Sentence examples for prospect of retaining from inspiring English sources

Tottenham had a genuine prospect of retaining a Carling Cup they had secured by beating Chelsea a year ago.

The prospect of retaining him generated praise from the military establishment and Capitol Hill, where he is viewed as a pragmatist who turned the Pentagon around after the tumultuous tenure of Donald H. Rumsfeld.

Labor, which formed government less than two months ago with the support of the independent Peter Wellington, faces the prospect of retaining power only with the support of Katter's Australian party MPs or by winning Cook again in a by-election with a new candidate.

The prospect of retaining their championship crown - for the first time in 66 years - was fuelling Irish fire, and they underlined their intentions by carving the home side open within the first five minutes.

In the months that followed, influential forward Steven Naismith's season was ended through injury and top scorer Nikica Jelavic was sold to Everton before the step into administration brought a 10-point deduction from Rangers' league tally and ended any real prospect of retaining the title.

But the involvement of Bellamy, Slater, Smith and Cronk makes me pessimistic about the Rhinos' prospects of retaining their crown.

Manuel Pellegrini is hopeful Bony can boost City's prospects of retaining the title and help them knock Barcelona out of the Champions League.

To be sure, Comey's actions weren't the only thing that improved the Republicans' prospects of retaining control in the Senate.

The Israeli's prospects of retaining his position are effectively dependent upon winning a trophy in the next month, with that pressure accepted by his squad.

In addition Mr. Bergman has collared a slate of marquee names — Woodward and Bernstein Koppell and Safire; Markos Moulitsas of the Daily Kos blog; Eric Schmidt, the chief executive of Google — to reflect on journalism's prospects of retaining its status as a public trust.

Celtic's prospects of retaining the League championship had been prepared for death, the last rites administered, when substitute Georgios Samaras's goal 11 minutes from time brought an improbable resuscitation.