| Looking a few years down the line, I am hopeful of being in the running to be the first-choice keeper. |
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| The Government have given one sweetener and are hopeful of giving another before it names the day, but in politics you never know. |
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| Interest has also been expressed in the business and the receivers are hopeful of concluding a sale in due course. |
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| With the region's unpredictable weather conditions, the team is hopeful of an exciting race. |
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| Certainly they are in good form at the moment and will be very hopeful of progressing to the next stage. |
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| As has been said before, it's better to be confident of a good result than hopeful of a great one. |
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| When the refinery was commissioned last year every Nigerien was hopeful of a good future. |
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| Today Mr Hussey said everyone at the hotel was hopeful of seeing the bustard returned as the centrepiece of the garden. |
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| Yet, support for democracy in the region remains high and its citizens are still hopeful of its capacity to deliver improvements in livelihood. |
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| In that sense, some of the intentions of 1968 would go on to be part of South African struggles, still hopeful of finding liberation. |
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| Rescue teams continued to drill toward six trapped miners Thursday evening and were hopeful of reaching the men with lifelines, mine officials said. |
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| Some people there were local girls, beautifully coiffed, hopeful of a foreigner and available for marriage. |
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| The branch PO tells me that the publicity committee is hopeful of landing a sponsor shortly for the upcoming Towns' Cup, which was unsupported financially last season. |
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| The Delhi Metro is also hopeful of cashing in on its growing popularity. |
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| That is why I would stress, once again, that we are hopeful of making very firm progress towards new simplifications during the coming year. |
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| The Government was hopeful of managing within the next few years to provide every child with a birth certificate. |
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| I am hopeful of that, as I think all members in the House are, but before arriving at that final stage, other events would have to transpire. |
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| Probably most hopeful of the activities are those directed toward education for marriage. |
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| Chair Pachauri acknowledged that they have approached governments and are hopeful of generous support in response. |
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| Of course it is a difficult time due to the economic downturn, but many people remain hopeful of a gradual change for the better. |
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| The process is taking longer than expected, but we are hopeful of saving at least some of the jobs. |
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| We are now hopeful of starting milling operations in early 2006 with ore sourced entirely from both new and old zones on the Kiena Mine. |
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| France destroyed an Irish side who had gone into the match hopeful of a win, scoring 31 early points to put the game out of reach. |
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| Inaugural winners and the only team to have gone through to the knockout stage in each of the tournament's three, Al Ain are hopeful of emulating their 2003 success. |
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| By November 2005, WNSL were still hopeful of a handover date of 31 March, in time for the cup final on 13 May. |
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| He was very hopeful of having some new Skål countries coming online very shortly, including with the formation of Clubs in Hanoi, Vietnam and Siem Riep, Cambodia. |
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| If this could be done, I am hopeful of a better future for the world. |
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| The Armenian economy is showing an improvement and the government is very hopeful of attracting more foreign investors thanks to the confidence they are expected to have in the government's economic policy. |
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| The issue of internally displaced persons is one of those remaining since the 2006 crisis and is being dealt with, and we are hopeful of an early satisfactory solution of that pending issue. |
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| Some, though, were hopeful of a new combined HRT drug that contains equine oestrogen and bazedoxifene, a selective oestrogen receptor modulator, that can modulate any damaging effects of oestrogen on uterus and breast tissue. |
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| We are hopeful of redeployment opportunities for many of the staff, but expect around 100 to be leaving altogether. |
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| Slamming Congress for underdevelopment, Mahajan said that she was hopeful of winning the elections. |
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| So I'm hopeful of a good run, although Oliver Sherwood's ARKOSE looks the one to beat. |
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| Developers were turning decrepit commercial buildings into yuppie condominiums, film-makers were flocking in to profit from generous tax credits, and the city's two medical schools were hopeful of attracting researchers. |
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| Robbie Regan, the WBO bantamweight champion, who has been dogged by illness for more than a year, is now hopeful of regaining fitness by the autumn. |
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| Brawn GP were hopeful of a strong result in the Hungarian Grand Prix, as the car had been significantly updated and was usually at its best in hot conditions. |
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| It's thought that bid is very close to Barcelona's asking price and Chelsea are now hopeful of doing business to bring in the powerful centre back. |
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| While I remain hopeful of one day spotting a wildcat on my ventures in the Highlands, I couldn't care less if I never saw Mr Brewer's face on my screen again. |
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| Badminton China will be hopeful of more gold on the badminton court today with Dan Lin a warm 2-5 favourite to win his clash with Malaysia's Chong-Wei Lee in the men's final. |
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