Sentences with phrase «little hope of changing»

-- but express little hope of changing learning conditions.

If a gay Christian's sexual orientation is so fixed and ingrained that there seems to be little hope of changing it, should he or she really be expected to resist it for a lifetime?»

Buffett recently told Fortune that outside shareholders have little hope of changing the culture of excessive pay in corporate America.

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Shareholders were hoping the return of co-founder Jack Dorsey as CEO last summer would give Twitter the lift it needs, but a year later, Dorsey has done little to change the company's trajectory.

«The development model has to change — an isolated tourist zone that leaves little in the way of taxes or opportunities, that has to change,» Hope said.

When Herman and I wrote that book, we had very little hope of persuading the dominant economic community to change.

So, in an effort to inspire a bit of «climate change,» at least in this little corner of the blogosphere, I thought I'd start a conversation about hope.

But as soon as it was time for diaper change, I handed him to Josh and rushed to the kitchen to bite into one of these, a little hesitant, wondering whether I'd be able to taste the beets or black beans, and hoping I managed to get enough chocolate into the recipe...

I am only watching Arsenal for the sake of watching, but I really have little or no hope at all, until something great happens (change) somewhere.

there is no doubting that Arsene has helped to provide us with some incredible footballing moments in the formative years of his managerial career at Arsenal, but that certainly doesn't and shouldn't mean that he has earned the right to decide when and how he should leave this club... there have been numerous managers at each of the biggest clubs in Europe throughout the last decade who have waged far more successful campaigns than ours yet somehow and someway each were given their walking papers because they failed to meet the standards laid out by the hierarchy of their respective clubs... of course that doesn't mean that clubs should simply follow the lead of others, especially if clubs of note have become too reactionary when it comes to issues of termination, for whatever reasons, but there should be some logical discourse when it comes to the setting of parameters for a changing of the guard... in the case of Arsenal, this sort of discourse was largely stifled when the higher - ups devised their sinister plan on the eve of our move to the Emirates... by giving Wenger a free pass due to supposed financial constraints he, unwittingly or not, set the bar too low... it reminds me of a landlord who says he will only rent to «professional people» to maintain a certain standard then does a complete about face when the market is lean and vacancies are up... for those who rented under the original mandate they of course feel cheated but there is little they can do, except move on, especially if the landlord clearly cares more about profitability than keeping their word... unfortunately for the lifelong fans of a football club it's not so easy to switch allegiances and frankly why should they, in most cases we have been around far longer than them... so how does one deal with such an untenable situation... do you simply shut - up and hope for the best, do you place the best interests of those with only self - serving agendas above the collective and pray that karma eventually catches up with them, do you run away with your tail between your legs and only return when things have ultimately changed, do you keep trying to find silver linings to justify your very existence, do you lower your expectations by convincing yourself it could be worse or do you stand up for what you believe in by holding people accountable for their actions, especially when every fiber of your being tells you that something is rotten in the state of Denmark

Like yesterday was as low as it gets for me as fan I didn't even care when Liverpool got 3 rd and fourth goals because we're dead our pride as fans is same as players we're just dead hurt, sad, weak and spineless then it gets better ox is going Chelsea today and now timers sanchez has put in transfer request haha when board said change they meant it change as in we're selling all players and we're going like Aston Villa laugh u mite we are rotten from top to da bottom and it will get better cause I bet by Thursday we will bring in nobody and promote young kids we mite chance van diik he's going for 60 million and by Thursday night sky sports will report arsenal came in with last min bid of 21 million for van diik it got flat out laughed at so at 1 min to 11 we came in again with bid of 27 million and add ons til 2029 its hard and it is only beginning haha ox starts at anfield and was shambles and he is sold today says a lot about wenger if that was me I'd say stay away till ur sold u little traitor thanks ox hope its worth it, loyalty me behind ahwell we still bellerin another little man and heart holding for Barca ahhhh I'm so mad we need Simeon's cum in and start bouncing heads off da canvas Jesus bring bk George graham at least we have defence??

One is a specialist in failure and the other has so little ambition its happy to accept that failure with the hope that the dithering, senile old fart will change his ways — the same ways he has chosen for nearly a quarter of a century.

I do hope so Arsene, but I am a little worried about how long it will take for players like Welbeck and Rosicky to hit form and what another injury or two could do to our changes of major trophy success.

There will be a couple of enforced changes from the Red Star match as Olivier Giroud is on the sidelines, so I'm hoping that Wenger will give Danny Welbeck a run out although maybe the full 90 may be a little too much right now.

Changes from last week's starting eleven should be expected and I would hope to see either Winston Reid and / or Declan Rice returning to the back line and one of Michail Antonio or Little Pea starting in place of Joao Mario.

We all knew we wouldn't get anything from this game.The venue tight ground, in London, more importantly the effect of the Norwich result.It seems to me now that our season could be determined by one player.Benik Afobe.He showed enough to warrant a start, Reading would be a great platform.We desperately need him to show the quality we know he has.With the predicted further 3 loses to come, this is going down to the wire.NES attitude has always been about his team, the system, style with little regard to the opposition, so it's too late for change, we have to carry on and hope that it will be enough.I saw a great tactic used in Spain, that would suit Costa or Cavellerio, who get frequently caught offside.That is for one of them to stay offside, as long as they are not involved in the first phase of play, then they are brought into the 2nd phase, with defenders tracking back, they have the advantage.Mind you it was Barcelona and Messi!!

I'm a little spooked, so I'm not going to sit on fence but more along the lines of pinning my hopes on Bolton's misfiring forwards actually doing something useful for a change at Craven Cottage.

