Sentences with phrase «little chance at»

The ostrich who sticks its «head in the sand» is asking for serious complications, a shorter life span, less time with their family and very little chance at quality life insurance rates.

Without an attorney, you frankly stand little chance at recovering anything close to your actual damages.

She was thought to be «just another pit bull» taking up space with little chance at adoption.

Kittens tend to get swept up quickly but a senior cat or one with some health issues have little chance at rescue.

Like Ryan Reynolds in Deadpool, this is a performance that stands little chance at scoring an Oscar nomination, but really deserves to be in contention.

If you must bet against Davis, Naomie Harris and Michelle Williams have about equal chances of pulling off an upset — which is to say, very little chance at all.

But hiding behind a male persona leaves her with very little chance at romance.

Then again, arguably the frontrunner is a nominated flick with very little chance at Best Picture.

But I do feel the sound work really stood out, probably the best sound mix of any of the summer action movies (Green Zone is the tops for the year IMO, but unlike Salt has very little chance at an oscar nod).

(CNN)- Embattled New York Gov. David Paterson formally kicked off a bid for his own gubernatorial term Saturday, vowing to prove political observers wrong who say he has little chance at escaping a Democratic primary.

I feel quite good about tomorrow; opposite of our last semi against Citeh where I thought we had little chance at all.

Not exact matches

At every point in my career that I've had a chance to co-opt a little bit of someone else's creative process, it's always been great for me.

It's obviously geared towards having the chance of a romantic connection, but if it's not, then there's a great chance that it'll at least be a friend or someone that might be a good business connection or something, and so I think being geared towards just social discovery generally both makes it a more effective product and also there's still I feel like a little bit of a stigma associated with online dating, and this makes it just a much more accessible product.

Still, the fact that the little guys can now have access to technology similar to even the biggest corporations at least gives them more of a fighting chance.

But chances are it didn't give a fig about the little lab at West Virginia University testing diesel cars on American roads.

«I had this little moment where I thought, «We have a chance here,»» recalls Smith, now a fellow at the Queen's University School of Public Policy.

Indeed, the once thriving labour - sponsored funds sector seems to be teetering on the verge of oblivion — a good thing, in the eyes of critics who claim it puts unsophisticated investors at risk and skews Canada's venture capital market toward technology sector long shots with little chance of payoff.

With the RBA hinting at sub-trend growth, there's little chance of a change in interest rates in the near term.

There's nothing in marketing as exciting as offering people a chance at winning a prize in exchange for a little effort and personal information.

That's after 12 rounds of talks — a pace that leaves little chance of the most contentious negotiations finishing before Canada takes its seat at the table.

During an IPO, the previous owners are attempting to raise capital for expanding the business, cash out their interest for estate planning, or any other myriad of reasons that all result in one thing: a premium price that offers little chance for buying your stake at a discount.

The earnings yield on enormous blue - chip stocks such as Wal - Mart, which had little chance to grow at historical rates due to sheer size, was a paltry 2.54 % compared to the 5.49 % you could get holding long - term Treasury bonds.

Last year, during the booming stock market, analysts at Vanguard Group warned that there was «a little froth» and that there was a 70 % chance of a correction, defined as a 10 % or more change in stock prices to adjust for overvaluation.

When borrowers request a loan for an amount that is at or near the appraised value, and therefore a higher loan - to - value ratio, lenders perceive that there is a greater chance of the loan going into default because there is little to no equity built up within the property.

The CNBC Fed Survey sees little chance for a hike at May's two - day meeting, which begins Tuesday, but an 86 percent... Read more

If you want the best chance at getting a little extra, you may need to make some concessions.

According to widely accepted practice, you can set your withdrawal rate at 4 % a year and have very little chance of ever running down your entire hoard to zero.

Austin has zero interest in ever looking outside the box and lost every chance at respect he'd ever get from me when he stated last night that he has fantasies about blowing up / burning down liquor stores - that just sounds a little too dangerous to me.

While it might be a little reminiscent of another beloved late, late night performer who was given a chance at Leno's spot, this one looks a little more secure.

