Example sentences of "hope [conj] a [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Two teenagers have chosen to bed down for the night in a freezer as part of their training for an expedition to the Artic Circle , They hope that a good night of shivering in sub-zero temperatures will prepare them for the trip .
2 Determined to change the conversation , she opened her mouth to make a remark about the surrounding countryside , but he said suddenly , ‘ It 's too much to hope that a beautiful girl like you has had no experience .
3 Chancellor Norman Lamont hopes that a further cut in interest rates from eight per cent to either seven or six per cent will boost confidence and in turn the economy this week .
4 It was hoped that a small part of those works could stay in operation , renovating locomotives and rolling stock and that eventually a heritage museum could be set up on the site .
5 It is hoped that a wide range of other readers in allied services and occupations may also find something of interest in it .
6 It is hoped that a detailed study of this sort of one country will make its contribution to the general understanding of economic growth , now a topic of growing interest .
7 It might also be hoped that a fairer distribution of resources would result but that might depend not only on the restraints of the individual care manager 's budget but also on the priority given to dementia .
8 Some concern was expressed about the slow progress on negotiations to set up the museum and it was hoped that a further meeting with Shropshire Leisure Services could be set up soon .
9 The Benelux states were hostile to the suggestion , because they hoped that a geographical expansion of EEC membership , including British participation , would occur before concrete political plans were discussed .
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