11.   Blacking out at the restaurant had dashed those hopes.

12.   Frances Hopkins hopes were dashed when the appeal was denied.

13.   But their hopes were dashed when the rope snapped and the Bettina Danica was pushed further on to the rocks by the rising tide and the heavy swell.

14.   Amelio also dashed hopes that Apple would produce a bargain-basement machine.

15.   Analysts said that dashed hopes that brewing margins were on the rebound after declining as fierce competition kept prices low.

16.   And if the Chiefs thought things would change in the second half, they had those hopes dashed quickly.

17.   And the discovery of the virus in birds in New York, New Jersey and Delaware last month has dashed hopes that it would not survive the winter.

18.   And the first Bank of France meeting with its new members came and went without a cut in interest rates, dashing hopes for lower rates soon.

19.   A blow on the head with an iron rod caused a minor stroke that nearly paralyzed his right hand, dashing any hopes of performing.

20.   A flurry of high-profile dot-com collapses in recent weeks dashed their hopes of attracting investors.