Example sentences of "[prep] be hope [conj] [noun] [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is … to be hoped that Oxford will tackle the job ( of a new edition of OED ) and that the result will include a printed version of an enlarged OED . ’ |
| 2 | With the tightening of world oil demand which will come in the 1990s and the beginnings of a ‘ catching-up ’ programme of crude price increases , it is to be hoped that measures will be taken in good time to counteract what could be a politically unacceptable and potentially debilitating economic dependence on imported energy , for the US and for the rest of the Western world . |
| 3 | In addition it was to be hoped that Max could come up with some fairly definite cause of death ; and it was even possible ( if only just ) that the surgeon might throw caution to the wind for once and volunteer a tentative approximation of the time it had actually happened . |
| 4 | It is to be hoped that MAFF will adopt a realistic and progressive attitude to the measure . |
| 5 | New legislation is ‘ on the stocks ’ and it is to be hoped that politicians will take note of the example of Gothenburg , Emissionsteknik 's home city , where all the buses have recently been equipped with exhaust catalysts . |
| 6 | It is to be hoped that pupils will acquire a sensitivity towards those who have differing beliefs and develop an understanding of those beliefs , while at the same time becoming more aware of their own value and place within society . |
| 7 | It was to be hoped that Davout would be reasonable over the question of expenses . |