1.   Although occasionally humorous, the work presents a bleak view of urban alienation.

2.   A bleak view of human nature it most certainly is, but in a curious way the show has an almost uplifting quality.

3.   A bleak view perhaps, but then village life has always been regarded as the grim repository of the Russian soul.

4.   But she acknowledged that people may be imposing their own bleak view of Ukrainian politics over the auto-accident facts.

5.   Hongkong and Shanghai Bank is taking a similarly bleak view.

6.   His buddy Ryo Kubota, a university student, offered a similarly bleak view.

7.   In interviews on Thursday evening, members offered the bleak view that their country was on a long slide toward darkness with no visible solution, and no hope.

8.   Others continue to take a bleak view, however.

9.   The bleak view of the economy clears away any lingering concerns that inflation will erode the value of fixed payments on bonds.

10.   The survey found manufacturers the most optimistic with retailers holding a bleak view.