21.   The government hopes half the nation will take part in its lottery, giving people a flutter and financing good causes.

22.   Also, the government hopes to press ahead with the auction of state property.

23.   And, by taking equity stakes in the companies it helps, the government hopes to raise cash for more research.

24.   Asked about the prospects for further foreign investment, Horn said the government hopes to start the construction of the first of three major highways later this year.

25.   At the same time, the government hopes to allow consumers and companies to report purchases of land after the transaction takes place, rather than beforehand as now.

26.   A Commerce Department official, Beckwith Burr, said the government hoped to have a plan approved by April.

27.   After telling bin Laden to leave, the government hoped to win some concessions from the Clinton administration, including economic aid, but failed to do so.

28.   But both governments hope to avoid a new Cold War.

29.   But if the government hoped Lee would crack, he displayed hardly a fissure.

30.   But other safety advocates said that government could have hoped for little more.