Sentence examples for made odds from inspiring English sources

He would probably not have been able to pay the 1,000 rupees ($21.27) monthly rent on his store or keep his business profitable solely by selling locally made odds and ends.

The small number of people who reported large changes in PR made odds ratio estimates unstable for these categories (ΔPR > +2 or < −2) unstable; however, the results of using generalized logistic regression were qualitatively consistent with the results from our main linear regression models.

The victory has led to McIlroy being made odds-on favourite with bookmakers to win BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2011.

Like in a sporting event, we make odds, we keep score.

"It's reasonable to assume that if you're making odds, you're not going to make much money if you bet against 'Shrek' and 'Monsters, Inc.' being nominated," said Thomas Schumacher, president of Walt Disney Animation.

If Mr. Abbas does not meet his deadline, then Mr. Arafat is expected to appoint a new prime minister; Palestinian officials were making odds tonight on the potential candidates.

In the period between the announcement of a six-book short list for the Booker, on September 15th, and the televised awards dinner, on October 14th, bookies make odds on the winner, and front-page stories dissect and debate the nominees.

I'm not a turf accountant, so I don't make odds on a double-dip economic setting for next year.

Immediately, the London bookmakers make odds on his replacement.

First, the reduced numbers of children with low frequency of maternal exposures make odds ratios unstable and may have incurred in insufficient statistical power to detect significant differences.

But it made no odds.