Example sentences of "hope [that] this [noun sg] would [vb infin] " in BNC.

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1 I know the Craven Arms Town Council themselves are very keen on it , and they are going to invite the County Council to take part in the tasks , and I would very much hope that this Committee would support the County Council , doing everything they can to help Craven Arms and their particular erm , endeavours .
2 Maybe it was hoped that this move would cool the situation a bit .
3 It was hoped that this simplification would enhance further the attractiveness of the SDR in both official and private transactions .
4 He had not heard the question but hoped that this reply would serve .
5 After World War I , Eleanor Rathbone , President of the National Union of Societies for Equal Citizenship ( NUSEC — formerly Millicent Garret Fawcett 's constitutional suffrage society ) campaigned for a family allowance that would provide a ‘ wage ’ for the mother as well as an allowance for the children , hoping that this proposal would unite women of all social classes .
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