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1. Chances

   Chances was an Australian evening soap opera, produced from 1991 to 1992. It told the story of the average middle-class Taylor family whose lives are transformed by winning $3 million in the lottery. The series was broadcast by the Nine Network, initially as two one-hour episodes each week. Principal cast members included John Sheerin and Brenda Addie as Dan and Barbara Taylor, Jeremy Sims as their mischievous son Alex, Deborah Kennedy as Dan's sister Connie Reynolds, Tim Robertson as Dan's brother Jack, Anne Grigg as his wife Sarah, and Michael Caton as neighbourhood friend Bill Anderson. Though ostensibly a family-oriented drama, to help ensure the program's success, Channel Nine asked for nude scenes and risqué elements to also be included in the series. Initial publicity for the show focused on the sex angle, and it was for this that Chances was chiefly known.

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'chances' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3321

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'chances' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2769

How to pronounce chances?

1. Alex

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of chances in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of chances in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of chances in a Sentence

1. Claudia Rafful:

   If we are not helping to fix the problems that are related to their drug use — such as housing, employment, or stigmatization — chances are the person will go back and use drugs.

2. Samuel Goldwyn:

   I think luck is the sense to recognize an opportunity and the ability to take advantage of it. The man who can smile at his breaks and grab his chances gets on.

3. Ira Mehlman:

   That work continues with SB 10 next year, to expand Medi-Cal to uninsured, undocumented adults and to remove barriers to the state exchange to allow undocumented immigrants who can afford it to purchase insurance with their own money. you would think the cost would damage the chances of it happening, but if you look at the way the California legislature has operated for the last 10-15 years, it seems even as they’re dealing with tight budgets and cutting services for other people, they keep coming up with new benefits for people who are in the country illegally.

4. Andy Murray:

   The Murrays was The Murrays, to come back from the disappointment of losing the fourth set, we kept creating chances, we stuck together like brothers should and managed to come up with enough good returns.

5. Natalia Orlova:

   We could see a further decline in oil prices in the first two quarters but then the situation could start to normalize, raising the chances that oil at $40 per barrel will be the average price for this year.

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