As individuals in such regimes ascend the hierarchy, patronage and risk aversion become the most critical factors in determining their chances for promotion.

Sami took chances.

Don't take chances.

She's not taking any chances.

The chances of this are slim.

Its chances of succeeding are slim.

For most people and for most conditions, the genetic chances of becoming ill are well below 20 .

There may not be many more chances.

The chances of success are near zero.

What are my chances of dying in space?

I believe that the chances for a political breakthrough in our region have never been better.

They have no margin for error, so they need to increase their chances of producing a crop.

Adams initially answered, incorrectly, that the chances for the two remaining doors must each be one in two.

As a result, the regime refuses to take any chances.

Even a lapsed optimist can see that this time the chances for reconciliation just might be better after all.

As the economic situation deteriorates, the chances of civil unrest rise.

Guinean Agency for Employment Promotion (AGUIPE).

Consequently, Hamas will not moderate its stance, and its victory sets back the chances of Israel Palestinian peace for decades.

Maternal age affects the chances of having a pregnancy with Down syndrome.

National mechanisms for the promotion of women

For those in manufacturing industries, having a presence in host countries significantly increases their chances of securing contracts as preferred suppliers.

But Ahmadinejad s unpopularity does not necessarily weaken his chances of being re elected.

The chances of a peaceful settlement vanish. Violence is all that is left.

Whenever there is a famine, chances are high that Turkana will be affected.

In sub Saharan Africa, chances of meeting the goals are, at best, slim.

Two important features of both the Tunisian and Egyptian revolutions will be significant in assessing the chances for a renewed Mediterranean Union.

Not really. The Tea Party radicalization of Netanyahu s Likud party does not augur well for the chances of a robust peace process.

Strengthened international cooperation for poverty eradication remains a key ingredient for the promotion and protection of human rights, and for the promotion of human rights education.

Radin Institute for Family Health Education and Promotion

Priorities for Department of International Protection promotion activities

Promotion of interreligious dialogue and cooperation for peace

Society for the Promotion of Youth and Masses

2.2 National mechanisms for the promotion of women

And if they occur, the chances of success for a president seeking re election or for a vice president seeking to succeed him are very low.

If his administration succeeds, the chances that Africa will remain relatively unscathed will grow.

If Romney gets angry, or makes a bad joke, his chances could be blown.

Most of them would rather take their chances in Syria than live in Zaatari.

There are plans to breed them in captivity to increase their chances of survival.

(2) National Program for the Promotion of Breast Feeding

Governmental Machineries for the Promotion of Women in Sports

Not surprisingly, the submersion form of education, just described, to which indigenous children are generally subjected also has profound consequences for their life chances.

Convention No. 111 Promotion of the national policy. In its direct request of 2004 the Committee noted with interest the establishment of new bodies for the promotion of women, that is the National Bureau for the Promotion of Women, the inter ministerial Committee for the Promotion of Women, Children and the Family within the Ministry for the Promotion of Women, Children and the Family, as well as the National Advisory Commission on Human Rights.

Middle East history is replete with examples of missed and lost chances to make peace.

The right s fatalism about the chances of peace is a useless adviser in foreign policy.

Chances are in a couple of years, we won t even have the rice paddies anymore.