Example sentences of "it be [adv] [adj] to hope [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Determined to change the conversation , she opened her mouth to make a remark about the surrounding countryside , but he said suddenly , ‘ It 's too much to hope that a beautiful girl like you has had no experience . |
| 2 | Perhaps it is too much to hope that the Court of Appeal ( in their forthcoming judgment in the Sutcliffe case ) will give definitive guidance on what should be included in the judge 's summing up in a libel trial . |
| 3 | Perhaps it is too much to hope that this concert finally dragged the Petersfield Musical Festival into the 20th century , but with a promised appearance by the acclaimed National Youth Jazz Orchestra next year , as well as The Dream of Gerontius , it remains only for the committee to do something about the slow start to the week for the festival to regain some of its former splendour . |
| 4 | It is too much to hope that EMI will raid its archives for Solomon 's Chopin , Debussy or Haydn but to keep the work of one of the greatest exponents of the Beethoven sonatas under wraps for so long ( the sonata recordings were last issued in 1972 ) is simply incredible ; especially considering the efforts EMI have gone to in issuing the Beethoven recordings of others . |
| 5 | IT is too much to hope that John Major 's vision of a ‘ classless society ’ can be realised at the drop of a hat but , if that what he wants , he might at least try to create a climate of equality . |
| 6 | It was too much to hope that any sign of human presence in the tree would have survived two and a half wintry weeks . |