Sentences with phrase «faint hopes of»

Liars and dissemblers proclaim a victory and cling to faint hopes of a comeback.

It has a great noir edge to it, so I came into the game with faint hopes of a story that could hold my interest as much as the first time I watched Se7en, and while the game doesn't begin to touch David Fincher's masterpiece (despite a few nods throughout), I left feeling a whole lot more satisfied than I thought I would.

Needing to beat the Potters and hope Southampton were thrashed by Manchester City — with a 10 - goal swing in the Swans» favour — to keep alive their faint hopes of staying up, the hosts took an early lead through Andy King but Stoke fought back to win 2 - 1 thanks to goals from Ndiaye and Crouch.

In a game Swansea needed to win and hope Southampton were thrashed by Manchester City — with a 10 - goal swing in the Swans» favour — to keep alive their faint hopes of staying up, the hosts took an early lead through Andy King.

Arsenal are currently in a desperate state where they simply have to win all the remaining games in order to keep their faint hopes of winning the title alive and one can be sure that they will be gunning for a victory on Sunday as well.

Steven Gerrard shrugged off an unprecedented show of appreciation from the Chelsea support as Liverpool's faint hopes of securing Champions League fo -LRB-...)

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.

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It's Inter that they need to catch in that position, so anything short of a victory would put an end to any faint hopes of a Champions League return this season.

Chelsea's faint hopes of finishing in the top four and securing Champions League qualification were all but dashed by London rivals West Ham, who earned a share of the spoils at Stamford Bridge on Sunday.

Although Chelsea maintained their faint hopes of catching Tottenham and securing a top - four finish with their 2 - 1 victory at Turf Moor, Morata — who has scored just one Premier League goal in 2018 — produced another toothless display alongside fellow striker Olivier Giroud.

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.

Liverpool's dismal 1 - 0 defeat at the hands of Hull City continued their poor run of form and seriously damaged their faint hopes of Champions League qualification, causing quite a stir on Twitter.

Arsenal fans will be hoping for a morale boosting win against Borussia Dortmund tomorrow, which would make us all feel a lot better as well as keeping alive our faint hopes of topping the Champions League group.

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.

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.

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.

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.

So unless something can knock them off their stride soon, Arsenal's faint hopes of challenging for the title really will disappear, no matter how well we are playing.

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.

Their faint hopes of retaining their Premier League title have disappeared, and they must now fight for a place in the top - four.

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.»

It is not strange that in a city straining every faculty toward the very faint hope of survival, such a line as Jeremiah's would be regarded not merely with distaste, but as defeatist if not downright seditious.

The Blues put in a robust defensive display to frustrate and keep Arsene Wenger's side at bay and meant Arsenal still sit ten points behind the league leaders, whilst it surely means they've conceded any faint hope of a first Premier League title since 2004.

But Salzburg were soon level through Dabbur's deflected strike from the edge of the area to round off a quick passing move from kick - off, giving the hosts some faint hope of getting back into the tie.

Chelsea's only faint hope of resurrecting their own bid for Lukaku rests on whether or not the player is willing to veto his move to United in favour of holding out for his old employers.

His late goal at the San Siro has certainly given Milan a faint hope of reaching the quarter - finals.

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.

probably depressed to begin with and who turned to online dating in the faintest hope of.

I offer worthwhile solutions and have a faint hope of future financial gain in the process.

However, the insurance company kept delaying the disbursement of the claim in the faint hope of car getting recovered in sometime soon.

On the other hand, it seems that the insurance company was knowingly delaying the process in the faint hope of recovering the car and getting excused from paying up.

«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.»

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The one ray of hope in the situation, faint though it may be, is the fact that representatives of the government and the guerrillas, meeting in Mexico City, have signed an agreement calling for talks to begin in Costa Rica on October 16.

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.

Toward the end of the third year before the Hijrah he saw a faint hope in six men from Medina.

His call to a fresh «innocence of becoming» and «newness of life» is at least a faint echo of the biblical prophets and St. Paul, only without the virtues of love and hope.

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.

In the light of this present possession, involving endless hope, affliction was not so much endured as rejoiced in by the early Christians, and of this spiritual triumph Paul's words are representative: «Wherefore we faint not; but though our outward man is decaying, yet our inward man is renewed day by day.

In the back of my mind there were faint alarms going off, but I did hear them, and it caused me to think: That exactly is it that causes us to spend hours staring at a computer screen in the hopes that someone will post a supportive comment about the party we went to last Friday, or the fight we had Tuesday night with our girlfriend?

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.

It is obviously better to pursue the faint - and - getting - fainter possibility of three points, than to abandon hope all together (unless, as with McCarthy and Holloway, there's pressure from the fixture list).

With every new season comes the faint hope that we'll see a bit of a shake - up in the pecking order.

Nationally, England fans that have abandoned the golden generation as being naught but gilt point to his crucial role in derailing at least one major tournament and the resignation of England's best recent manager, while those that still entertain the faint and flickering hope that the pyrite frauds might genuinely glister, just the once, despair of his turbulent, toxic presence in the squad.

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.

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.

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.

Any faint hope that was left of Borja Baston becoming Atletico Madrid's long - term solution at the striker position were ended today when Swansea and Atletico agreed a fee of $ 18 million for the striker.

That win kept alive Chelsea's faint top - four hopes and gave them a timely confidence boost at a key stage of the season.