By then, they point out, the cancer is advanced and the chances of living at least five more years drop to less than 40 percent.

In my opinion the chances of a successful Delta strike have dropped.

But the chance for human contact diminished with every degree the sun dropped.

With cancerous nodes, my chance of living 10 years drops to 40 percent.

And now chance had dropped the key right into her hands.

Even now, I still look for chances, however tenuous, to drop it into conversations.

Her chance of joining my expedition would have dropped to zero.

For those in nursing homes, the chances of a hospital death dropped by almost two-thirds.

If, for example, you are now 70 and still cancer-free, your chances have dropped to 1 in 20.

The chance for survival drops to only 30 percent if rescue is delayed to 35 minutes.