Sentence examples for prospects only from inspiring English sources

In several instances he let the congregation know that he had offered jobs to black prospects, only to be rebuffed.

The children learned about this alteration of their prospects only when she asked that they approve of it, shortly before Ginia's twenty-fifth birthday.

However, China's long indecision and delay in phasing out the one-child policy has made its long-term demographic prospects only seem even more questionable.

Put off by the poor job prospects, only about a third of architecture students in Europe now qualify to practise; in the past, the vast majority did.

Having been upbeat about the UK's economic prospects only late last year, governor Mark Carney finds himself declaring "now is not the time to raise UK rates".

McLouth, the Pirates' only All-Star last season, was traded for three prospects, only one of whom is considered to be close to reaching the majors.

Security co-operation will increase: the countries' defence ministers will meet regularly, an unimaginable prospect only a few years ago.

All this may be messy, but not nearly as messy as the alternative that seemed a real prospect only ten years ago: a break-up of the Indonesian state.

McConnell has told colleagues that this prospect only strengthens the case for a Republican Senate — as a check on a liberal President.

But a battle came into prospect only last month when the universities minister, David Willetts, announced that he was accepting her central recommendation about open access and that this thorough shake-up of academic publishing was to be implemented within the year.

Only when the words become: "I must stop smoking," spoken in the sleepless hours between three and five when premature death seems a more solid prospect – only then is there a real chance that smoking will actually cease.