Example sentences of "hope [modal v] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you suspect , for example , that your neighbour intends to build on your land , or if your windows are going to be blocked so that no light can get through , or if an unreasonable nuisance is going to be caused , then your last hope may be to go to the courts and ask for an injunction . |
| 2 | The huge majority of humanity are earthy clods for whom no hope may be entertained . |
| 3 | In the end he judged that the investment of hope should be made : that they would fight for the calf 's life and risk disappointment . |
| 4 | The hope must be that both bodies have emerged from the fire hardened in their dealings with other regulatory bodies on behalf of the City and the country . |
| 5 | Fixture congestion may well nullify that advantage but Leeds ' real hope must be that yesterday 's scoring flourish will settle their nerves and give them the confidence to believe they are fully capable of winning all of their remaining four League matches . |
| 6 | But Birmingham Labour MP Robin Corbett said : ‘ The hope must be that the police have now been able to find something that will help identify the real culprits . ’ |
| 7 | They have done that before , and the hope must be that they will do it again . |
| 8 | The hope must be the available conventions and agreements in the criminal area will prove as successful as the established conventions on civil procedure , and will indeed escape some of the divergences in interpretation which have afflicted the Hague Conventions in recent years . |
| 9 | One hope might be that a satisfactory account of what knowledge is would have the effect of exposing errors in the sceptic 's reasoning . |
| 10 | But though this hope might be enough for some who were actually to lift themselves out of the working class , and perhaps also for a greater number who never got beyond dreaming of success as they read Samuel Smiles 's Self-Help ( 1859 ) or similar handbooks , it was perfectly evident that most workers would remain workers all their lives , and indeed that the economic system required them to do so . |
| 11 | Nicholson himself was always moved by this story and felt affection that a man such as Hope could be so touched . |
| 12 | Because of its narrow shape , six miles in length , north to south , Hope can be very windy . |
| 13 | They decided that the undercover plotters would be most afraid of publicity and political pressure and that their best hope would be to find an influential member of parliament who would believe their story . |
| 14 | No , the only way the Seven could get at The New Hope would be to try to blow it out of the sky from below . |
| 15 | If the draft Code were enatced , that hope would be dashed , for the Code does not purport to reform the law of theft . |
| 16 | Mansell flies back to Britain from his Florida home this week for intensive testing of the new Renault V10 engine , which the team hope will be adding impetus to their championship drive by the time they reach Barcelona . |
| 17 | with her determination , we feel sure this hope will be realised but , meanwhile , here are some highlights from her summer newsletter to bring you up to date with this amazing story . |
| 18 | It went on to give possible aims and objectives for the curriculum , but in the spirit of showing the process of curriculum appraisal that HMI , and the participating LEAs , hope will be attempted by schools . |
| 19 | Some Hope will be Deutsch 's first ever original paperback novel , because , says Rosenthal , ‘ this is a book for , by and about the young in a wonderfully iconoclastic and contemporary style ’ . |
| 20 | It is doubtful , though , that that hope will be allowed to be fulfilled . |
| 21 | When a problem develops , the hope will be that the client will be able to resolve it by discussion with the solicitor or other person dealing with his case ( whose identity and status must have been disclosed upon acceptance of instructions ) . |
| 22 | A recent analysis of social class in Britain by Ralf Dahrendorf does much to explain why little hope can be placed in any movement towards embourgeoisement in Britain . |
| 23 | It remains to be seen whether those words of hope can be turned into results . |
| 24 | But he believes Great Britain coach Mal Reilly 's hopes could be undermined by the League 's proposed divisional and cup structure . |
| 25 | Such an ideal , shorn here of a class dimension , resonated with the belief of a majority of the working-class voters in West Ham after the war that the Labour Party was the only party able to represent their interests , overcome their frustrations and grievances , and provide the means through which their hopes could be realised . |
| 26 | But this week your hopes could be raised then dashed by a series of puzzling , even infuriating , developments . |
| 27 | Japan 's Ministry of Posts & Telecommunications is considering constructing optical communications networks as public projects , in recognition that competition has made companies such as Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp less willing to invest heavily in construction — NTT and other common carriers would be permitted to operate the networks , which the Ministry hopes would be used for broadcasting too . |
| 28 | In the circumstances James Cunningham felt that Captain Robert Cunningham 's election hopes would be considerably strengthened if Morris were proven wrong , and accordingly advised Lord Milton that |
| 29 | Once during lunch , she thought for a moment her hopes would be realized . |
| 30 | Clint has just met one of The Boys , the latest in a long line of piss-poor pre-pubescent Motown acts that the company hopes will be the new Jacksons . |