Example sentences of "only hope that the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I only hope that the police committee will actually support those and get on towards introducing them , because that is a way of using some of the people in our village communities to erm , to keep an eye on the community and see that those people that should n't go round . |
| 2 | One could only hope that the Earl of Gloucester would realise the futility of remaining isolated in Normandy when Matilda 's cousin was already anointed and crowned , an act that even the Pope acknowledged as irrevocable , despite his disapproval of Stephen 's methods . |
| 3 | As for those remaining at Smiths they can only hope that the recession has done it 's worst — and that further job cuts are not on the horizon . |
| 4 | ‘ We can only hope that the courts will deal very seriously with attacks on police officers . ’ |
| 5 | Some names will occur naturally in the narrative and I can only hope that the others know how highly their contribution , co-operation and companionship were valued . |
| 6 | One can only hope that the £2 million restructured county ground at Bristol , where the old Victorian orphanages can give such a depressing aura to the ambience , will bring a corresponding resurgence in the fortunes of the team . |
| 7 | We should only hope that the minister does n't start using the Book of Revelations as his appointments diary . |
| 8 | We can only hope that the message was garbled in transmission , or possibly in translation from the Italian — a much more difficult language than many seem prepared to believe . |
| 9 | Businesses which rely on traffic for trade can only hope that the message does n't go unheeded . |
| 10 | While over 2,300 people wait on death rows countrywide to see if they will die or not , we can only hope that the US comes to its senses soon . |
| 11 | I can only hope that the bursar now inhabits a wholly healthy Oxford . |
| 12 | We can only hope that the future will see technological advance : perhaps overhead power lines will carry DC in preference to AC to the extent that converters are used to generate AC domestically or industrially . |