Sentence examples for make odds from inspiring English sources
Like in a sporting event, we make odds, we keep score.
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.
"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.
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.
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.
The victory has led to McIlroy being made odds-on favourite with bookmakers to win BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2011.
Both players had set points and who was serving seemed to make little odds.
