Sentence examples for chances were smaller from inspiring English sources

After making additional calculations, Dr. Marsden said the chances were smaller than he had thought.

Bushnell was a candidate for renomination and re-election in 1897; without Hanna's support his chances were smaller, and on February 21, Bushnell wrote to Hanna that he would appoint him in Sherman's place.

"Let's just be realistic, the chances were small," said Ms. Enos, who learned of the show's cancellation while she was filming an Atom Egoyan movie, "Devil's Knot".

Chemotherapy, she said, might give me a few more months if it worked, but those chances were small.

Unless you're a well-known name, like David Mamet, your chances are smaller than small.

For the average American, the chances are smaller than minuscule.

But some argue that whether the chances are small or large, changes should be made quickly because of the magnitude of the potential calamity.

But the chances are small that the Ethiopian army will conquer Eritrea, or even consolidate its hold over much of the country, where food and water are scarce.

"The chances are small," says Kenneth Adelman, a former Reagan administration aide who once predicted the war in Iraq would be a "cakewalk".

"We think that chances are small that commercial production of shale gas in Poland could begin any time soon," the PGNiG spokesman said.

During a 15-minute interview at Media Day in New Orleans Cox said that while one day he may want to become a head coach, his chances are small because he is black.