Where freedom of religion is allowed but not governed by a public theology, the sharing at the communion rail has little chance of being translated into the sharing of bread and drink with the hungry and thirsty.

Yes, I understand that quantum entanglement is not actually showing anything moving faster than the speed of light, or moving at all for that matter, but it does show how little we truly understand about how both space - time and physics and quantum physics behave so if we are making a claim based on a predictor we don't yet understand then there is virtually no chance we might be correct in our hypothesis.

Rights that are purchased at relatively low cost stand a fair chance of being abused, simply because there is no history behind them, and thus little pressure to use them responsibly — in short, because nobody knows why the right exists.

She explained: «I think we need to look at the way our schools work and the way that we enable our children to grow up and give them a chance to be children for a little bit longer.»

11 And Sallie McFague, professor of theology at Vanberbilt Divinity School, takes on the fundamentalist viewpoint head - on: «This may be blasphemy to the literal - minded; but it is fortunate that the New Testament writers were endowed with rich imaginations, for otherwise the New Testament would hold little chance of being revelatory.»

Anyway, you were a little off topic, I'm assumng you are one of those people who votes Republican everytime primarily on the issue of Abortion even when your Republican leaders salivate at the chance to send our children in to harms way via war.

At the time, there was very little chance of him surviving it.

At a little over 25g of carbs for the entire pizza, I would definitely consider this a low carb meal, especially since there's a good chance you could never polish the whole thing off.

Ends today at midnight (EST) and for some extra chances head over to The Little Kitchen for the same giveaway!

I also tried to use a few lessons I learned from my biscuit adventures to give myself the best chances at successful scones — scones are in between biscuits and muffins on the baked items continuum, and the quality of a good scone is all about texture — so I figured it would be best to try something a little different from my biscuit attempt.

I (Sofia) didn't get a chance to participate since my hands are tied with the little one, but I did ask the ladies at BAKED to share their best holiday hosting tips to leave you with into the new year.

I just finished my first attempt ever at making caramel and I'm not sure if its burnt or not lol It got brown a lot faster than I expected, almost amber before the last few clumps melted, to the point where I really didn't even get a chance to swirl it.It doesn't really taste burnt except for a little bit of an after taste, almost toasted tasting.Is that how it's supposed to be or did I take it a little too far?

At first i was a little disappointed, because usually when you see these posts and it's a new healthy product, chances are they are either only available in the US, or even though they are healthier than most things, they still have ingredients I can't have (I have a TON of food intolerances!).

I did feel like I was cheating just a little bit with this month's daring baker since I didn't do the recipe with the almond flour, but any chance I have to use up those egg whites, I jump at.

Most of the times, fruits and veggies can be prepared really simply at first, and chances are they won't use words like «mince» when they explain it to you, they would more than likely say «chop until it's really little pieces.»

There's a chance Vergne is still a little bitter at getting left out of the team - when he started racing in Formula E in at the end of 2014 (once he'd lost his F1 seat) he seemed pretty miffed about the whole thing.

Regardless of Sanchez's level of fitness, I find it highly unlikely that Sanchez will be available for the early kick off at Old Trafford (especially with a 15 hour long haul flight back and very little chance to rest).

The Gunners are also looking to enter talks with big - name stars Alexis Sanchez and Mesut Ozil in an attempt to keep the duo, however there seems to be little chance of either player signing a new deal at the Emirates as per the Telegraph, with the club also unwilling to up their recent offers for the pair, which have both been rejected.

They were humbled 4 - 2 by Southampton last week, and after they were meekly beaten by Gareth Bales goal for Madrid, Paul Meron thinks that Arsenal should have little problem on Sunday.He said: «If there's ever a chance for Arsenal to win at the Etihad again, this is the game.

The little Spaniard may have been out with injury for a long time and he might not be able to finish the game but I think he must at least be given a chance to start it.

But going by what Arsene Wenger said yesterday, there is little to no chance that Arsenal would consider investing in them at whatever the price.