21.   The odds seemed long.

22.   There was nary a GM in the lobby Friday, and the odds seem small that they will congregate there in the next three days.

23.   Though the odds seemed stacked against the industry, the increasing cost of making steel in India could save it.

24.   Usually, it came when someone was counting him out prematurely, when the odds seemed the longest against him.

25.   What sets New Orleans apart is that the odds for success seemed all but unbeatable.

26.   The odds had already seemed short that Lukas will be able to get that fifth straight Triple Crown win.

27.   Tourism Secretary Mina Gabor gets things done because she knows what she is doing, and odds never seem to daunt her.

28.   But the odds seemed to conspire against them to the very end.

29.   The women filed a lawsuit against the Japanese government early this year, but the odds of winning seemed to be slim.