Despite the odds, Iraq's daily output reached a post invasion record of 2.5 million barrels in March.

All of this activity is taking place against the odds.

And all this against incredible logistical odds, like heat and traffic jams.

Yet she defied all odds of the time even when ARVs were no there.

In every democratic society, freedom for all has been at odds with equality for all, and vice versa.

Those are attractive odds.

For the French, Sarkozy s determination to act, despite the odds, seems far superior to the passive cynicism of those who preach abstention or satisfy themselves with empty words.

The odds are not good.

They also sustained, against all odds, a democracy that, however imperfect and dysfunctional, is nonetheless amazingly vibrant.

True, against all odds and historical logic, Europe seems poised to maintain the leadership of the IMF.

Against all odds, mortality rates are now one third of what they were in the beginning of 2004.

I returned to Singapore and, in 1990, performed Asia's first successful cadaveric liver transplant procedure, but against all odds.

The odds are on the cheaper man.

What if my roommate knew about Nollywood, full of innovative people making films despite great technical odds, films so popular that they really are the best example of Nigerians consuming what they produce?

This is completely at odds with the facts.

But it shows you Africans, and particularly African women, who against all odds have developed businesses, some of them world class.

The system was able to provide massive relief to all tsunami affected communities in the Indian Ocean, against all odds, in the course of a few weeks.

But given a story to enact that puts them at odds with the world, as yours does, they will live at odds with the world.

A country whose very survival seemed in doubt at its founding offers striking lessons in constructing, against all odds, a working democracy.

They also are at odds with improving French competitiveness.

DUBLIN Europe s needs and Europeans desires are at odds.

Against all the odds, Yemen is undergoing a process of political transformation, with 500 delegates from all parts of society working on plans for democracy, justice, and equality.

Despite all this, Gaza wants to celebrate Eid

We tell ourselves that maybe we won t get a toothache after all, even though we know that the odds are that we will.

It makes no odds. In fact, in the Northern Hemisphere, we're further from the Sun in summer, as it happens, but it makes no odds, the difference.

Each of the four faced what many deemed overwhelming odds.

The odds heavily favored the second outcome global macroeconomic distress.

Despite all this, massive excess bank reserves remain unlent.

Odds are I probably know somebody who has made a widget.

In fact, China s approach is akin to gambling against the odds.

That's three. The odds of me getting all four of these right by random guessing would be one in 10,000 10 to the fourth power.

Against all odds, Ukraine's opposition groups have helped forge a civil society and healthy political parties far beyond anything seen in President Vladimir Putin's Russia.

To understand how women prosper and protect their own and their children's health and well being, despite enormous odds, would, in fact, enable us to design interventions based on individual and cultural strengths, which may ultimately have a greater impact.

Despite the deteriorating situation in Afghanistan, all is not lost.

The people are beautiful and loving despite all the regrets.

Able to carry out all usual activities, despite some symptoms.

For a long time, these two issues seemed to be at odds.

The two were often at odds over economic, social, and religious policies.

He is convinced that establishing a Palestinian state would serve the interest of all parties, and that the odds favor the Palestinians in international political struggle.

Yet, despite all these positive developments, Senegal s unusual democracy is imperiled.

It was 56 days of resistance, despite attacks from all sides.

But the odds on a soft landing are lengthening with each passing day.

Claudius Barnawolo, a Liberian physician's assistant, also beat the odds and survived Ebola.

In Sweden, UNHCR developed a web based game called Against all odds giving secondary school pupils an insight into the experience of being forced to flee their country.

Despite all this, markets remain unconvinced by the eurozone s shows of solidarity.