Example sentences of "was hope that [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 It was hoped that a round table conference would be held during 1992 to discuss the new constitutional proposals which envisaged a new " commonwealth " structure .
2 However , the system of floating exchange rates was thought at the time to be a temporary feature of the international monetary system : it was hoped that a new framework would be found for a return to some kind of adjustable peg in which the burden of adjustment was clearly defined , both for deficit and surplus countries , and in which reserve assets were not based primarily on one currency .
3 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 .
4 It was hoped that a formal accord would be signed at a national multiparty peace conference on Sept. 14 .
5 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 .
6 As headmen were also under the authority of government agents , it was hoped that the two groups would begin to work together .
7 It was hoped that the two ends of the tunnel would meet in November 1990 .
8 It was hoped that the combined findings of our two annual surveys , in conjunction with a theoretical model of heroin ‘ epidemics ’ , would provide some modest foundations for making tentative hypotheses about future trends .
9 But since she knew that the Czech word for ‘ please ’ was ‘ prosím ’ she was hoping that the polite woman 's parting phrase had been the equivalent of an English ‘ Excuse me , please ’ while she went away to hand her card over to Vendelin Gajdusek .
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