Example sentences of "[adv] the chance [be] [conj] " in BNC.

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1 So the chances are that Clinton will be chosen to face Bush on November 3 .
2 I 'll always maintain that people with glasses know they 've got something wrong with their eyes so the chances are if they 're wearing glasses then they can see properly !
3 Soon all who were following me were leading me so the chances were that they were not following me though they could still be following me by leading me and then waiting around to ambush etcetera etcetera ; but of course not .
4 Anyway the chances are that the retrieve will bring your bait through an area of unfished water .
5 ‘ But probably the chances are that I will be looking for some sort of change , ’ he added .
6 If you are unable to find a relatively easy way to measure the adverse behaviour then the chances are that you will be unable to decide what to do about it .
7 You will have to be very rough to make any impression on the brown paper tape , and even then the chances are that you will rip the cartridge paper before you break the bond between the two papers .
8 If you did then the chances are that all your service will count for family benefits .
9 I have the feeling that those of you who would want to use the mailing label feature more than any other might find the built-in database a little feeble , but then the chances are that your main database will provide all the information you require for that kind of thing .
10 If you ca n't find these three files then the chances are that someone has deleted then to save space .
11 If only two hundred were to be seen , then the chances were that Balliol would assume that this was their full strength .
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