Sentence examples for chances rose from inspiring English sources

There has been only one occasion, in 1988, when the chances rose above 30 percent and a recession did not follow.

With so little time left, chances rose that a resolution would not be approved by Congress and sent to President Obama before Thursday, when the government is left with only its cash on hand to pay the nation's bills.

In the FiveThirtyEight "now-cast", which does not adjust for the effects of the party conventions as our Nov. 6 forecast does, and which considers the possibility that a candidate would win a "snap" election held today, Mr. Obama's chances rose to 94.4 percent on Wednesday, his highest position to date.

As a result, small tweaks of presentation or circumstance could make a major difference: if a judge rendered a decision about granting parole just before a meal, the inmate's odds for a favorable outcome dipped to near zero; just after the judge ate, the chances rose to around sixty-five per cent.

When an employee learned a co-worker's salary was 1% higher than estimated, chances rose by 0.225% that they'd leave the company.

Bump that up to 6.4percentt, and his chances rise to 75percentt.

With a dirty bomb, the chances rise to approximately 21%." "And a density gauge?" I ask.

And Bank of America says that if MBIA is successful in its consent solicitation, the chances rise that the mortgage subsidiary will fail.

As those lines sell more seats, chances rise that a vacationer will get a middle seat or one that does not lean back.

The film has seen its Oscar chances rise perceptibly in recent weeks on the basis of strong reviews and persistent popularity.

(With the ocean cloaked mainly in relatively thin floes, formed over a single winter, the chances rise each summer of a big melt-off under the 24-hour sun and influxes of warmer seawater).