With nine, their chances were somewhere between minimal and nonexistent.
He can probably live with that but it also means that, if Chelsea reach a Wembley final this season, his chances of refereeing it are somewhere between minimal and nonexistent.
On the major issues — not just health care, but financial regulation and the economic stimulus package, among others — Mr. McConnell has held Republican defections to somewhere between minimal and nonexistent, allowing him to slow the Democratic agenda if not defeat aspects of it.
When the natural relation is strong, the conventional is minimal or nonexistent, and vice versa.
There are two recently published books that opening day and early-season fly-fishers -- who are abroad at a time when aquatic insect hatches are either minimal or nonexistent and the dry fly is of limited value -- would do well to acquire: "No Hatch to Match" by Rich Osthoff (Stackpole, 2001) and "The Orvis Pocket Guide to Nymphing Techniques" by Tom Rosenbauer (The Lyons Press, 2002).
It will take seven years to erase the stockpile, says the Army, which insists that the risk to the incinerator's neighbors is minimal to nonexistent and that it is far better to burn these weapons than to let them sit and crumble.
Client screening is typically minimal or nonexistent, and the advertisers are less likely to have reviews, which means both escorts and prospective clients are chary to provide information for fear of police.
A score of 100%, for example, would indicate that an actor was linked to 100% of the network members and was, thereby, a critical recipient and provider of information; a very low score would indicate few network linkages, little access to essential information, and minimal or nonexistent involvement in the flow of information.
Presently, insufficient ownership within the ministries and educational umbrellas has been established, support needed to sustain the Programme is minimal to nonexistent, and an exit or transition strategy has not been developed by any of the "owners" or implementing partners of the Programme even though funding is coming to an end.
Empathy is minimal and in extreme cases, nonexistent, at which point the narcissist becomes his end-point self, a bonafide sociopath.
Anytime someone has ascended the City Hall steps to speak, one of the first things the crowd shouts is "We love you!" Police activity is minimal – and arrests are practically nonexistent compared to Occupy Wall Street in New York City.
