Sentence examples for provided a ray of from inspiring English sources

But today's weather forecast has provided a ray of hope, with Wimbledon reporting: "Confidence is high that a full day's play will be possible".

Sales of some models in this segment surged in June 2008, compared with June 2007, and the increase provided a ray of hope to automakers otherwise struggling to stay afloat.

My final visit provided a ray of hope.

The search for Earth, as tough as it was, provided a ray of hope in some of the most dismal moments.

"The cease-fire and the promise of all-party talks have provided a ray of hope for Nepal's 11 million children, who have been increasingly affected by violence and fear, especially in these last several months," Bellamy said.

The Saudi signal provides a ray of sunlight for those hoping for a strong deal to tackle global warming.

But in Germany, economists say, Chancellor Gerhard Schröder's economic agenda also provides a ray of hope as policy makers try to get consumers to spend again.

The visibility of the E.V.'s around Tohoku may provide a ray of hope to automakers coping with far greater challenges.

Growth and development, the two things that could provide a ray of hope, do not have pride of place in the fiscal remedies currently being advocated by Berlin, the main provider of rescue funds to date.

Strangely, the rapid growth in the rich-poor educational gap provides a ray of hope: if the relationship between family income and educational success can change this rapidly, then it is not an immutable, inevitable pattern.

In a fanciful style that occasionally veers into the heavy-handed (crème brûlée is more of a metaphor than a dessert here), Mr. Panych has written a clever play that, dramatizing the clash of ideas in the most dreary of places, speaks to the economic anxieties of our time and even provides a ray of hope.