Example sentences of "had little hope " in BNC.
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| 1 | I commented to Miklós that I had little hope of the New World solving the problems of the Old when it could not face up to its own difficulties . |
| 2 | ‘ I had little hope of re-employment , and so it seemed to me that the only thing to do was to set up in business , ’ he explains . |
| 3 | With a background like that , that poor old School Chaplain had little hope . |
| 4 | In individual cases catching criminals depended on the usually less than willing readiness of the village constables to act ; since they were chosen by vote annually from middling tradesmen and farmers they had little hope of dealing with many common incidents unless the rest of the community felt sufficiently outraged to support them . |
| 5 | Many students realised they had little hope of going abroad and sought instead other escape routes from their situation . |
| 6 | In the past , he had little hope of talking about his life to anyone beyond his immediate , equally oppressed , community . |
| 7 | The great grey is one of the largest of the forest owls of Scandinavia , larger even than the snowy owl of the Arctic tundra , and one species we had little hope of finding unaided . |
| 8 | Reagan 's half-hearted bid for the Republican nomination in 1968 had little hope of success against an extremely well-prepared Richard Nixon . |
| 9 | I decided I must go up to Addis Ababa and try to get permission to start again , but I had little hope of succeeding . |
| 10 | There they had little hope of meeting , wooing or wedding even the most hideous and unsuitable Englishwomen . |
| 11 | I know that you did your best , and you said yourself that the poor thing had little hope of surviving the birth ’ — his attitude to her had changed . |
| 12 | They had little hope of bringing up fresh provisions in these conditions , and if they lengthened their lines by a few more miles they would have no hope at all . |
| 13 | I had had to wait seven years for Evans 's pardon and another seven years for Meehan 's , and , knowing the reluctance of the Home Office even to consider whether a mistake has been made , far less admit it , I had little hopes of any quick remedial action . |