Chances are... Hi, everybody! Could you please write one or more examples using the expression "chances are"? I've got an idea of what it means and how it's used, but I'd be very glad to see how native speakers (or even advanced learners) use it. Alternative formulae for more formal registers and more polite contexts would be appreciated in order to let me make a comparison between the various options. Thank you in advance!

Comparatives She is as excellent A STUDENT as he is. They are as excellent STUDENTS as we are. Are the above sentences correct? When the comparison involves not only an adjective but a quality expressed by a noun+adjective (in this case, not only "excellent" but "excellent student"), the structure seems different based on whether the subject is singular or plural. Would you use other structures in order to express the same idea?

Teaching the Italian language in the United Kingdom I was considering to move to some English-speaking country for a little while, maybe for 6 months, expecially to the United Kingdom because it's closer to Italy than the U.S.A. or the Austrialian mainland. Most of the people who made the same experience told me that the first jobs you have to do (as soon as you get there) are in the restaurant industry but, since I coach high-school students with their English homework, in Italy, I was thinking about doing the same job experience abroad (offering Italian private lessons, of course)! I very much enjoyed the experience of teaching on Italki and I would be ready and excited to do the same in a face-to-face environment. Of course, the first step would be finding somewhere to work. I have figured out that the closer to language universities I settle, the more likely to find pupils I'll be. Any suggestion would be really appreciated!