened moving cartons stacked in the basement or old shoe boxes hidden for years on the shelves behind the winter coats.

Charles Curran, for instance, has long contended that this term is central in discussions with the Vatican and that Ratzinger is pressing an interpretation of the term that is at odds with the spirit of Vatican II.

Veganism and convenience have been at odds with each for quite a long time.

Derby Café at the Kentucky Derby Museum is betting adventure seekers won't be able to resist their long shot named after the 1913 Derby Winner who beat the 91 - 1 odds.

Vidal, Reus (fav but long odds at 10 - 1 ie: he is not moving), Bacca, Kondogbia, Cabaye and Jackson Martinez (the only odds - on bet available).

The Chilean is now an odds - on shot to join up with old manager Pep Guardiola at best odds of 1/2, and punters clearly believe that if the Gunners do receive a big enough bid from City — and accept — they will reinvest the money immediately on long - term target Lemar.

Wild season in Conference USA — FAU had the 8th - longest preseason odds at +1000 but are tops in the «East» division of Conference USA.

The Vegas Golden Knights had the longest odds at 100:1.

For those looking at NFL Super Bowl betting, the Ravens (+875) have the longest odds of any remaining playoff team.

Fresno State had the longest preseason odds at +5000, but they're currently leading the Mountain West «West» division.

The Niners» odds were longer, at +100.

Or it could savvy punters taking a long shot on what looks good odds at this stage because the closer we get to ground zero the shorter the odds will be getting.

So as long as Dallas is able to weed out the guys who have no chance at starting right away, it likely wouldn't see a major fall - off in odds of hitting on an OG with acceptable rookie play.

But at these odds, Howe could be a good bet in our eyes, and despite him not being one of the big beasts of the game, given the chance at Arsenal he might well be before too long.

In other positive betting news for Arsenal, Man City are no longer long odds on to sign Alexis, in fact both teams are generally priced at around evens so it is certainly NOT a done deal as far as they are concerned any more...

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If anyone had analysed the Arsenal, Chelsea, Man City, Soton and Tottenham fixtures we would have probably had the longest odds for a win being away at a Championship ground.