1.   Against this bleak backdrop, there are rays of hope.

2.   Amid the crushing disappointment of the general election there was a ray of light for the Conservatives.

3.   Besides, today there had been a ray of hope.

4.   There is one ray of hope, though.

5.   Although the tanning salon industry maintains that it offers a safe alternative to sun exposure, new research suggests that ultraviolet rays from sun lamps are just as harmful.

6.   And in half of those cases, chest X rays are normal.

7.   At zero latitude, the sun shines down so directly that even though the high sierra region tends to be springlike in temperature, its rays are intense.

8.   But there may be rays of hope for practitioners of the dismal science.

9.   But Weiss and others also note that there are rays of good news, in the economy and the stock market, among the otherwise glum numbers.

10.   But while the clubhouse was reserved Thursday, there were rays of hope.