The person is not breathing. If such conditions describe the situation, chances are the heart has stopped beating.

VOA: special.2009.08.11

If someone is hard-nosed, chances are he will never pay through the nose, or pay too much money,for an object or service.

VOA: special.2011.06.19

If someone is hard-nosed, chances are he will never pay through the nose, or pay too much money, for an object or service.

VOA: special.2009.09.13

But under the PhRMA deal, the chances for additional cost-saving measures are unclear.

VOA: special.2009.08.14

"There are indications that al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula is targeting our embassy and targeting our personnel and we are not going to take any chances with the lives of our diplomats and others who are at that embassy,".

VOA: standard.2010.01.03