It offers a rare chance to hear the oldest North American music, which has survived against considerable odds.

The award was never simply 'given away'; indeed, every Cross had to be earned, often in conditions of extreme danger against considerable odds.

This year it is simply celebrating what it has already achieved - in the face of considerable odds.

The point of this may be to draw the hearer's attention to the way they kept on running, perhaps against considerable odds.

Against considerable odds, she completed her Bachelor's degree in 1939, and the next autumn began graduate work.

Against considerable odds, the film will come in on time and on budget.

But she was still alive, against considerable odds.

In all this, he showed tremendous energy in moving troops, against considerable odds and finally ensuring success.

He was 39 years old at the time and beat considerable odds with a full recovery without surgery.

He headed the Atlanta liberal arts college from 1953 to 1976 and overcame considerable odds to shape its future.