Example sentences of "[prep] be hope [conj] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is to be hoped that all steam enthusiasts will perhaps make an effort to support this railway at some time during the present season to help to ensure that it remains in being into the future . |
| 2 | It is to be hoped that that will happen before the end of the year . |
| 3 | It is to be hoped that this is not early warning of the demise of public libraries ! |
| 4 | It is to be hoped that this will not deter commentators from making their contribution to the debate , particularly against the background of recent corporate scandals over which auditors have been criticised , often unfairly , and against a backcloth of rapid change in the ways of doing business generally . |
| 5 | It is always to be hoped that this charism will be active in popes and bishops , but it is not , nor can it be , reduced solely to their authority . |
| 6 | It is to be hoped that this satisfactory industrial position will be maintained after the War , for , unfortunately , in the past the deaf and dumb have always been amongst the first to be pushed to the wall in periods of depression . |
| 7 | It is to be hoped that this can be applied to other similar situations of deadlock . |
| 8 | It is to be hoped that some of the numerous shales in the Devonian and Carboniferous sections may prove to have been sufficiently ductile to restrain escape over the long timespan involved , despite the degree of deformation to which they have been subjected . |
| 9 | Now that Kilwinning has mushroomed from being a small village to having a population of almost 16,500 , it is to be hoped that some of the new residents will take an interest in the town 's historic past and will ensure the continued existence of the Ancient Society of Kilwinning Archers and the papingo shoot . |
| 10 | Arncliff folk were so poor — the meagre belongings of all twenty-seven totalling no more than £9. 7s. 4d. — that when the subsidy came to be levied , Robert Selson and William Prysche , with 20s. apiece , John Knolles ( 26s. 8d. ) , and Thomas and Leonard Atkynson ( 10s. each ) were selected as if at random and assessed at £2 each ; although the first two also enjoyed tiny incomes from land , it is to be hoped that some at least of their neighbours chipped in to make up the shilling due from each . |
| 11 | It is to be hoped that some day this fruitful field will be explored and the results given to us in English . |
| 12 | It is to be hoped that some day this fruitful field will be explored and the results given to us in English . |
| 13 | It is greatly to be hoped that some version of the censorship hypothesis holds because close to naked singularities it may be possible to travel into the past . |
| 14 | It is to be hoped that some will find their way to Norfolk and Lowestoft classes this autumn . |
| 15 | It is to be hoped that these commendably practical volumes will be followed by similar ones , particularly for the later period styles . |
| 16 | Some failures are due to ischaemia , sepsis , and fistulas in the arly period after operation and it is to be hoped that these complications will become less with further experience . |
| 17 | It is to be hoped that most members of the Society of Freelance Editors and Proofreaders are aware of this fact . |
| 18 | It is to be hoped though that Lady Thatcher does not listen too closely to these siren voices and think of staging a come back . |