We cannot realistically hope to turn back the clock and replicate behavior in the past.

On the other hand, some abortion providers said there was little more they could realistically hope to do to protect themselves.

The most she can realistically hope for is a life interest in the estate.

At least two from this group of seven realistically hope to crack the first round.

The most that a strategy can realistically hope to win in an average one of its 15 pairings cannot be much more than 600 points.

He modestly and realistically hopes a better candidate can be found.

The best we can realistically hope for now is to turn power over to relatively moderate Iraqis with a real base of popular support.

United soon needs to give the government a revised business plan showing the concessions it can realistically hope for.

Others are biologically unable to become thin - the most they can realistically hope for is to be less fat.

All he could realistically hope to do at this point was to spin things out just a little longer.