Sentences with phrase «in desperate hope»

Instead, in my opinion its looking increasingly likely the greens haven't got a leg to stand on, that this court case was launched in the desperate hope that oil companies would simply fold and hand over the money.

«this court case was launched in the desperate hope that oil companies would simply fold and hand over the money.»

Sold as a slave to an influential New York Tory family, 13 - year - old Isabel spies for the patriot side during the American Revolution in a desperate hope to gain freedom for herself and her 5 - year - old sister.

Whatever Life of the Party needs its star to be, it gives us — frumpy, hot, weird, normal, kind, mean, humiliated, heroic, limber, uncoordinated, sexy, unsexy — in the desperate hope that you'll latch on to some nugget of McCarthy - patented brazenness and you'll laugh, as if story and cohesion meant nothing.

Then, too, there's Lazio's greater offense: In desperate hope of political gain, he is trading on imagery of the horror that united all America, profaning the sacred by violating the boundary that removes Ground Zero from the campaign trail.

I have participated in countless painful procedures done in the desperate hope of saving a baby.

Not exact matches

One desperate solution was for blacks to risk voting for the candidate who represented the greater of two evils, in the hope that he would be sympathetic to African Americans because they helped secure the election.

But many desperate people also buy lottery tickets as a matter of hope, in a desperate attempt to get themselves out of poverty.

People back then were in desperate need of hope... I don't blame them.

The delusion of immortality and the claim that a few billion dollars more will «help find a cure» for this ill or that sustains a research industry that is as prone to exploiting desperate hopes as to engaging in experiments of dubious morality.

Whether it's teenagers living in material or spiritual poverty desperate to hear about hope in an uncertain world, or hardened gang members hungry for forgiveness and a new start, we have good news to bring.

Douglas below is desperate because he's been loosing the argument on the belief blog so he has to post it where ever he can in hopes people won't point out his continued lying.

The «religious» in the US are often the many ignorant and desperate who can only hope for a miracle.

This individualism has dismissed both the extrinsic and the intrinsic value of each human being in favor of material and professional indices of success that most people believe are due to luck as much as anything else (hence the increasing popularity of lotteries) Because the apocalyptic worldview of the early church has now been replaced with the desperate and meaningless finality of possible nuclear annihilation, eschatological expectations and hope for reversal of human fortunes have given way to a «present - only» scheme of refetence even in Christian theology.

Ms Saye's cousin Adelaide Mendy recalled the fear and panic on the night of the fire, and her desperate hope that her relatives would not be caught up in it.

And when you have played its destructive force to the hilt, then suffer its awful consequences coming back at you, the desperate holding on at any cost to what you thought you had secured but which has turned to ashes, leaving in its wake not joy and freedom but the burden of guilt over those you hurt and ruined... But why not truth at the outset, and the love which hears, believes, hopes and endures all things?

And he called it thus not only when beauty and hope helped him to overcome the incomprehensibility of existence in this world, but also when he met the darkness of death and the cup in which was distilled all the guilt, vanity - and emptiness of this world was placed at his lips and he could only repeat the desperate words of the Psalmist: «My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me!»

White said he wants to one day return to Baghdad, but he hopes people in the West see how desperate the situation has become for the victims of ISIS: «These are our people.

These provisional hopes are no doubt rather better than despair, for desperate actions and policies are generated in despair.

His proposal of an inner church fellowship, which reminds one of the plan that Luther had entertained and quickly rejected at the beginning of the Reformation, represented a final, even desperate, effort to obtain for a minority in the church what he had hoped to realize on behalf of the whole community.

Yes of course Bill, we understand your desperate need for a master both an earthly one and a supernatural one, so you can have hope in your poor wretched life.

Instructions or presentations of the family, clan, or city are explained and justified by tales — «charter myths» in Malinowski's term — or knowledge about religious ritual, authoritative and absolutely serious ritual, and about the gods involved, is expressed and passed on in the form of such tales; then there are the hopes and fears connected with the course of nature, the seasons, and the activities of food supply; there is the desperate experience of disease.

In all honesty, they did help us back with Lasagna gate and I'm desperate for another shoulder up from them after they killed Spurs title hopes.

Unlike the others, who grasp at hope with the desperate naivete of goldfish in a shark tank, Canseco recognizes reality.

«We are sending a message to them that Arsenal cares about them and we hope this can be a motivating force and give them hope in desperate times.»

Even though there is a trophy on offer, we do not really count the Community Shield as a fully competitive fixture even though both sides will be desperate to win and set a marker for the season to come, especially with both hoping to be in the frame to lift the EPL trophy next May.

