Sentences with phrase «perhaps vain hope»

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Resurrection is here closely associated with martyrdom; it is a «wonderful reward reserved for those who die a godly death».7 This kind of resurrection hope arose spontaneously, but perhaps irrationally, from those who, observing martyrdom, had no other way of expressing their conviction that the martyr had not died in vain.

The best we can hope for this season is mid table and perhaps a relegation fight in the vain hope that those ruining our club move on to another profit making venture.

It's real proof of the New 3DS XL's beefier gaming chops, and one that I hope — perhaps in vain — that more developers will take advantage of.