Example sentences of "[was/were] to be hope that " in BNC.
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| 1 | Extending the requirement for leave to appeal It was to be hoped that in the context of forthcoming legislation , consideration would be given to extending the requirement for leave to appeal across the board , both because there was no justification for allowing any appeal to proceed if it had no prospect of success and because the present dividing lines between those in which leave was required and those in which it was not , was quite illogical . |
| 2 | It was to be hoped that Davout would be reasonable over the question of expenses . |
| 3 | Members heard Beamish tell the audience that Germany was a great country today because Hitler had named the enemy and it was to be hoped that he would soon call an international conference on the question . |
| 4 | On this occasion it was to be hoped that humiliation and hurt pride had been assuaged by a new pair of shoes and a many-stranded jet necklace — like early travellers taking presents to the natives , Sophia felt . |
| 5 | It was noted that linking with the Roman Catholic Education Commission had causes problems of communication since the latter was mainly concerned with schools , and that it was to be hoped that putting the promotion of house groups on to the agenda of the Bishops ' Conference would prove more fruitful . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | It was to be hoped that Joanna did n't let out details of their various clients and the pet shop . |