as likely as not

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as likely as not

probably as like as not She didn't usually work all night, but she was as likely as not to be at the lab at any given time.

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It was not a love of the grandiose or the prestige attached to the command of great tonnage, for he continued, with an air of disgust and contempt, "Why, you get flung out of your bunk as likely as not in any sort of heavy weather. The Mirror of the Sea by Conrad, Joseph View in context It is a very amusing and egotistical occupation of no use whatever to any one and just as likely as not to lead to false conclusions. Tales of Unrest by Conrad, Joseph View in context To gratify Jansenius I waived this objection, and only interfered to save him from being fleeced and fooled by an unnecessary West End middleman, who, as likely as not, would have eventually employed the very man to whom I gave the job. An Unsocial Socialist by Shaw, George Bernard View in context			as common as muck as drunk as a lord as far as as far as anyone knows as far as are concerned as far as goes as far as I can see as far as is concerned as far as it goes as far as possible as follows as for as free as a bird as good as as good as word as hell as I expected As I live and breathe! as I see it as I was saying as if as if own the place as it comes as it stands as large as life as likely as not as long as as luck would have it as much as as much as anything as old as the hills as one man as opposed to as pissed as a fart as quick as a flash as regards as sick as a dog as soon as as soon as possible as straight as a die as such as the actress said to the bishop as the crow flies as the spirit moves As the twig is bent, so is the tree inclined as things stand as usual as we speak as well as well as as yet			as it is as it is as it is As It Occurs to Me As It Should Be as it stands as it stands As It Turns Out as it were as it were as it were as it were as it were As It Were/Was as keen as mustard as keen as mustard as large as life as large as life as large as life as large as life as large as life As Late As Possible As Late As Reasonably Achievable AS level AS levels as light as a feather as light as a feather as light as a feather as like as not as like as not as likely as not As Little As Possible as lively as a grig as long as as long as as long as as long as as long as as long as as long as arm as long as arm as long as arm as long as arm as long as arm As Long As Possible As Long As You're Happy As Long as You're Mine As Loud As Possible As Low As Is Technically Possible As Low As Possible As Low As Practical As Low As Reasonably Achievable As Low as Reasonably Possible As Low As Reasonably Practicable As Low as Technically Achievable As Low As Technically and Economically Practicable as luck would have it as luck would have it as luck would have it as luck would have it as mad as a hatter

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