Management have now confirmed this is a realistic prospect.

And yet I wonder how much longer our national resolve can hold, especially when there is so little realistic prospect of improvement.

German unification, a taboo subject until a few months ago, is becoming a realistic prospect.

The services say they routinely reject students who have no realistic prospect of playing college sports.

And with the decline in the housing market, there was no realistic prospect of a sales success that would justify the costs.

Those are the kind of fights that break out when a party has a realistic prospect of taking power.

There was no realistic prospect that trade would take place and the company never realised any significant profit from its monopoly.

Meanwhile, most analysts agree, public spending should be brought under control to conform with more realistic prospects for long-term growth in the state's economy.

Chance: situation where an attacking player can shoot at goal, with a realistic prospect of scoring.

It is now clear that, due to delays, even 2012 is not a realistic prospect.