Sentence examples for raised the chances from inspiring English sources

Tehran's threat to close the Strait of Hormuz has raised the chances of an attack against Iran.

In Mumbai it raised the chances of fourth-year pupils grasping first-year maths by 11.9 percentage points.

Overdosing on the mineral selenium by taking supplements raised the chances of developing high-grade cancer by 91%, scientists found.

Each additional daily serving of processed red meat, equivalent to one hot dog or two rashers of bacon, raised the chances of dying by one-fifth.

Their labor negotiations stalled, the N.H.L. and the players union traded legal jabs on Friday, moves that raised the chances that the entire season could be canceled.

The reviews are bogging down even as the accelerating globalization of trade and travel has greatly raised the chances of more damaging invasions, experts say.

Using data only from those who conceived naturally, the authors calculated that each additional year of pregnancy attempts raised the chance of having a boy by 4%.

And c-sections raised the chance of an ectopic pregnancy by 9%, according to a study of more than 800,000 Danish first-time mothers.

And it might also be the case that Bob's aiming raised the probability of the process producing the soaking — Bob's aiming might have raised the chance of the spillage process, by threatening the aquarium.

Decreased agility (difficulty in getting up from a chair) raised the chance of hip fracture (OR 14.5; 95% CI 3.87-54.23).

But it would raise the chances of both.