Sentence examples for slim prospect of from inspiring English sources

For homeless people in the Bay Area, the difficulty is less not having a home as the slim prospect of ever getting one.

And there is only a slim prospect of a medal on Monday for Alison Young in the Laser Radial final and none at all for the 2008 gold medallist Paul Goodison in the Laser.

The official would not give details about the terms of the deal, citing privacy issues, but said it was likely that Jeter's lawyers wanted to settle because of the slim prospect of his winning in court.

The fact that the law is willing to give weight to a victim's sexual history puts everyone who reports at risk of having their personal lives invaded in a search for "evidence" – with only a slim prospect of a conviction for their attacker.

However, any slim prospect of an Ards comeback was ended by Cliftonville's third goal on 58 with Boyce netting from close range after Gormley's dipping free-kick had been spilled by McKibbin.

This week Lord Williams writes that when it comes to Syria "it is daunting to write that there is a slim prospect of international intervention, and if truth be told, even less of international justice".

But all have slim prospects of joining the EU in the lifetime of anyone reading this article.

Their backers entered the America's Cup the way Steve Forbes enters presidential campaigns: with slim prospects of winning and the knowledge that losing will cost millions.

With slim prospects of well-paid work, loans are an effective prison, keeping the recent graduate from fully exploring their options.

The staff are motivated, their clients, each with a sad story to tell (how did you get to have six kids by 33?), seem mostly keen to find another job – but realistic about their slim prospects of doing so.

Ms. Sandberg's desire to teach women "to negotiate so they get paid more" has only marginal relevance to the millions of low-paid women in the United States and Britain who have very slim prospects of increasing their pay packets from the minimum wage that people employed in the five C's — caring, cashiering, catering, cleaning and clerical work — can expect.