And we continue to be optimistic that -- or hopeful that we can reach a deal.
We believe that there is reason to be optimistic that an agreement can be reached.
The problem is that when you see what's required by investors, it is difficult to be optimistic that we'll ever get there.
It is not a given they will get their (200 or so) new users, but I would be optimistic that they will exceed that number.
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He claims to be optimistic that the dispute can be resolved.
With the increase in profitability and the historically inverse relationship between private company profit margins and the national unemployment rate, we can be optimistic that employment rates are moving in the right direction.
Major General WILLIAM CALDWELL (U.S. Military Spokesman): Although there is reason to be optimistic that this plan will succeed, it is important to acknowledge that it will not turn the security situation overnight.
If, for example, its remit covered possible failings in historic police investigations, the First Minister said it would require the Attorney General's consent, although he seemed to be optimistic that would be forthcoming if WG deemed it necessary.
That may be optimistic, given that the region's crisis has hit three of its biggest markets Indonesia, Thailand and the Philippines hard.
Even Mr Cameron must find it hard to be optimistic about that prospect: Mr Putin is not famed for his openness.
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But perhaps the best reason to be optimistic is that the companies in question are driven by a powerful motivator that is lacking in donor-led rural programmes: profit.
One reason to be optimistic is that many of these reforms have strong support from the generation of leaders now rising to the top of the corporate world, who are often deeply unhappy with the practices and norms bequeathed by their elders other than Sir Richard, of course.
For the same reason, you can be at least cautiously optimistic that the IMF and the Greek government will be able to identify some financial advantages in this for Greece.
Seeming somewhat lenient with regard to the level of stress that banks will be tested for, traders were optimistic that virtually all banks would pass and markets would be calmed.
It would be naive to be optimistic after all that has occurred but there is cause for less pessimism.
Telford councillor Mike Ion said there was "every reason to be optimistic" but that it was not "a done deal yet".
The main reasons to be more optimistic are that domestic demand (consumer spending and investment) is likely to remain stronger and that governments have more flexibility to offset America's malaise.
Mr. OLSON: They're being detained long periods of time where there's clear evidence of ongoing torture, so it's very difficult to be very optimistic about that human rights situation in Iraq, when that kind of activity's going on.
"I want to be optimistic and say that 800 megahertz will be the gold standard, but given the costs of the equipment, it's going to be a very slow process, " says Dan Sibo, a technical and operations manager in the Michigan State Police's emergency management division.
Officials now concede that it may not be passed before the end of the year and even that may be optimistic.
That, however, may be too optimistic, especially now that other organisations, including trade unions, are jumping on the bandwagon with their own blacklists.
And one of the things that -- one of the reasons why the President is optimistic that something can be done is that the environment has changed.
The recovery is uneven, and so there is reason to be optimistic about the builders that operate in the markets that are doing well.
Mr. YACOUB Al-SARRAF (Environment Minister, Lebanon): I cannot be optimistic about the ordeal that the eastern Mediterranean is going to deal with - not only Lebanon.
Another reason to be optimistic about Novatel is that a product that had practically disappeared from the company at the beginning of the year is now re-emerging.
Dr. HAYES: Well, I think there's also data that, in fact, those people have a right to be more optimistic, because we know that higher levels of education - actually, they have better outcomes with diagnoses of cancer or a diagnoses of heart disease.
Landscaping needs to be completed before the building can receive a permanent certificate, but Sbenaty said he was optimistic that it could be completed within the allotted time.
That may be optimistic but at least the election will be worth watching.
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