Example sentences of "it was hope that [adj] " 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 special through fares from Bristol and Exeter would also be available but this has proved impossible .
4 It was hoped that medical men would be attracted to take the College course , and then be commissioned as veterinary surgeons in the cavalry .
5 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 .
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