Sentence examples for odds in making from inspiring English sources

Torres, the second pick in the 2000 entry draft, and Taylor Pyatt, a first-rounder from last year's draft, are looking to beat the odds in making the Islanders.

Therefore, the emphasis needs to be providing people with the tools and environmental changes that allow them to improve their odds of success in making a healthier lifestyle stick.

A terse news release issued on Wednesday noted complications in his care, described his condition as critical but stable, reinforced the long odds that he faces in making a full recovery, and said the device has worked flawlessly.

And your odds would be fifty-fifty in making a fortune since Florida is where the audacious and the delusional go to hit it big.

If casinos weren't interested in making money, you would be paid out at 37 : 1 odds.

The study found that every 10-min increase in commuting time was associated with a 4.1% increase in the odds of making no socially oriented trips.

In deed, the odds against making it as an artist in the highly competitive world of New York are daunting, especially for a woman.

"The Ticket Out" does for baseball what the 1994 movie "Hoop Dreams" did for basketball: it shows the love, dedication and hope that the game holds for inner-city kids and how mistakes, misjudgments, bad luck and the terrible odds of making it in pro sports can so easily turn those dreams into disappointment.

Still, the odds of making it in cleantech might be tougher than other areas of tech.

The odds of making money in this low end of the sports world are about one out of three, owners say.

However, after sharing with him the odds of "making it" in the music business and explaining the volatile financial models that make this industry tick, he opted to invest his time and creativity in creating an on-line reality series, making him one of the first content creators to ink a revenue sharing deal with YouTube.