Example sentences of "hope for [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | But there is not much he can really hope for in the present elections . |
2 | It is abundantly clear that the homeless have nothing to hope for from the socialist Government , which promised them so much in 1945 and so little in 1950 . |
3 | You could also erm , start to recognize the benefit of the rural sector , and one reason why they were discriminating , L D Cs tended to want to ignore that and sort of shun it , because it 's not sort of a glamorous image they were trying to hope for in the urban sector , and , so , if they did help them , say give them units , like the repair men , units to work in , and they put them in really totally crappy accommodation , and up not where you need it , and not where people pass by with their motors and things , they , they 'd put them somewhere up on a hill , overlooking a city , so erm , to encourage the informal sector by erm , sort of on a par with the formal sector because erm , their inter- reacting , inter-relating now , like they 're providing cheap inputs for the formal industries and , and the formal industries are pro providing clientele all for the informal sector , and so it 's all inter-linked and , and it 's there now . |
4 | The virtual destruction of the Liberal Party almost completed the political pattern which he had hoped for since the previous autumn . |
5 | The goal was to implant " standard " English forms ( linguistic and cultural ) by inculcating a " love " of literature ( the most that might be hoped for in the elementary sector ) .71 Within the higher sectors ( preparatory , secondary , grammar , and public schools , as well as colleges of various kinds ) the aim was much broader . |