Sentence examples for stiff odds from inspiring English sources

But Mr. Motlanthe faces stiff odds.

Before New Hampshire, Mr. McCain liked to offer himself as "the overwhelming underdog" who faced stiff odds getting the nomination.

Whichever way you cut it, the Mexican tourism industry has been battling stiff odds lately: the depressed economy, the drug war, swine flu... it all amounted to a perfect storm of bad business throughout a disastrous month of May, during which the lusty metropolis of Mexico City took on the pallor of the ghost town, with hotels and tour operators hit by a wave of cancellations.

You've heard countless stories of the stiff odds facing the unemployed.

That means both the Clinton and Sanders proposals would face stiff odds of passing.

In the general election, whose voting began on June 30th and is due to continue until July 10th, an average of 25 candidates is standing for each of the 109 seats.Betson Usereko, who runs a motor workshop in Henganofi district near Goroka, a main town in the highlands, faces even stiffer odds.

Still, Mr. Akin, a conservative who had already shocked many establishment Republicans in Missouri this month by winning a primary against two other well-known candidates for a Senate seat that Republicans have seen as a prime pickup from the Democrats, faces far stiffer odds than he did even a few days ago.

What time he was in Kentucky was usually devoted to Wetherby's campaign, since the Democrats believed Clements would be re-elected easily while Wetherby faced much stiffer odds.

The odds of reporting stiff or painful joints 'often' were significantly lower only for respondents in the 'moderate' physical activity category (P = 0.032).

Significantly lower odds of reporting stiff or painful joints 'often' were found for those in the 'low' (P = 0.001), 'moderate' (P < 0.001) and 'high' (P < 0.001) physical activity categories (see Table 3).

In univariate analysis, older women in the 'moderate' (P = 0.033) and 'high' (P = 0.040) physical activity categories at T1 had significantly lower odds of reporting stiff or painful joints 'sometimes or often' at T2 than those in the 'none' category.