Sentences with phrase «hope of winning»

There's also a card game where players can challenge mostly every citizen to a game of cards in hopes of winning and getting some rare cards.

Clearly its their best hope of winning the award.

Local party campaigners are rational in their use of funds, spending most in seats where the competition is close and least where there is little hope of winning.

I never really had any realistic hope of us winning the league this year, but now I'm beginning to think it just might be possible.

Every year, most programs start out knowing they do not have a reasonable hope of winning the championship.

The leader of a minority government will also often call an election in hopes of winning a stronger mandate from the electorate.

The situation for Arsenal could have been so much worse by now if it was not for the fact that almost every other club with hopes of winning the Premier League this year was also having problems.

The victory kept alive Chelsea's last remaining hope of winning silverware at the end of a difficult season.

Demographer Michael Teitelbaum, who oversees several workforce initiatives for the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, not only criticizes the survey's methodology but also scolds lobbyists from research universities for climbing aboard the ITAA bandwagon in hopes of winning more federal spending in IT - related fields.

It came as a surprise when I discovered that I won one of the prizes (20 % off discount) since I always enter giveaways for fun with no real hope of winning anything.

Radiant with a dark lipstick, the Brooklyn beauty arrived with fresh hopes of a win at the 23rd Annual Critics» Choice Awards.

In hopes of winning over fence - sitters, Morelle said he is looking at ways to possibly amend the bill to require a funding pool or more long - term insurance to cover serious injury than is already in the current legislation.

when will the board realize Arsenal are still priced at the top of match - day tickets, and making the club not worth watching in hope of winning trophies anymore!

So it can concluded that Jurgen Klopp is just superimposing the way of Brendan Rodgers in his Liverpool career and has no real hope of winning big trophies for Liverpool in the upcoming days.

It decreases the chances of capturing Missouri's Senate seat, which is crucial to GOP hopes of winning control of the chamber, they said.

It remains to be seen whether Aguero would face a retrospective ban that would result in the Argentinian missing the vital Manchester derby, which could be a massive blow to City's hopes of a win against their cross-town rivals.

Ride - sharing services have stepped up their lobbying and ad campaigns in hopes of winning approval to expand into upstate and on Long Island by the end of the year, including a $ 1 million campaign by Uber.

One of his last hopes of winning the election is to suppress turnout by making these final weeks so repulsive to voters that some simply stay home.

Standing before a group of heavy hitters, each participant pitched an idea in hopes of winning support for his or her brainchild.

Shutdown could diminish GOP hopes of winning Senate.»

One thing that struck me about presidential elections in the post-1984 era was that, of the candidates who have serious hopes of winning their party's nomination, the Democrats tried to seem more moderate than they really were while the Republicans tried to seem more radical than they....

An effort sparked by hopes of winning up to $ 400 million in federal money for Michigan schools could have broad implications on educational choice and quality for years to come...

In turn, the FA Cup remains their only hope of winning silverware this season, but to bridge the gap and compete for the major honours next year Mourinho will undoubtedly be considering ways to strengthen his squad.

Not great for arsenals hopes of winning PL.

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With Cuomo's approval rating at 64 percent, according to the Marist Poll, this may be the GOP's best hope of winning back the governor's mansion.

With an average Christmas period pretty much eradicating their faint hopes of winning the Premier League, and the formidable test of AC Milan to come in the Champions League, the FA Cup represents the Gunners most realistic chance of ending their six season trophy drought.

They lost to rivals Arsenal for the first time in the Mauricio Pochettino era, stars Dele Alli and Harry Kane failed to perform while defeat dealt a crushing blow to their slim hopes of winning the Premier League this season.

At a time of austerity it is unreasonable that trade unions receive such public largesse but reform is also central to Tory hopes of winning more seats at the next election.

Andrew, I haven't forgotten, although I don't hold out much hope of winning it especially as the Burton MP is standing down.

With due respect to many of my fellow fans here but you can not hold hopes of winning a title WITH LUCK..

Cuomo was scheduled to breakfast this morning with the Assembly GOP as part of his ongoing charm offensive in hopes of winning state lawmakers over to his way of thinking, following the age - old adage that the best way to a man's heart — and perhaps his «yes» vote — is through his stomach.

The Hill quoted the attorney for a former FBI informant in the TENEX case as saying her client «witnessed numerous, detailed conversations in which Russian actors described their efforts to lobby, influence or ingratiate themselves with the Clintons in hopes of winning favorable uranium decisions from the Obama administration.»

Young Marty Glickman, an eighteen year old from Brooklyn, was at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, ready to run the 4 by 100 relay, in hopes of winning gold.

When Matt is away I normally find myself spending all day and night in the kitchen throwing together random things in hopes of a winning recipe.

So, for those who still harboured remote hopes of us winning the league can we now put that to bed?

Shaw would likely have more chance of playing for Rafael Benitez's side, which would give him increased hope of winning a World Cup spot with England next summer.

Also puts our wildly optimistic hopes of winning all our remaining games in to sharp focus — 14 wins in a row, really??

Things always look a bit different when you have had time to step back and look at things in the cold light of day, but I get the distinct impression that if Arsene Wenger was being completely honest today after he saw his Arsenal side well beaten by Chelsea once again and lose any lingering hope of winning the Premier League title this season, I think he would admit that his time in charge of the Gunners is up.

This also follows Hazard's recent subtle dig at Chelsea manager Antonio Conte for taking him off early in the 3 - 3 draw against Roma, despite him having scored twice in the game to salvage a point and give the Blues hope of a win.

He hated Pep when he was at Barcelona, he won't win the CL at Citeh — they are years behind even Juventus who failed this year, and to be fair, if whatever caused the bust up in the team (maybe him) hadn't happened — we would've finished ahead of them, as we should've beaten West Brom and Watford, and he won't lower his wage demands, so Arsenal would be more amenable to selling him abroad — i.e. Bayern, where he might at least have a very small hope of winning the CL.

Lancia's hope of winning soon ended though as gearbox issue dropped the cars out of contention.

That run included a heavy 4 - 0 pasting against Pep's former side Barcelona and I for one was hoping that all this would have a very negative effect on their confidence and morale, which would be a big boost to our own hopes of winning the EPL title.

In turn, Ernesto Valverde has already seen big additions arrive, and it's worked well as they continue to lead the way in the league, while they still have strong hopes of winning both the Copa del Rey and Champions League.

But, against a team that went down 4 1 to Brighton there must surely be some justified hope of a win.

TOTTENHAM fans, listen up, there's no need to relinquish hope of winning the Premier League title just yet.

Arsenal scraped past Championship side Wigan on penalties to reach the FA Cup final on Saturday to keep the Gunners hope of winning their first trophy in nine years alive.

If Tim Sherwood retains hope of winning the game then he'll start with Brad Friedel but later on there may be a chance to give Jordan Archer a run out.

The striker's incredible productivity in front of goal has provoked semi-realistic hopes of winning the Ballon d'Or at some point in his career.

That scuppered Hiddink's hopes of a winning start, but he has the chance to turn things around away to an out of form Manchester United next.