Sentence examples for set to be dashed from inspiring English sources

Their hopes of making Germany looked set to be dashed.

Hopes that the Office of Fair Trading will deliver a firm conclusion on whether British supermarkets are fleecing their customers look set to be dashed.

Hopes of a £3bn merger between construction groups Carillion and Balfour Beatty looked set to be dashed last night after Balfour agreed a sale of its US business.

Hopes that Europe and Japan will withstand an American downturn better than in the past the beguiling notion of "decoupling"—seem set to be dashed.

Campaigners' hopes are set to be dashed as Government opts instead for self-regulation Children will wake up to smaller Easter eggs tomorrow – because chocolate makers have shrunk the packaging on millions of boxes by half.

Talks in London are ongoing with Roma over the possible transfer of midfielder Erik Lamela, but Villas-Boas' hopes of being reunited with Zenit St Petersburg forward Hulk look set to be dashed after the club's manager Luciano Spalletti said the Brazilian was not for sale.

Hopes had to be dashed.

Their hopes are about to be dashed.

Such hopes would now seem to have been dashed.

For comparison, the oscillatory plateau potentials with both (g_{mathrm{Na}}) and (g_{mathrm{K},mathrm{SK}}) set to zero is shown in dashed lines at the bottom of panel A, showing that the period, in this instance, is about the same with and without spikes.

Steak a la Diane, like a half-remembered tune from bygone days, sets up pleasant expectations that are dashed by a neutral strip steak and halfhearted sauce.