Is Rover turning the corner or are the sales figures for April just a false dawn?

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It would be a pity if this were yet another false dawn.

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But then there was the same kind of evidence in Europe and the US yesterday, and that turned out to be a false dawn.

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But it was a false dawn, as he was caught out by Nathan Astle off the bowling of Martin for 51, leaving the home side on 109-3.

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Victory in the season's first event, in Monte Carlo, was something of a false dawn for Mitsubishi and Tommi Makinen, chasing an unprecedented fifth consecutive world rally championship.

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However the hope of a comeback proved to be a false dawn as man-of-the-match Bacque went over for his second and third tries, with the reliable Aucagne kicking over the conversion and then two more penalties for victory.

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The truth, if you will forgive my own mixed metaphors, is that it is very difficult to claim with any certainty whether today's growth figures mark a turning of the tide or a false dawn for the economy.

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Liverpool have been waiting for Joe Cole to come to the fore and he looked in the mood to banish a troublesome time at the club since his move to Anfield from Chelsea last summer, although it ultimately proved a false dawn.

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