Sentence examples for scant prospect of from inspiring English sources
Foreign diplomats close to the talks see scant prospect of progress.The roots of the conflict lie in a failure to build the basis of a functional state.
It would be nice if Mr Obama could do the same, but there is scant prospect of it.History has built up unrealistic expectations of the presidency.
They will be the biggest victims if the talks cannot be revived, and there seems to be scant prospect of that.
There was scant prospect of any change in the order of Serie A's top three teams before the end of this campaign.
In Brussels this is seen as playing to the nationalist anti-immigration gallery in Britain since there is scant prospect of any new members joining the EU in this decade.
The influence of the hardline Bennett, whose political base is the rightwing national religious constituency, raises scant prospect of a return to peace negotiations with the Palestinians, even at a time when Israel is under mounting international pressure.
The depth of the recession, the scant prospect for meaningful growth, the size of the country's refinancing requirements and, crucially, the increasingly uncertain political outlook all pose significant risks going forward.
Given the difficulty of retaining the gavel, plus the scant prospect for a so-called grand bargain later in the midst of a presidential election year, stepping down after the midterms would allow Boehner to leave on his own terms.
Vladimir Putin's annual phone-in with the Russian public offered scant prospect either of a solution to the Ukraine crisis or of a more general thaw in relations with the West, currently at levels reminiscent of the frostiest periods of the Cold War.
Here was an old-time metal bender, with scant prospects for growth and no way to make big profits in the cost-plus world of defense contracting.
His journey from the Brussels neighborhood of Schaerbeek, where he grew up, to Syria — and back, as a changed and deadly man — is a trajectory decidedly different from that of many of his cohort, who were possessed of scant prospects and long rap sheets.
