A search in the NOW corpus for:
the _NN2 are that_CST
1 THE CHANCES ARE THAT 2517 C2
*The article is not necessary:
and chances are that you or someone you know
*’that’ can be omitted:
Chances are you know a lot more than you think.
*Note that the elements can be rearranged:
the chances that you get rejected
at some point this year, are high.
2 THE INDICATIONS ARE THAT 1189
3 THE ODDS ARE THAT 1009
*It’s hard to believe that ‘odds’ is considered C1 in the English Vocabulary Profile when it’s less common and more advanced than ‘chances’.
ODDS = C1 the probability that a particular thing will or will not happen
4 THE SIGNS ARE THAT 999
5 THE FACTS ARE THAT 933
6 THE ALLEGATIONS ARE THAT 320
7 THE EXPECTATIONS ARE THAT 242
8 THE RULES ARE THAT 184
9 THE IMPLICATIONS ARE THAT 139
10 THE POSITIVES ARE THAT 124
11 THE CONSEQUENCES ARE THAT 109
12 THE INDICATORS ARE THAT 97
13 THE ISSUES ARE THAT 95
14 THE REPORTS ARE THAT 88
15 THE RISKS ARE THAT 87
16 THE CONDITIONS ARE THAT 83
17 THE BENEFITS ARE THAT 80
18 THE CHALLENGES ARE THAT 74
19 THE CONCERNS ARE THAT 71
20 THE POLICE ARE THAT 71
21 THE REQUIREMENTS ARE THAT 63
22 THE REASONS ARE THAT 63
23 THE PROJECTIONS ARE THAT 59
24 THE RUMOURS ARE THAT 58
25 THE DOWNSIDES ARE THAT 57