Yet chances are slim that politicians will soon seek to repair it by enacting financial reform.
So the chances are slim that MTV Networks will allow YouTube to match ads to its videos.
Each variety of fibrosis attacks a wound site differently, so chances are slim of finding a broad-reaching blockbuster.
It is likely that Gordon is correct, and the chances are slim that the U.S. Supreme Court will take the case.
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Although he knows his chances are slim against the well-known opposition leaders in Moscow, he said he felt compelled to stand.
Google no doubt hopes Buzz will help it catch up with the leaders of the networking world but the chances are slim.
Although the commission has given itself another 30 days in which to reach the two-thirds target by phone, the chances are slim.
The thinking ahead of the conclave is Dolan's chances are slim.
British political commentators say the chances are slim that Blair will manage to hold onto the reins of power as a lame duck for the next 12 months, as he pledged.
There isn't a close second, and the chances are slim that the Jets will select a player of the same stature with one of two draft picks (including a first-rounder this year) they received in this trade.
While new findings from Japan Atomic could potentially lead to a review of the assessment, the chances are considered slim.
It looks like chances are very slim that the film will earn back its production and marketing costs let alone turn a profit.
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With so much ahead that could go wrong, the chances of that are slim.
Bordeaux manager Ricardo Gomes conceded his side's chances of qualifying are slim.
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If the boat did not have a life raft, the chances of survival are slim, said Mario Vittone, a recently retired Coast Guard helicopter rescue swimmer and a marine safety specialist.
Because such reforms would help government and opposition alike, their chances of being introduced are slim.
As for reclaiming his reputation, the chances of that occurring are slim to none.
Victor do Prado, deputy chief of staff at the WTO, thinks the chances of that happening are slim.
That may also mean Intel's chances of winning its appeal are slim.
The judge has urged Apple to settle, even suggesting at a recent pretrial hearing that its chances of prevailing at trial are slim.
Thus, the chances of a RIM acquisition are slim to none.
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And the chances of a takeover battle are slim when rivals are also nursing wounds, leaving Mr Oudea free to plot a course back to health.
The state pension begins at 65, but after a day labourer turns 55, says Takao Yamauchi, who runs a local welfare centre, his chances of picking up work are slim.
Analysts say chances of an opposition victory are slim, though the alliance may extend its 2008 electoral gains, when it wrested 82 of 222 seats in Parliament, which left the ruling front short of a two-thirds majority for the first time.
Analysts say that though chances of an opposition victory are slim, it may extend its 2008 electoral gains when it wrested 82 of 222 seats in Parliament, leaving the ruling front short of a two-thirds majority for the first time and won five of Malaysia's 13 states.
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Analysts say that although chances of an opposition victory are slim, the loose alliance between fundamentalist Pan-Islamic Party, Mr. Anwar's moderate People's Justice Party and Chinese-majority Democratic Action Party, may extend its 2008 electoral gains, when it deprived the 13-party ruling coalition of its traditional two-thirds majority in parliament.
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If the company you are pitching has neither, the chances of a Chinese company buying it are really slim.
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If existing studies are too weak to support the use of breast screening, then the chances of organising large-scale replacements are slim, as these would have to involve a sizeable "control" sample who would not be screened for the purposes of comparison.
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