31.   Guided by a mournful bleating, he came across several groups of sheep, huddled together in the vain hope of safety.

32.   He called the election in the hope of receiving a popular mandate.

33.   He had cut himself loose from the past and had good hopes of making a comfortable landfall.

34.   He had hopes of being selected for the national team.

35.   He had hopes of following in the footsteps of Dositej and becoming minister of education.

36.   He saw little hope of achieving this by gradual measures or appeals to newly established unity.

37.   He traveled south in the vain hope of finding work.

38.   Her words dimmed our hopes of a peaceful settlement.

39.   Here were two great people who have both tried the experiment of Communism in the hope of modernization.