Example sentences of "[adv] hope " in BNC.

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1 One would obviously hope for a linear dependence of the A-measure on area .
2 The Communist Party could apparently hope for little from the Socialist League and for nothing from the Labour Party .
3 While over 2,300 people wait on death rows countrywide to see if they will die or not , we can only hope that the US comes to its senses soon .
4 I can only hope that the bursar now inhabits a wholly healthy Oxford .
5 One can only hope that tournament organisers come to recognise this and ensure that each event is staffed by the requisite number of officials .
6 One can only hope for all concerned with the pub estate that Threshold Inns are allowed the chance to prove themselves and become a legend in pub retailing .
7 One judges better of others than that , but can only hope better of oneself .
8 We can only hope that the future will see technological advance : perhaps overhead power lines will carry DC in preference to AC to the extent that converters are used to generate AC domestically or industrially .
9 Dagenham 's employees can only hope that Ford does not resurrect the phrase in the 1990s .
10 As an aspiring recording artist , I can only hope you will enjoy your music and live the lifestyle , while you remember that the music business is a career , just like any other .
11 I can only hope the experience encourages America to apply better judgment in its selection of ‘ allies ’ .
12 She could only hope he was grateful , and truly so , for all she was forced to suffer on his behalf .
13 After that we can only hope that it goes in our favour because we know it wo n't be easy . ’
14 We can only hope that the message was garbled in transmission , or possibly in translation from the Italian — a much more difficult language than many seem prepared to believe .
15 But live , for the first time viewer , they can only hope to achieve a possible connection via the actual presentation and general ‘ sound ’ .
16 I can only hope I am proved wrong : things have gone too far to turn back the tide .
17 An independent charity , the association say they can only hope to continue this level of help to sporting organisations with the public 's support .
18 They could only hope , that with an improvement in the general financial situation , the position would improve in the coming year .
19 The adviser can only hope that if the client was put at her ease while at the bureau then she may come back for further help when that issue could be picked up for suitable referral .
20 I can only hope that we gave her sufficient help and support when the problems came along .
21 What has been said above about sampling can only hope to be the very lightest of scratches on the surface of what is a vast subject in itself .
22 We can only hope it will pass without an H-bomb war ’ — a fitting comment , I feel , on the hawks and ideologues on both sides .
23 We can only hope that the current problems will be resolved .
24 We can only hope that common sense will prevail more quickly than it did in the previous instance .
25 These knobbly penises were also supposed to add excitement to love making — we can only hope that their ladies appreciated the gesture .
26 One could only hope that they would ; at any rate , they were a relatively safe form of experimentation in power sharing which , unlike a commitment to the development of parliamentary institutions , could if necessary be abandoned .
27 Now he could only hope that the heavy crop of elderberries , which heralded the end of summer , did not mean that all the leaves had fallen .
28 We can only hope that their soon to be announced UK distributor is as helpful in sorting out these little problems .
29 We can only hope that a combination of international intervention and dawning sanity among the fighters will silence the sound of the guns .
30 We should only hope that the minister does n't start using the Book of Revelations as his appointments diary .
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