Example sentences of "[pers pn] was hope [conj] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Indeed it was hoped that overall adjustment would take place successfully through the cooperation of member countries in accepting such rules of conduct .
2 But Finch proceeded against the principal offenders , from whom it was hoped that substantial sums could be extracted , ‘ by way of a Speciall Indictment ’ .
3 It was hoped that medical men would be attracted to take the College course , and then be commissioned as veterinary surgeons in the cavalry .
4 Lyndall Sachs of the Belgrade office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees said it was hoped that another convoy could be sent in as early as today .
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 free trade in goods throughout the region would be ensured by 1995 and that the movement of capital and people would be deregulated by the end of the decade .
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 They were schools , therefore , where progress in matching library provision to curriculum need had already begun , and where it was hoped that this impetus could be further developed through participation in the project and a grant in the region of £2,500 .
9 Maybe it was hoped that this move would cool the situation a bit .
10 It was hoped that this simplification would enhance further the attractiveness of the SDR in both official and private transactions .
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