Sentences with phrase «faint hope»

The phrase "faint hope" means having very little or slim chance of success or positive outcome. Full definition
Given the bureau's track record this is truly faint hope.
Sadly, I think that the hope of anything grammatical imposing itself in social media is way beyond faint hope.
«No other business is required to provide goods or services without payment, yet landlords must by law allow tenants to remain in their apartments for months with faint hope of recovering the cost,» says Vince Brescia, FRPO president and CEO.
«No other business is required to provide goods or services without payment, yet landlords must by law allow tenants to remain in their apartments for months with faint hope of recovering the cost.»
Faint hopes for a 1.5 C global warming limit to rescue low - lying island states from rising seas have been shattered by the US election result, say scientists
Coutinho kept Brazil's faint hopes alive by scoring their fifth penalty, but González netted his second spot - kick of the evening to send Paraguay through.
At officer training in the Australian army several decades ago we used to have a quaint term to describe a tactical plan with only faint hope of success: «Pissing into the Wind».
Further, the Liverpool boss added that it's unlikely that he'll have the former Southampton man at his disposal until October, although he holds faint hope that he will return ahead of schedule given his professionalism and the speed with which he has recovered previously.
Romelu Lukaku scored to give faint hope to the home faithful of an unlikely comeback, but it wasn't to be on a very disappointing night for the Red Devils as they looked a shadow of the side that beat Liverpool in the Premier League at the weekend.
BEIJING (Reuters)- Shanghai Futures Exchange (ShFE) aluminum stocks have fallen for the first time in more than nine months, giving the market faint hopes of a drawdown on record inventories of the metal in China, the world's biggest aluminum producer and consumer.
They still harbored faint hopes that they'd somehow land the factory.
As the Catholic church transformed itself internally at Vatican II and as the place of Catholicism in American society lost its old distinctiveness during the 1960s, they fragmented and lost whatever faint hope they might once have had of presenting a coordinated program of religion - based social reform.
Wenger should try and get him (just faint hope though).
For long - term followers of Russian football's second - tier, the Football National League (FNL), the fixture list for the opening day of the 2017/18 campaign will, for some at least, have brought a strange combination of faint hope mixed with premature resignation.
Newcastle desperately need to arrest a dismal run of results against their Lancashire foes on Saturday if they're to continue harbouring what would appear now faint hopes of finishing the season inside the top half of the Barclay's Premier League table and avoid sliding into a nasty scrap for survival.
Kaboul sparked faint hopes of a revival as he headed home from a corner with just under 20 minutes remaining, but that proved to be the sum total of the fightback.
Barca defender Gerard Pique piled misery on the Italians four minutes later, mopping up the rebound after Luis Suarez was thwarted by goalkeeper Alisson before Roma's top scorer Edin Dzeko struck at the right end to give his side faint hope of a turnaround in the second leg.
The only faint hope one might have that the Harper government would consider changes of the sort Mayrand proposes to the Act is a deeply concerned and aroused Canadian public.
«To me,» he said, «that faint hope argument was so much double talk.
So I made an appointment after work, held faint hope that the Wilde - Teigen centaur transformation idea would also prove true, and prepared myself, at the very least, to sweat more than I ever had before.
And other space agencies hold only faint hope.
BEIJING Shanghai Futures Exchange (ShFE) aluminum stocks have fallen for the first time in more than nine months, giving the market faint hopes of a drawdown on record inventories of the metal in China, the world's biggest aluminum producer and consumer.
Even with faint hopes still alive — and with plenty of unanalyzed data in the can that will keep scientsits busy for years — astronomers and planetary scientists expressed their dismay through social media.
Deportivo La Coruna's faint hopes of staying in LaLiga look all but over despite continuing their improved recent form with a goalless draw at Leganes.
Notwithstanding the SV community's phony protestations to the contrary, Benchmark's suit is a brilliant move — not a blunder — a strong opening gambit to pull off something that was increasingly looking like a distant and faint hope.
The insurance industry is clinging to the faint hope Finance Minister Jim Flaherty will cede ground before June 30.
He said: «The recent disappointing rains in Ethiopia, and also in Kenya, have shattered any faint hopes for water sources to fill up, pastures to regenerate and harvests to be viable.
Toward the end of the third year before the Hijrah he saw a faint hope in six men from Medina.
Both came with uneasiness about what would happen, but also with a faint hope that it somehow might help lessen the pain and restore some of the sparkle in their marriage.
A faint hope persists that satisfaction may be found apart from God, but that hope is false indeed.
In postwar England, as a little - known architect, he had submitted his drawing for Coventry's open design competition without «the faintest hope of success.»
Believe me losing tonight and those fainted hopes are gone and if playing like this..
Still, any of that faint hope was killed by some sloppy officiating here, with Silva taking advantage of that extra half - yard he gained on the Arsenal defence.
Hull is actually fancy their chances against Manure as LvG will probably gave up already the faint hopes for a 3rd spot.
Their faint hopes of retaining their Premier League title have disappeared, and they must now fight for a place in the top - four.
Sorry for my faint hope and pessimisms.
The England captain may have started the season slowly but he has improved and his 15 goals are the main reason why United are still harbouring some faint hopes of getting back into the top four.
With every new season comes the faint hope that we'll see a bit of a shake - up in the pecking order.
14 Upheaval in the French Alps At the world ski championships a tough Austrian squad routs France and dashes the faint hopes of the U.S.
Because Dortmund are having a nightmare in the German Bundesliga this season and any faint hopes of managing to regain the title that he led Dortmund to in successive seasons a few years back are long gone, as Bayern Munich continue their recent dominance.
But knowing the way Arsenal always do things the hard way, There is always that faint hope that we could still finish 2nd in the group.
They face a decisive match with fifth place Liverpool on Saturday, knowing that anything other than a win will end their faint hopes of silverware.
As Free Safety Paul Krause, who intercepted one of Dawson's passes late in the game to kill any faint hopes the Chiefs might have had, said, «We didn't have a tendency list for this game.
In turn, he is a doubt to face the Black Cats in midweek as the Gunners hope to keep their faint hopes of finishing in the top four alive with another win as they put together a strong run of form to end the season.
If the truth be known 95 % of Arsenal fans would say «NO» Hope yes but faint hope with little real conviction.
Having defeated Man United and Chelsea in recent weeks David Moyes saw his side lose at White Hart Lane but may feel that this win at home to the Tigers could get their faint hopes of a Champions League spot back on track.
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