1.   The health authority hopes that by next March no patients will have waited more than two years for treatment.

2.   The authority had been hoping Heswallbased developers Dayglobe would buy the Grade Two listed property.

3.   Nepalese authorities hope to quadruple that figure to a million within the next decade.

4.   American authorities had hoped that trade dustups with Japan were behind them.

5.   American authorities hope the steps will help deter corruption in developing nations because political leaders will find it harder to channel illicit wealth into ordinary investments.

6.   And with bigger names, the city authorities are clearly hoping to place Bonn and Beethoven on the festival circuit.

7.   Authorities also hope it could persuade Lithuania to seek his extradition for prosecution for war crimes there.

8.   Authorities had hoped that crackdowns on potassium permanganate imports would seriously disrupt the cocaine trade.

9.   Authorities hope the result will be very specific information about when and where to capture drug shipments and shippers in South Texas.