They're pretty hopeless.

Frankly, no. Not a chance in the world.

Hardly likely to happen, is it?

It's hopeless, Pinocchio.

When prospects are dark and hopes are dim,

Is it, perhaps, that this cause is too hopeless?

Anchor He offers no hope of cleaning it up.

The rest of us decided to take our chances in the sunlight... small as those chances might be.

Mr Mayhew described you as champion of the hopeless cause.

The future is very uncertain.

Yes, a very slim one.

They now added up to exactly zero.

Even though the Governments make efforts in this field, estimates are that the prospects of quickly solving the problems of accommodation are weak.

Painstaking sifting and searching... until O'Brien began to wonder if the trail were cold... or too faint to follow.

Anyway, the chances of it being granted are very slight.

It's a desperate chance, but it's worth taking.

Unanswered questions abound. Of course, even in the face of this misery, we should not lose hope in agreements reached by diplomatic means but, realistically, the chances are dwindling every day.

Protracted displacement with little hope of solutions in sight remains the situation of millions of displaced persons worldwide.

is dying right in front of us.

Crazy odds, but what can we lose?

We'll search out their weaknesses. A forlorn hope.

So pervasive has been the role of ICTs that there would be little hope of achieving the MDGs without significant upgrading of ICTs in developing countries.

The situation in the territory, characterized by poverty, unemployment and violence, was deteriorating steadily, making slimmer any hopes placed by the Palestinian people in the road map.

However, there could be little hope of establishing an agreement to create a regional nuclear weapon free zone unless the nations of that region implemented and upheld existing agreements to which they were parties.

Meanwhile, the tenuous status quo in Israel and Palestine is crumbling. With a two state solution less likely than ever, the area is likely to experience the creeping consolidation of a one state reality.

A solution to this decades old conflict has proved elusive.

The outlook for the US economy over the next few years hinges on what a deeply divided Congress decides. Right now, the prospect that they will make the right choices appears to be dim.

But even if the commitment strategy produced beneficial incentives, it might not have been worth the risk. Perhaps Cortés, blinded by his dreams of glory, was ready to sacrifice his troops even when the odds of victory were too slim.

The presence of approximately 44,000 former combatants in Monrovia, in an environment that affords little hope of finding a job, is a source of concern for stability and security in the capital in the short to medium term.

With little hope of a political solution in sight, UNHCR and the Special Representative of the Secretary General for Western Sahara have promoted a series of humanitarian confidence building measures involving all parties.

Other activities provide practical tips and assistance, such as a specially developed module for ethnic minority families to be used in integration programmes and activating and work facilitating programmes for families that have little prospect of employment.

But prospects for political reform do not inspire optimism. While Grillo s supporters may ignite fireworks in protest of these gilded giveaways for a few months, a consistent assault leading to genuine reform seems doubtful.

If I, with the bleakness of spirit, with no spirit, that I had in the 1970s and no possibility of recovery, as far as that group of very experienced psychiatrists thought, if I can find my way back from this, believe me, anybody can find their way back from any adversity that exists in their lives.

However, it was also noted that items continually held in abeyance had little prospect of serious consideration.

Former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan made a valiant effort to negotiate a peace settlement when there still seemed to be a remote chance of success. Since then, the sharp rise in bloodshed has made it increasingly unlikely, or even impossible, that Assad s opponents would consent to any arrangement that kept him in power.

As always, the main victims are civilians caught in the crossfire. The renewed fighting, coming eight months after a promising peace initiative known as the Goma Agreement, means more civilian deaths and little chance of normality returning to the eastern part of Congo.

SEOUL Negotiations over the denuclearization of the Korean peninsula look set to resume. Sadly, they are unlikely to end soon.

It is felt that passage of the new Law on Religious Communities and Religious Groups makes resolution of this issue even less likely.

It was his wish that recent developments might offer some hope, no matter how small, as regards ending the hostile relations between the Israeli and Palestinian sides.

It was his wish that recent developments might offer some hope, no matter how small, as regards ending the hostile relations between the Israeli and Palestinian sides.

Because it's 100to1 shot because it's much more than line of duty because there's so little chance of us coming out of it I felt I ought to put up to you.

When Thatcher first expressed her belief in the potential of Gorbachev s pro democracy reforms, I was a 24 year old recent university graduate beginning my career. There was scant hope that my life would be better than that of my mother and, more dispiriting, even less hope that I would be able to build a better life for my young daughter.

Difficulties being encountered in reintegration of the Region s judiciary make chances of an early resolution of this situation unlikely.

Moreover, defaults on securitized credit card debt and commercial loans to companies that are driven to bankruptcy are still to come. They will continue to deprive the banking system of its equity capital, with little chance of it being recouped in the near future.

Prospects for sustainable development appeared farther away, as a massive corporate land grab accelerated daily.