Example sentences of "it [be] hope [prep] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Court adjourned the matter until Thursday , ‘ but it is hoped by both parties that by then the current uncertainty and speculation concerning the future of Manchester will have been resolved ’ . |
| 2 | The University denied it was hoping for some form of financial benefit from the visit . |
| 3 | In the seventeenth century a law was brought in which forbade the burial of the dead in any but woollen shrouds , because it was hoped by this decree to support the failing woollen trade of the Dales . |
| 4 | It was hoped in this way to reduce the high refusal rate which is a hazard in sociolinguistic surveys , and indeed the method seemed in general to be successful in this respect ; altogether , out of 40 addresses visited , only 8 refusals were recorded . |
| 5 | In the discussions of the mid-1970s it was hoped in some institutions that this step might be the forerunner of others involving greater delegation of powers . |