Sentences with phrase «scant hope for»

But as there is no way to tell if caviar is farmed or «wild», the new rules offer scant hope for sturgeon in the Caspian Sea, where overfishing has reduced their numbers by 90 per cent in the past two decades.

Not exact matches

Even if there is scant scientific evidence for a procedure, does it matter if it gives someone hope and raison d'etre?

Women with few prospects for marriage in their own social circle had scant hope of financial security unless they found a way to make a match elsewhere.

Months after the bleaching event on the Great Barrier Reef, signs of the hoped - for recovery are scant.