Example sentences of "[noun] hope that the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you are steadily catching 4lb and 5lb bream it is wishful thinking to hope that the next one will be an 8-pounder . |
| 2 | Now the housing industry hopes that the reduced rates — which go as low as 6.25 per cent for first-time buyers — will do the trick and revive the deeply troubled market . |
| 3 | His Majesty hoped that the Prime Minister , with the colleagues who remained faithful to him , would help in the formation of a National Government , which the King was sure would be supported by the Conservatives and the Liberals . |
| 4 | Catherine Kenyon was the innocent victim of a race between a car and a motorcyle , and her parents hope that the Young Driver of the Year competition will help to raise driving standards . |
| 5 | Legislators hope that the Electric Power Crisis Act will persuade the World Bank to reconsider its decision . |
| 6 | The Saturday morning sport Outreach scheme was successful and Mrs. Wilson hoped that the first of the affordable homes would be completed by August . |
| 7 | Some British officials hoped that the judicial system would gradually gain acceptance and function as intended , but there was little opportunity for Sri Lankans to observe the principles which lay behind the rule of law . |
| 8 | Attempts to introduce legislation on animal patenting have been unsuccessful so far , but the campaigners hope that the new Clinton administration will be more sympathetic to their cause than its predecessor . |
| 9 | Academics hope that the new reference library will fill many of the gaping holes in the national library 's science collection . |
| 10 | Erbani , Lorieux and Carminati in the pack are no strangers to the international arena with 75 caps between them , but Fouroux and his assistant coach Daniel Dubroca hope that the French will show willingness and enthusiasm for battle and put behind them the inept and inexplicable performance witnessed at Strasbourg . |
| 11 | By donating this vehicle to the WISE campaign , British Rail Signal and Telecommunications Engineering hope that the thousands of girls who will have lessons on it , will at least keep their options open and that many will take up careers in Science and Technology later on . |
| 12 | Now the battle lines were clearly drawn : Marx hoped that the proletarian revolution would shortly follow and the communist utopia of his dreams would finally become a reality . |
| 13 | What they want to do next is to use deuterium and tritium together in the machine , since the dt reaction releases more energy per fusion than does the dd , and so Princeton hope that the faster energy release might enable them to cross the breakeven threshold . |
| 14 | Physical limits after 1953 were progressively less effective ( and in most other areas not even formally retained ) , but the Government hoped that the new financial disciplines would have some effect in curbing the industry 's investment demand . |
| 15 | Glavkosmos hoped that the predicted commercial success of Juno ( the first to be supported entirely by commercial funding ) from the sale of broadcasting rights , corporate sponsorship of the scientific experiments to be performed on board the Mir space station and the fees from " space advertising " , would encourage more Western companies , especially in the United States , to fund future crewed missions . |
| 16 | Philips hope that the wide availability of such CDs will both encourage existing CD audio owners to upgrade to CD-I and first-time CD audio purchasers to decide to pay the additional premium to acquire in a single package CD-I as well as CD-A . |
| 17 | The Treasury hopes that the new rates of return will make those companies still on the privatisation back-burner , such as British Coal and British Rail , leaner and more efficient . |
| 18 | Hodge hoped that the Joint Commission would resume its work and he did not wish to convey the impression to Koreans that it was American policy to prevent unification . |
| 19 | If it came to constitutional change , he would prefer it to involve the introduction of direct presidential elections — no doubt hoping that the first directly elected president would be none other than himself . |
| 20 | UNEP 's Executive Director , Dr Mostafa Tolba , said ‘ UNEP hopes that the Global 500 awards will inspire others to do their part towards building a sustainable future ’ . |