11.   After reducing city spending on housing programs for homeless adults, the administration now hopes to get state money to create new permanent housing.

12.   After the meeting, an official said the administration still hoped that intervention would not be needed.

13.   But a minister in his government has said publicly that the law is precisely the one the administration hoped for.

14.   But he said that the administration hoped to increase the penalties on the companies if smoking goals were not met.

15.   But if the Clinton administration hopes to score political points with its aggressive stance on trade, it is taking quite a risk.

16.   But it is unclear how much new evidence the administration hopes to assemble.

17.   But the administration now hopes to use the nomination to divide the GOP.

18.   But the administration hopes that the permits, which would be traded on a free market, will limit the price pressures on energy and encourage innovation instead.

19.   But Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright said the Clinton administration hopes that peace negotiations between FARC and the government can be restarted.

20.   But the official, speaking on condition of anonymity, indicated there was no doubt the Bush administration hopes to be dealing with Musharraf for quite some time.