Columbia has its early hopes set on two expensive and risky films.

In spite of early hopes, and some success, the line was never very profitable.

And the book's early hope turns to disappointment, which would ordinarily be enough to give it shape.

His talents appeared early and inspired hope for the future in the hearts of the entire court.

My earlier hope, for their death and my disappearance, had been destroyed.

But many officials say that the early hope for billions of dollars from wealthy countries is fading rapidly.

A senior administration official said that, contrary to early hopes, it would probably take five years to use up the $18 billion.

A second example was the brief early hope that the polytechnics would become "people's universities".

All my earlier hopes for it have come to fruition.

Despite his early hopes, Voigt is nowhere near that group of leaders.