Example sentences of "[was/were] hope that a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The postponement was a crushing disappointment to NASA engineers who were hoping that a successful flight would restore Congressional confidence in the Agency . |
| 2 | It was hoped that a round table conference would be held during 1992 to discuss the new constitutional proposals which envisaged a new " commonwealth " structure . |
| 3 | However , the system of floating exchange rates was thought at the time to be a temporary feature of the international monetary system : it was hoped that a new framework would be found for a return to some kind of adjustable peg in which the burden of adjustment was clearly defined , both for deficit and surplus countries , and in which reserve assets were not based primarily on one currency . |
| 4 | It was hoped that a small part of those works could stay in operation , renovating locomotives and rolling stock and that eventually a heritage museum could be set up on the site . |
| 5 | It was hoped that a formal accord would be signed at a national multiparty peace conference on Sept. 14 . |