Example sentences of "hoping that [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Chelsea , headed by fiery chairman Ken Bates , is hoping that a compromise can be reached involving the payment of between £10 million and £12 million . |
| 2 | It would have been a distressing upheaval indeed — I think Elizabeth found ‘ Braemar ’ so depressing that she did not enter as deeply as I into Ivy 's sufferings ; she could not help hoping that a change might be for the better . |
| 3 | They were made to write home once a week , proudly enclosing copies of their glowing write-ups from the newspapers , hoping that a neighbour could be found to help out with any reading difficulties . |
| 4 | On this occasion , Plage was set up over a water-hole in a clearing in the jungle , hoping that a leopard would show up to hunt or drink . |
| 5 | Some push their way in , some squeeze themselves out , some wait hoping that a tide may carry them through . |
| 6 | Police are hoping that a security video camera at a supermarket on the other side of the road may have captured the killers on film . |
| 7 | After tossing restlessly for more than an hour , Fran got up and crept from the room and down the stairs , hoping that a cup of tea would soothe her nerves . |
| 8 | But the 160 men working at the Midlothian pit are now hoping that a series of meetings this week will secure both the future of the colliery and their jobs . |
| 9 | The mail from home is now arriving fairly frequently and I look forward to each day hoping that a letter will arrive from Fiona . |
| 10 | At first , when all the others went away I hated being alone ; and I watched the road all day and most of the night hoping that a car , anybody , would come over the hill from either direction . |
| 11 | TRANMERE Rovers go into tomorrow 's Football League annual meeting hoping that a move to prevent clubs playing on a Friday evening is defeated . |
| 12 | Lt Ferris put the aircraft through his compulsory loops and rolls , probably hoping that a situation might arise which would add excitement and get the adrenalin flowing . |
| 13 | They turn up on church doorsteps in inner London hoping that the Church will be able to help them out in some way . |
| 14 | Hoping that the male was not equally precocious proved vain , and when it became evident that the eggs had hatched I moved the male from the 18″ tank they had been sharing , and allowed the female to brood in isolation . |
| 15 | Oh dear me so I 'm hoping that the system that I give you will allow you to deal with all those situations as well as make a longer presentation where you do have some preparation time . |
| 16 | And organisers are hoping that the success of this event will keep it going for another half century . |
| 17 | They 're hoping that the video will carry them even further … to Parliament … where they hope to lobby MPs to legislate against hunting . |
| 18 | Corbett felt refreshed though still wary , pleased that the previous day 's rainclouds had now disappeared and hoping that the Lord Bruce was still in Leith and would grant him an audience . |
| 19 | Conservation organisations are hoping that the New Forest decision will set a precedent for similarly sensitive areas such as the South Downs , the North Pennines and the Cambrian Mountains . |
| 20 | ‘ Personally , I 'm rather hoping that the romance will just fizzle out . ’ |
| 21 | The reasons have been insufficiently studied because of the reluctance of the ethnic communities themselves to examine the issues dispassionately and because service planners and managers dance nervously round ‘ the problem ’ , hoping that the differences can all be explained away by a statistical artefact such as the ways people are brought to the attention of the services , by claims of racial prejudice in the ways staff handle patients , or by simple misdiagnosis . |
| 22 | Now the Department of Transport is hoping that the birds of prey will redress the balance . |
| 23 | He found himself hoping that the man would succeed in his plan to take a knot of followers remaining faithful to the Aten — if they existed — out to the deserts which , he had heard , extended to the east of the Great Green , and form an outpost of the new religion there . |
| 24 | ‘ We do n't all wait around any more , like wallflowers at a dance , hoping that the man we fancy will deign to notice us . |
| 25 | As we go to press , the deadline for the exhibition , Impressive Women is also coming up and we are hoping that the work which is sent in will provide an enthusiastic and diverse exhibition . |
| 26 | The company is hoping that the work could also lead towards the protection of plants from pests more common in Britain , some of which show poor response to traditional pesticides . |
| 27 | Mrs Devine is hoping that the Saudis will be lenient with her husband . |
| 28 | Come to that , I suppose , most of the other sprinters were hoping that the timing was wrong and were eager to bring me back down to earth . |
| 29 | Apple is hoping that the event wo n't be lost on Washington either . |
| 30 | He must be hoping that the stimulus of playing the World Cup at home will provide the extra sparkle . |