Example sentences of "was hope for " in BNC.

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1 The fish have to be caught by longlining to preserve their quality for drying , and landings have not yet been at the level that was hoped for .
2 All these factors have helped to make Britain 's existing nuclear stations more expensive than was hoped for .
3 It is instructive to compare these accounts with another proposed project ( FAO/UNDP ) reported by Velloso ( 1981 ) in Honduras where an effective linkage between the community and Honduran entrepreneurs for the proper exploitation and industrialisation of forests was hoped for .
4 In the Colonial Office , which disliked the raj as a constitutional anomaly , a swift voluntary abdication was hoped for .
5 So too an answer is needed to the question of whether the failure to manage the transfer of information and the joint planning of a continuous four-year scheme between two different phases and organizations of education has led to the achievement of less than was hoped for , regardless of the fact that it has been very heavily funded .
6 But what was hoped for by many was a kind of superior Merrie England .
7 Archbishop McHale , who opposed the non-denominational system , was hoping for a verdict to support his views .
8 That was just the news I was hoping for .
9 The prime minister , Mr Michel Rocard , was hoping for better from its break-up .
10 One of the grown-ups said , ‘ I was hoping for a bit of a fly-past . ’
11 Maybe I was hoping for the impossible — that they 'd control their situation once they reached the football stadiums .
12 In 1971 I was hoping for great things , because the British Open was at Birkdale , my home-course , but Tom could n't handle Birkdale .
13 I was hoping for the best , never believing this sort of thing could happen to my own little horse .
14 Not quite beyond the threshold of pain experience I was hoping for … but damn close .
15 Supporters of both sides could enjoy such matches and the crowd two years later back up in Scotland was enormous and was hoping for a repeat of the excitement .
16 Mr Major will now face a rough ride when he reports to the Commons on the summit tomorrow instead of the cheers of approval he was hoping for .
17 ) In April 1190 Mozart was hoping for another court appointment under the new emperor , Leopold II , and he implored Puchberg to keep his financial disarray a secret , believing that if it were publicly known it would damage his chances of success .
18 He had expected a rise in road duty , but was hoping for a clearer differential between diesel and petrol prices .
19 The recession-hit industry was hoping for 400,000 .
20 Poor Christy , who was hoping for a reconciliation , was left sobbing on her father 's shoulder .
21 Four points from four games is not the start Souness was hoping for in Liverpool 's centenary season .
22 I was hoping for some money , as I was saving frantically to buy the owl for myself .
23 Balbinder would be 8 at Christmas and she saw no evidence of the improvement in learning to read and write that she was hoping for .
24 The increasing friction between Braun and the City Council came to a head last month when proposals for a large sculpture garden , which was to be financed completely by the Overholland Foundation , again did not find the support from the City Council that Braun was hoping for .
25 Thus , French High Commissioner Pignon was hoping for American assistance in replacing and repairing military equipment ; said he was prepared for US military aid to go direct to the Vietnam government ; but also , in order to deter a Chinese invasion of Tonkin , was trying to talk the US into sending warships , particularly aircraft-carriers , into Indo-Chinese waters .
26 Like Abed before him , I reckoned Mazzin was hoping for a violent response in order to have an excuse to beat us up .
27 He would have to be blind not to have noticed that something in Cora-Beth 's manner towards him had changed ; that the looks she sometimes gave him were no longer open and friendly but questioning , as if she expected , or was hoping for , something more .
28 But he could read her too well , and he could see that she was hoping for something more .
29 Reports reached Washington that the Shah was hoping for a restoration similar to that which occurred in 1953 .
30 The Shah 's enemies saw the move differently , The fact that they was now lingering in the area , first in Egypt an now Morocco , rather than proceeding straight to the United States as announced , inevitably aroused the suspicion that he was hoping for some sort of repeat of 1953 .
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