Example sentences of "[pron] [be] hope [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am hoping to do fun rides and shows this summer . |
| 2 | I did it partly for aesthetic reasons ; partly to economize on the number of genes necessary ( if genes did n't exert mirror-image effects on the two sides of the tree , we 'd need separate genes for the left and the right sides ) ; and partly because I was hoping to evolve animal-like shapes , and most animal bodies are pretty symmetrical . |
| 3 | On the other hand you do n't want to get too embroiled in parochial issues if you are hoping to attract national coverage . |
| 4 | Development technician Dave said : ‘ At the moment the proposals are very much up in the air but we are hoping to plan mixed weekend trips which both groups would enjoy . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ The main purpose of the trip was to see whether this environmentally-sensitive area needed special protection , ’ explained Kate Barlow , the expedition 's co-ordinator , ‘ and we were hoping to put forward recommendations that it should be conserved . |
| 6 | Erm they were hoping to use agrarian reform to mobilize mass support as well as economic and social change . |
| 7 | In addition , on the basis of qualitative data , it is hoped to identify different types of support networks . |
| 8 | So far 11 of the 24 parks have been established and it is hoped to have remaining areas protected by the end of 1994 . |
| 9 | We have not yet examined the implications of the structural or cost implications of this proposal in detail , but it is hoped to have preliminary drawings and outline cost estimates available prior to any Board Meeting called to discuss this issue . |
| 10 | Traditional financial analysis involves the calculation of a number of accounting ratios , which it is hoped represent key measures of a company 's performance . |
| 11 | It is hoped to revive lapsed groups in the near future in the city centre , Vauxhall , Dingle and Walton areas and branch out into as yet uncovered areas . |
| 12 | By re-classifying the conduct involved in such a way as to distinguish the grave from the less grave , it is hoped to discourage unwarranted pleas of not guilty and to overcome both the reluctance of prosecutors to bring charges and of courts to convict . |
| 13 | It is hoped to find sufficient evidence to reconstruct the life-style of the early modern child . |
| 14 | has found sales targets outside the UK snack market difficult to achieve but it is hoping to obtain new sales from recent new initiatives . |
| 15 | The public-sector borrowing requirement ( PSBR ) was forecast to decline in 1991 to 13 per cent of GDP and to reach 3 per cent by 1993 ( a target which some observers dismissed as optimistic ) , and it was hoped to reduce year-on-year consumer price inflation to 7 per cent by the end of the same year . |
| 16 | A row of smaller pots alongside it contained leaves from this parent plant from which he was hoping to strike new plants , so far without result . |