Sentences with phrase «holds out little»

And even the government holds out little hope that 2020 goals of cutting emissions by 40 percent compared to 1990 will be met.

The draft paper holds out little hope that countries will be able to limit global warming to the agreed goal of 2 degrees Celsius, with temperatures likely to rise by almost 4 degrees by the end of the century if the world continues to pump out emissions at the current rate.

I came to view Christian experience as suspect, holding out little possibility that it could add anything beneficial to my well - defined belief systems.

But friends of each hold out little hope that Walker, a conservative, button - down - shirt - and - khakis man, can coexist with Karl, who has toyed with the idea of adding a family counselor and a female assistant to his staff, vowed to be the first NBA coach to wear an earring, and grown long hair and a beard this season.

On his radio show this morning, the mayor held out little hope for a deal and said Gov. Cuomo would have to intervene to save prevent severe cuts in the school system.

Still, McMahon held out a little hope.

My advice would be to just hold out a little bit.

Both the 3,500 - member Oakland Education Association, which went on strike Feb. 15, and school district officials held out little hope late last week of a quick resolution to their differences over pay and class sizes.

Our own Arthur St. Antoine, who spent a week with a G80 5.0 Ultimate, praised the poshness of the G80, but held out little hope for future performance versions.

What we get is what we expected (although we did hold out a little hope the new Beetle Cabriolet would look more like the E-Bugster Cabriolet Concept); a convertible version of the 2012 Beetle with a pram style soft top that sits on the boot.

Through a low door, I could see a small kitchen but held out little hope that it would provide much in the way of sustenance during the long night ahead.

Then there was a minute — two minutes, perhaps — in which nothing happened; and then Sister Fenella's thin arms held out the little bundle, and Asriel took it with infinite delicacy.

If you're ready to get a new phone on Sprint and renew your contract you may want to hold out a little longer!

Baen excepted, I hold out little hope they can adapt to the changes still occurring.

Spiegel is probably hoping to position the company for a future sale, but wants to try and hold out a little longer until his brainchild receives an even larger valuation, which may or may not happen.

Overall, I wouldn't expect to receive complimentary business / first class upgrades but might hold out a little bit of hope if I was flying somewhere like the Caribbean.

If you're planning on getting either next - gen console at launch and haven't taken the plunge with Call of Duty: Ghosts on the 360, PS3 or Wii U, we'd certainly suggest holding out a little longer as the graphical upgrade appears worthwhile.

I do however hold out little hope when the encounter begins with references to «AGW faith» or «religion».

Having fought and lost many heritage battles, I held out little hope that development in a place like New York City could be stopped by a bunch of pretty plants.

He held out little hope that talks over the coming weeks could break the impasse.

When the financial question needs to be answered before the substantive evaluation can begin, I hold out little hope that the substantive evaluation will ever occur.

It's worth noting that these do not come with a US warranty, so if you can hold out a little longer we suggest you do so.

If you're not in the market for an immediate upgrade, it might be worth holding out a little longer for a OnePlus device.

It's an unusually honest recognition of the wireless charging environment right now, from a company you might have expected to at least attempt to hold out a little longer.

The vet held out little hope for them.

Not exact matches

When the stock broke out to the upside in 2017 every time it pulled back that $ 300 level provided nice support, it dipped a little below that last week and it's starting to hold it again,» said Maley.

Since then the stock is down more than 20 percent, but Khouw expects support to be held around $ 50 and for the stock to «catch a little bounce» off the level out of earnings.

That would imply the spare capacity in the economy is being squeezed out more quickly than thought and that inflation pressures may take hold a little bit faster than had been anticipated.

Right wing politics is failing in Alberta and the last hold out is rural Alberta, but how long will it be before most rural people would like to have a seat at government as opposed of making a lot of noise that gets very little attention.

«The market is holding up a little better than some of the scare stories that were out in the early part of the year [predicted],» said Peter Kozel, executive managing director and chief economist for the New York office of Colliers.

Mark Whitmore: This is Mark Whitmore, I keep forgetting we have two Mark's on the line here, and Chris you absolutely interpreted what I was trying to say correctly, and kind of to follow up a little bit, I think one of the things that the other Mark pointed out is the issue of timing, and whereas the two prevailing investing paradigms out there seem to be this notion of efficient market theory which attempts to just buy and hold the market no matter what, completely price indifferent.

If you need a little help purchasing or holding on to a home in Michigan there are resources out there for you.

