1.   But now even those hopes are being dashed.

2.   He had also made discreet inquiries about a more permanent post, but once again his hopes were dashed.

3.   Its hopes were dashed by the sudden tumble of once-fashionable drug shares.

4.   Now those hopes have been dashed, and they find themselves handing their own adversary a sharp sword.

5.   Renewed fighting has dashed all hopes of an early settlement.

6.   The ending of the talks has dashed any hopes of peace.

7.   The report dashes hopes of an early improvement in the economy.

8.   The announcement dashed hopes of an early end to the crisis.

9.   The incident brought to an end a month-long period of peace in Kashmir, and dashed hopes of a reduction in the border tension.

10.   That hope has been dashed.