In turn, as they also face a battle for a top - four finish in the Premier League along with their FA Cup hopes, Jose Mourinho will be desperate to have a full squad at his disposaIn turn, as they also face a battle for a top - four finish in the Premier League along with their FA Cup hopes, Jose Mourinho will be desperate to have a full squad at his disposain the Premier League along with their FA Cup hopes, Jose Mourinho will be desperate to have a full squad at his disposal.

Jutkiewicz came on for his first 45 minutes of the season on Tuesday night and Redknapp will be hoping he can return fit and hungry for goals, which his side is in desperate need of.

Should he sign as expected, the focus will have to quickly switch to Sassuolo on Sunday as the Rossoneri will be desperate to finish the campaign in positive fashion and keep their slim hopes of Champions League qualification alive until the last game of the season.

... we need to make improvements to our Team, not just filling the blanks with whoever is having a hard time somewhere else... I really hope that this is just another rubbish rumour from the desperate pundits that love to put Arsenal in a bad spot and not another crazy idea of Arsene, which by the way, must start considering retirement...

Hope we sign 1 or 2 quality players as you mention, but we are not in desperate need for the 1st time in many years.

After the Warriors» easy Game 1 win, the desperate hope came in the form of people reminding themselves that LeBron James usually loses the first game of the Finals.

Arsenal are now hoping that they will be more realistic in their asking price in order for both clubs to land their desired targets, with the club desperate to add numbers to their defence, with Per Mertesacker missing the majority of the season, and neither Gabriel and Kosc fully fit currently either.

Firstly I totally accept the quality strike of the Swansea equalizing goal but beyond that I watched in horror as our «Plan B» consisted of Wenger throwing on attackers in a sort of desperate hit and hope fashion.

... Things are really looking desperate, when we are hinging all our hopes on a team, who are fighting for survival in the 2nd division... That just about sums us right up!?

Let's hope he is another Sanchez that is just desperate to play and doesn't let things like new countries and languages get in the way of a good game of footy I'm looking forward to seeing him on the pitch.

The midfielder has made it clear that he is desperate to compete in the Champions League, and while the Saints may have entertained hopes of a spot in Europe's elite competition next season, that opportunity appears to have passed them by.

Meanwhile, Liverpool will be desperate to pick up from where they left off in cup action as they hope to bounce back from last weekend's defeat away at Burnley with some early pressure on Klopp to show that his side are making real progress.

The only hope they have to get a great haul is if one of the teams that have no chance in FA gets desperate and trade their assets for a one year rental of Kawhi.

I just hope he gets some players in during the window, because if we don't improve, teams will try to charge us top whack for any target cos they think we're desperate..

As seen in the last - 16 tie with AC Milan, the Armenian international's quality at this level can make a real difference, and with Arsenal hoping to book their spot in the final and take a big step towards qualifying for the Champions League next season, Wenger will be desperate to see him return sooner rather than later.

Arsene Wenger must have been desperate to see his Arsenal team lift the League Cup to save his job, but it looked like the players had little interest in fighting for the manager and succumbed weakly to Man City with an uninterested outlook to defeat despite the hope of saving a little bit of glory from our dire season.

The Italian giants are desperate to beat the likes of Arsenal and Barcelona to the signing of Cuadrado, who has just enjoyed a superb season for La Viola, establishing himself as one of the most exciting attacking players in Serie A, and who will now be hoping to impress at this summer's World Cup with Colombia.

As we are looking for goals I think Wenger will stick with the 4 -3-3 he used in midweek, and I'm hoping that Chambers will replace Laurent Koscielny as centre - back as our captain looks in desperate need of a rest, and I am begging for Coquelin to play alongside Wilshere with Xhaka on the bench.

In turn, with silverware now on the line, Guardiola will be desperate for his side to deliver, while conversely, Arsene Wenger will be hoping for exactly the same from the Gunners.

Arsenal are desperate to get back in the Champions League and hope the announcement will galvanise disaffected fans before their showdown against Atletico Madrid.

Also at the wrong end, bottom of the table West Brom are in desperate need of a win, although their hopes of staying up are looking bleaker by the week.

Our position in the table is looking more comfortable now, and I hope we don't just throw good money after short - term fixes to appease the fans who are desperate to see new players.

The Hammers will hope the good vibes of the last two weeks continue in their road to safety, when they face off in another «six pointer» against desperate Stoke City next weekend.

It's a lunchtime kick - off, one that the Reds will be desperate to win, in another challenge as they hope to establish themselves as serious title contenders under Jürgen Klopp.