31.   He has said he may run for president, though his ratings plummeted after his ouster as prime minister and his chances now look extremely slim.

32.   Her chances looked excellent after she was named last April to the all-tournament team at the world championships.

33.   His chances looked to have been blown away by strong gusts of wind Monday, before it dropped to a rare lull.

34.   I wanted the chance to look him in the eye.

35.   Joining NATO has become a top foreign policy objective for Romania, and chances look good for the former Soviet bloc country to be accepted later this year.

36.   Its chances looked bleak just a year ago.

37.   The political wrangling came as leaders also assessed whether to roll out a planned third currency to boost the economy, a project whose chances looked increasingly slim.

38.   His chances of survival looked slim, but Wendlinger pulled through.

39.   And with just nine matches just a point Leicester boss Dave Bassett refused to throw in the towel but admitted their chances of survival look bleak.

40.   But the chances for talks looked slim even as Kenya announced it would host a regional summit on Tueday which was expected to discuss the crisis.