Example sentences of "[adv] hope for a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 One would obviously hope for a linear dependence of the A-measure on area .
2 Now Rebecca 's family can only hope for a suitable kidney from an accident victim .
3 Unfortunately , encyclopaedias are very expensive to compile and publish so one can not hope for a new edition every year and the information in them is thus often very dated .
4 Finally hopes for a dramatic improvement in trade with Commonwealth members were not realized .
5 Manager Jim McCorry , who twice played against Fermanagh in the championship , is desperately hoping for a prolonged run to compensate for a disappointing and dismal league campaign .
6 Between January 1940 and June 1941 he broadcast no fewer than nine major speeches , demonstrating his unshakeable confidence , strengthening morale , and giving further hope for an early end to the war .
7 In 1960 EFTA still hoped for a multilateral solution , within the ambit of the OECD , to the economic differences between the two organisations .
8 They had both hoped for a classic siege manoeuvre : a complete blockade of supplies , followed when the city was weak by an assault over ditches infilled by themselves , and preceded by feints , night attacks and heavy bombardment .
9 The affair had dominated relations between the two countries , and Rocard now hoped for a fresh start , although Bolger noted that they would have to " agree to differ " over French nuclear policy .
10 But no , The Day Leeds Won The Title they were n't there , apart from one fat bloke called Jimmy who 'd gone out hoping for a quiet drink
11 You can address yourself to a man , and at least hope for a quick ear and an open heart !
12 Before the election many UN officials had privately hoped for a close result .
13 While ultimately hoping for a unified effort which reaches the smaller operator , he welcomes the global approach of the WTTERC — the sheer volume of the business produces , he says , enormous opportunity for environmental gain .
14 The partisans too hoped for a quick end .
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