Example sentences of "[be] hope [that] [adj] [noun] would " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was to be hoped that capitalist progress would eventually bring the labourers nearer to this maximum , and regrettable ( though not inconvenient for keeping wages down ) that so many were still so far below it . |
| 2 | One might say that the ‘ candid camera ’ technique used for some television programmes , where people have tricks played on them for the benefit of the viewers , is rather in this mode of observation , though it is to be hoped that social researchers would not encourage people to make fools of themselves in the way television producers do . |
| 3 | It is hoped that most governors would spend the whole of their service without having to face such an unwelcome decision as the dismissal of a member of staff and would be able to concentrate their efforts on engaging and supporting the best people to carry out the educational tasks for which they were responsible . |
| 4 | Indeed it was hoped that overall adjustment would take place successfully through the cooperation of member countries in accepting such rules of conduct . |
| 5 | The Ministry of Agriculture said yesterday it was hoped that next week would see the first dairy farms released from the restriction orders . |
| 6 | It was hoped that medical men would be attracted to take the College course , and then be commissioned as veterinary surgeons in the cavalry . |
| 7 | This raid had prompted the USA to suspend its dialogue with the PLO [ see pp. 37547-48 ] , and it was hoped that this dialogue would now be resumed . |
| 8 | Maybe it was hoped that this move would cool the situation a bit . |
| 9 | It was hoped that this simplification would enhance further the attractiveness of the SDR in both official and private transactions . |