Sentences with phrase «chance of victory»

You have to pick your battles if you want the best chances of victory.

Both teams feel they are facing a tough fight with radically reduced chances of victory.

The software could then evaluate how each potential move in a real - life game would alter its overall chance of victory, allowing it to choose the best one.

There's a real buzz from having a 2nd and 3rd chance of victory after the health depletion of one character.

Equally as imperative, it is no secret that candidates who are best prepared for their interview stand the best chance of victory.

It's because both teams feel they are facing a tough fight with radically reduced chances of victory.

Nonetheless, it is difficult to see that these findings can be seen as at all encouraging for Owen Smith's apparently slim chances of victory in the leadership race.

Nobody thought we had any realistic chance of victory at Anfield, where we hadn't won since 1963.

I know that we should not have to be looking for any advantage to help Arsenal win the next Premier League match, as it is at home to newly promoted Brighton and Hove Albion, but the Seagulls are not faced with a third game in just six days and the Gunners are, so I am happy to take anything the football gods can give us to give us more chance of victory on Sunday.

Despite securing possession from the scrum the Greyhounds could not cross the line due to strong defence and the moment passed and without any realistic chance of victory for the students.

Currently, Ukip is likely to win another four seats; but this figure could well change, depending on whether local voters in their key target seats can be persuaded that Ukip has a real chance of victory locally.

An upset win by Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, despite polls suggesting only a slim chance of victory, could result in similar convulsions.

But S&P + gives the Tigers a 36 percent chance of victory; that's not zero.

Either Thomas Foley or John McKinney, Republican candidates for governor competing in the Aug. 12 party primary, would enter the fall campaign against incumbent Democrat Dannel P. Malloy with a strong chance of victory.

For months leading up to the US election, every time Trump's chances of victory appeared less remote, the market sold off in fear.

With the youngster's head smashing into Carra's jaw, Liverpool's chances of a victory seemed as crushed as the latter's teeth.

One thing is certain, and we're not talking about chances of victory, but rather mentioning that the level of absolute trust the feds place in Semple would be a great starting point for a candidate looking to restore integrity to an office seriously tainted by the misconduct of Congressman Meeks.

Although he did not refer to Labour's chances of victory nationally, he did say that it was his duty to help provide a stable government.

The remainder, 75 (56 per cent), backed the Prime Minister as Labour's best and only chance of victory at the next election.

The source further pointed out that part of the fears in Jonathan's camp were that many serving PDP governors, ministers and advisers in the present administration as well as state executives are in Atiku's debt and might betray Jonathan to favour Atiku, once they saw that he was the sole candidate of the North and therefore has brighter chances of victory.

Gentile has a plausible chance of victory, but the scope of his challenge is evident in the 2014 victory of Republican Michael Grimm who was reelected while under federal indictment.

Two caricatured extreme positions of political strategy, held by no - one, are these: a) that voter preferences are entirely fixed, and that the art of political campaigning is to choose where within the spectrum of fixed voter opinions to place oneself to provide the best chance of victory whilst achieving the maximum of one's desired programme; b) that voters can be persuaded of anything if one has truth on one's side and argues for it with sufficient conviction.

But David Cameron (see the Tory leader's Who Knows Who profile), whose chances of victory could be threatened by a Lib Dem revival, has warned his supporters that a hung parliament would be a disaster.

Most of the time, it's mainly completed by chance (especially in Pipesqueak) and though it may not be a bad thing if it was based on chance, everyone playing on these maps do happen to have all equal chances of victory.

Ukip, Labour and the Tories will all believe they have a good chance of victory in this north Kent constituency

For an opposition leader to have a real chance of victory, they and their party must both be well ahead of their rivals by mid-term.

This is a rather even battle on paper, but Bama gets the S&P + edge: 7.4 points with a 67 percent chance of victory, which fits the parameters of the Saban - Miles rivalry.

Tory MP Simon Kirby has a wafer - thin majority and the Greens have stood down their candidate to give Labour a better chance of victory.

There's a certain relief of having a way out of being caught in an immense juggling act, thus prolonging my defeats ever so slightly and offering a slim chance of victory.

His chances of victory in November are remote — but he's stirring a rising isolationism across the west, and politicians need to reckon with it

More than that should not be asked, since the cycle of nature is greater than we are, and in its own way it offers us a chance of victory over mortality.

For example, Manchester United are getting just over 70 % of tickets to win, but at -370 odds, they have roughly a 79 % chance of victory.

In the closing hours a Ukyo Katayama's GT - One was homing in on the leading BMW at a rapid pace when he suffered a puncture, ending Toyota's chances of victory.

Your ceiling is only going to be so high when you are constantly on the field, knowing that allowing a single touchdown almost ends your chances of victory.

Olivier Giroud has been picked out by many as the man in form for Arsenal ahead of this game but stopping Mesut Ozil and cutting off the supply line could be key to our chances of victory.

Carlo Ancelotti's men aren't the dominant force that they were under Pep Guardiola but they are still one of the best teams on the planet and Arsenal will need everything to go their way in order to stand any chance of victory.

During the subsequent unscheduled pit stop, Truex fell a lap behind and any chance of victory considerably reduced.

His stupid red card cost United a chance of victory.

24 hours before walking to the 18th with the lead, Ken Pomeroy's win - chance calculator gave him a 0.4 % chance of victory.

Each of these favorites has at least a 70 % chance of victory, yet the public betting percentages on the favorites are around 50 %.

If Guardiola allows emotion to cloud his judgement, he would gamble on the fitness of the likes of Ederson, Kevin De Bruyne, Leroy Sane and David Silva to improve the chances of victory against United, yet would it be worth it if the exertions required to beat Mourinho's men diminished City's prospects against Liverpool three days later?

Four of them are not looking good for MU's chances of victory: Duke, Notre Dame, Denver, and Ohio State.

Perhaps Marquette will be able to find their way past the Mountaineers without Howard and Elliott, as KenPom gives MU a 96 % chance of victory.

And at what point does doing so stifle your own strengths and chances of victory?

Tottenham have not beaten the Reds at home since a 2 - 1 win in 2012 and this is reflected by them having a 26 % chance of victory.

Spurs may be among the bookmakers favourites, but the chances of victory and a Champions League place feel as remote as, well, Azerbaijan.

Jarvis is clear that unless Labour changes tack, any chance of victory at the next general election will be extinguished.