Example sentences of "be hope that [noun] would " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were a few diplomatic handshakes as the players left the field at the end , but it seemed a relief that an extra week lay between this Test match and the next , and it could only be hoped that work would continue behind the scenes to impress upon these cricketers , especially the more excitable ones , that the game does not deserve to be abused . |
| 2 | Moreover , in the secondary sector , it was hoped that comprehensivisation would be effective in equalising opportunities among different social groups . |
| 3 | Plots of land were provided where houses could be built near the coast and it was hoped that fishing would become the occupation of former crofters ; it was the beginning of the villages . |
| 4 | Their previous cutter Vigilant was still going strong and it was hoped that Searcher would have an equally successful career . |
| 5 | It was hoped that transport would provide the one really ‘ big idea ’ for the Tory election manifesto in the form of the privatisation of British Rail . |