I haven't said he's our ray of hope, he's a good little player who does have it in him to produce a bit of brilliance that can change a game — the assist for the Henry goal that got us 3 points against Sunderland for instance.

Cheating is not an option because the stress of lying would be just as bad, if she changed and thawed out a little in the bedroom I'd stay, I do love her and always had hoped that nour bedroom problems would work out and not just gotten worse, so, if I make it, when the youngest graduates, I'm gone.

So if he continues to want to (I have heard that many little ones wean due to a change in taste during pregnancy), I suppose I will be tandem nursing late this summer:) I hope to use it as a tool to bring them closer together instead of alienating the older one.

With the Goodman's investment in keeping Charles Dickens» gorgeous classic as a tradition year after year, they're reminding us that at the heart of this production are things which will never change; family traditions are worth the maintenance, there just seems to be a little extra love to spare around the holidays, and that hope is an infinite — and always replenishing — resource.

Though every woman secretly hopes her body will bounce back to its pre-pregnancy state, leaving little evidence of the pregnancy and birth behind, some body changes can't exactly be undone.

I ran into Sen. Antoine Thompson a little while ago outside the Assembly chamber, where he had come to lobby some of his colleagues on the other side of the Capitol in hopes of changing some minds on the SUNY empowerment plan, particularly as it pertains to UB2020.

It therefore has little significance for the General Election, where there will be a clear choice: another five years of this tired and failing Labour Government or change, hope and optimism under David Cameron's Conservatives.»

The Bulletin panel found that despite hopes of global agreements about nuclear weapons, nuclear power and climate change in 2010, little progress has been made.

The pain has gone and the nodules seem to be a little smaller and I am no longer bruising so I am hoping that some kind of change is taking place and thought I'd let you know!

However i do feel great, i have noticed a lot of positive cognitive effects, and my face is a little slimmer (people have mentioned it) but it just gets frustrating that i haven't seen any changes in the one place i was hoping to see some progress (my stomach)

I'm not ruling out a more frequent fix, but typically I order a box as the seasons change in hopes of finding something a little different.

Currently I have my desk in there but it doesn't leave a lot of room for organization, so we're hoping to make some big changes to that room so it's a little more usable and less wasted space!

My life is certainly changing (for the best) and so I hope to share more about being a working mother, sharing outfit ideas, and, of course, my little fashionable son, Lucas.

And the more I think about it — the more I realize that I hope this blog serves as a tiny little microcosm of change that I WOULD like to see in the world.

Throughout the story, we're often only told of seemingly vital plot points through second hand accounts, characters tend to change their outlooks without reason merely to fit in the story's trajectory and our main antagonist is a cookie - cutter villain who simply confronts Hope with little reason other than he's on set to be a contemptible dude.

Cumming thought about transferring to another school because there was little hope that things would change Then everything changed the day his supervisor unexpectedly moved out of state to take another position.

Advocates of the new policy — which only requires new principals with little or no teaching experience to teach one class a day during a one - to two - year residency period — hope this change will enlarge the pool of able candidates.

«For a superintendent to make it clear that he hopes his own district will lose a lawsuit in order to effect change takes a little bit of chutzpah,» says Hess.

I hold very little hope (albeit, some) that this shortage will ever come to fruition and only a glimmer of hope that it will be the impetus for change.

She lives in Atlanta, Georgia with her dog, English - accented husband, and the huge imaginations of their little prince and princess, which she hopes - someday - will change the world.

Shelli currently lives in Atlanta, Georgia with her Doodles, English - accented husband, and the huge imaginations of their little prince and princess, which she hopes - someday - will change the world.

Two noted economists seem to be holding little hope that Congress will take up in any way changing the status quo of the government - sponsored enterprises...

Then again, markets have shown so little volatility over the past couple of years that one gets the chance that some journalists were almost hoping volatility would return — if only so that they could write something salacious for a change.

The tiny creatures, often abandoned at birth or turned into shelters from accidental litters, have very little hope of growing up and getting adopted but together we can change that.

With so little study behind medical causes of behavior change, sometimes we just have to go with our gut and hope we find something.

While every rescue story serves as a little glimmer of hope indicating that the world is changing for the better, they also highlight the prevalence of many different forms of animal abuse.

Years ago I thought I had the power to change and save dogs but now as I train and rehabilitate more and more dogs I notice that with some dogs there is little hope and the risks of even trying to make a change in their lives is too high.

I was hoping for some changes but the overall feel and look of the game to stay the same and I was pleased in some ways but also a little disappointed in some other ways, it is complicated so enjoy reading me trying to express my feelings on the new Borderlands game Borderlands the Pre-Sequel.

Fans of the Pokemon series hoping for a 3D reboot (or at least some change in the formula) will have to wait a little longer as, following on the success of Fire Red and Leaf Green on the Gameboy Advance, Nintendo has announced that...

With COP16 kicking off in Cancún, Mexico at the end of the month, UNEP is hoping to get people jazzed up about all the different ways of combatting climate change — considering, that all signs point to little progress on the political front this year,

I'll also quote some social scientists who specialize in environmental risk and response who see little hope that heat waves will be the element that prompts citizens to support a strong climate bill or change behaviors in ways that cut combustion of fossil fuels.

With the falling carbon prices and very little revenue from CDM shares to fund Adaptation Fund activities, Green Climate Fund, seems to be the only ray of hope for Adaptation Fund to reach its full potential to «reduce vulnerability and increase adaptive capacity to respond to the impacts of climate change».

There is widespread agreement among many observers of international attempts to achieve a global solution to climate change that there is little hope of preventing dangerous climate change unless nations take their equity and justice obligations into account in setting national responses to climate change.