Example sentences of "been hope [that] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It had been hoped that the removal of exchange rate fluctuations between EC currencies would constitute the first stage toward monetary union , but the widespread acceptance of floating has made this aim more difficult to achieve , although the European Monetary System has had some success in this respect . |
| 2 | It had been hoped that the Americans ' long-delayed decision to recognise the government might have obliged UNITA to co-operate . |
| 3 | It had been hoped that the centrepiece of the summit would be the initialling of a draft treaty reducing the superpowers ' arsenals of strategic nuclear weapons currently being negotiated at the START talks in Geneva [ see p. 37267 ] . |
| 4 | It had been hoped that the Budget could boost sales by about 70,000 , but manufacturers are now pinning hopes on an improvement on the traditional registration rush in August . |
| 5 | It had been hoped that the station would be reached at high speed by tunnel from east London , but getting to St Pancras from the Channel route would involve a tortuously slow route over a heavily congested suburban line . |
| 6 | It had apparently been hoped that the numbers of long-term patients suffering from dementia would diminish with the rundown of the asylums . |
| 7 | Yeah the main difficulty is in is in the time period because it 's it 's quite likely that I mean I 'd we 'd been we 'd been hoping that the target candidate could put in a reasonable amount of personal commitment to the campaign . |