Yet, understandably, many investors are holding out for a stronger value catalyst than «just a little bit of good news.»

Hi Sam, I listened to your podcast with Noah Kagen (twice:p) and one thing really stuck out was you saying all these kids who has only seen a bull market might be caught holding too little when the stump hits.

REVELATION CHAPTER SIX And he open the fifth seal, and I saw under the altar the souls of those who were slain for the word of GOD and for the testimony they held and they cried out with a loud voice, how long O LORD holy and true do you not judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth and white robes were given unto them and it was said unto them that they should rest a little season until their fellow servant and their brethren should be slain as they were should be fulfilled.Under racial profiling many BLACK AMERICANS were arrested and were either martyred within the prison system or were deported to AFRICA, where many of them were martyred there and were buried in mass graves in both the SUDAN and in the CONGO.

So here's to nudging us all out a little further in 2016 — letting go of what's easy to take hold of something richer.

Confession time here: although I don't usually end up at places such as drunken parties, stripper bars and porn shops while hanging out with friends, since those activities and places hold little appeal for me, I know I need to stay away from certain «religious» people, those who seem to love only themselves and who seem hell - bent on being nasty to people they describe as «sinners», supposedly in the name of truth - telling.

What bothers me most is that so many of the Scripture references that are used to support the pledges are taken out of context and really have little or nothing to do with the author's theories.I believe God will hold this man and those who abuse God's Word accountable.

Clearly, you do not hold high regard for Christianity, saying it «provides little to no help in advancing out lives, promotes discrimination and hatred, and doesn't improve quality of life in any significant manner.»

And I felt like Chris articulated much of how I feel about that little yellow book, and even my own ongoing work: I want to create the pipeline, to build the bridge, to hold out my hand and say walk a while with me and see for yourself.

In manus tuas commendo spiritum meum.17 Into the hands which broke and quickened the bread, which blessed and caressed little children, which were pierced with the nails; into the hands which are like our hands, the hands of which one can never tell what they will do with the object they are holding, whether they will break it or heal it, but which we know will always obey and reveal impulses filled with kindness and will always clasp us ever more closely, ever more jealously; into the gentle and mighty hands which can reach down into the very depth of the soul, the hands which fashion, which create, the hands through which flows out so great a love: into these hands it is comforting to surrender oneself especially if one is suffering or afraid.

Brave is a fantastic mother - daughter movie, and I was thrilled to see lots of little girls holding their mothers» hands on the way out.

Some background: Rachel Held Evans has made a career out of undermining fidelity to the teachings of Scripture by ridiculing simplistic or non-existent notions of biblical interpretation (hermeneutics), while practicing a flawed hermeneutic of her own that often seems to be little more than an extension of her own ideology.

Even when the Lord called her a little dog, she held on to Him in faith and would not let Him wriggle out of His words: «Yes, Lord, yet even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their masters» table.»

Mat 14:31 Immediately Jesus stretched out His hand and took hold of him, and * said to him, «You of little faith, why did you doubt?»

They are maybe five years old, these three moppets, and I hear Their bus groaning a ways behind me, but they are totally into sculpting Little hills and ridges of leaves, and I can hear them giggling, and in one Minute the bus will hold out its arms and absorb them, and the parade is Starting to move in front of me, but for another perfect instant I can hear And see them skiffling and giggling, and smell the sharp savory death of The brilliant leaves, and see the shoulder of the mom or aunt or neighbor In the lee of the apartment building, where she is just lighting a cigarette, And we get these moments all day long, don't we, we get them all month And week and year all our lives, such a flood and flow of them, too many To count, too many to endure, they are too generous and savory and holy, We could not bear to see and savor and sing them all; we would go blind.

It had so little framework or organization to hold it together that it could easily have faded out (and perhaps it did in some places), but on the whole it did just the opposite.

One difference is that today's commentaries hold very little knowledge of Torah culture and even the Jewish dialogue going on in the New Testament and although they have a lot of knowledge, it is diluted by a full cultural engagement which leaves a lot out with a very gentile understanding of Scripture.

Or «do unto others as little as possible, while holding out for as much as you can get from them».

But if the Vinaya - pitaka holds little general - reader interest, it is fundamental to an understanding of Buddhism, for the very genius of Buddhism, in its original form, was to take man out of the common life of the world and set him apart on the way to enlightenment, which was the end of all his seeking, for this meant escape from the wheel of birth.