It shows variations in concentration of atmospheric carbon dioxide, and will turn down only when CO2 removed from the atmosphere by carbon sinks exceeds emissions — a very distant prospect. (newscientist.com)
Which was a pretty bloody distant prospect at the time..! (wexboy.wordpress.com)
The more «enthusiastic» its diplomacy becomes, the more distant the prospect of any dialogue with Britain. (blog.politics.ox.ac.uk)