Example sentences of "the hope that [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I felt revolted by them and began to sleep in the hall , dragging a pillow and a wool blanket off the bed and leaving the room to them , in the hope that they would understand my anger , that they would no longer stay till the early hours of the morning , stepping over me as I lay asleep , leaving overflowing ashtrays and empty glasses and cans and bottles strewn about the floor . |
| 2 | Set up in 1920 by actor Leslie Howard and director Adrian Brunel among others , with the hope that they could do something about ‘ raising the standards of British films ’ , the company had only enough capital to produce six short comedies . |
| 3 | Explain to the people who buy your house where your pets are buried in the hope that they wo n't accidentally disturb the grave . |
| 4 | If , as Lord Bruce of Donington points out ( letter , April 2 ) , the new Parliament will be presented with a Bill before most members have themselves been able to read the text of the treaty , this is presumably in the hope that they will railroad it through before the British presidency commences in June . |
| 5 | The Commission has elected to promote European ‘ champions ’ which will dominate the EC market , in the hope that they will be able to outperform international giants in the United States and Japan . |
| 6 | Many head teachers are embarking on marketing courses , in the hope that they can learn the skills required to ‘ sell ’ their schools to parents , or are persuading governing bodies to co-opt persons with this area of expertise . |
| 7 | But when David Damiani , Fatima Zamzam and her children , Ghassan Kanafani and his family and around 140,000 other Palestinian refugees fled into Lebanon , the Beirut government took comfort — as did the Palestinians themselves — from the hope that they might soon return to their homes . |
| 8 | The Government was unwilling to spend money on taking over the house , but for a long time courted various businessmen in the hope that they would provide a major part of the funds . |
| 9 | For centuries young bloods had been sent off by indulgent parents to tour Europe in the hope that they would return cultured , educated , their manners refined and their address books packed with useful contacts , but Cook 's was the first group tour of European countries organized by an excursion agent . |
| 10 | My intention is to let the barbel in all areas know that there is free feed about in the hope that they will then begin to search for the source . |
| 11 | Forgive me if I share them with you , in the hope that they may echo your own sentiments . |
| 12 | If you and your partner have problems which make you deeply unhappy , do n't gloss over them in the hope that they will go away . |
| 13 | But the hopes of those who designed the intervention trials , and particularly the hope that they could produce unambiguous results , were simply too naive . |
| 14 | I bought two Clown Plecs in the hope that they would embarrass the Foxes into nibbling a bit of algae . |
| 15 | In theory , you could see me in the Sunshine Home for Impoverished Journalists in 40 years ' time , tripping the nurses over with my Zimmer frame in the hope that they 'll let me father their child . |
| 16 | Leaves are much hardier and will stand any amount of bad treatment , but having said that do n't try pressing damaged or nibbled leaves in the hope that they will look better once they have been pressed because they wo n't ! |
| 17 | The pictures can then be made as a set right from the beginning , rather than just hanging together three or four pictures that you have already made , in the hope that they will be complementary . |
| 18 | She is placing her faith in them in the hope that they will restore respect for the monarchy . |
| 19 | Among the many ‘ thank-you ’ letters I wrote , I sent one to Alan Shell of the Humanist Association , who replied , ‘ We are very glad our letter was of help to you and you will be interested to know that I propose to send copies of your letter , with your name deleted , to our funeral officiants in the hope that they will take courage from it and help any others who might be in similar difficulties . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ Panspermia ’ , as a word , therefore refers to those theories which insist that life came to Earth because ‘ spores ’ were somehow blasted off into space in the hope that they might eventually encounter a life-supporting planet — like Earth . |
| 21 | Meanwhile I found other knitting groups right in ‘ my ’ province and took Arune with me to talk with the other women in it in the hope that they could answer the questions that I could n't . |
| 22 | ‘ I think they 're being watched in the hope that they 'll give something away . |
| 23 | Thus to the question ‘ Why do you feel affection for your children ? ’ or ‘ Why are you inclined to assist animals ( or fellow citizens ) in pain ? ’ , it would sound lame and otiose to reply that it is because your children are kind and decent , or that you assist others in the hope that they will assist you , or that you do both to contribute to the greatest happiness of the greatest number of creatures . |
| 24 | As the case study of Channel Four ( see below ) amply demonstrates , concerned groups and individuals attempted to keep these services out of the competitive struggle between the two giants of broadcasting in the hope that they would be better able to serve previously excluded minority groups in society . |
| 25 | According to Graham , many suppliers are even prepared to take an initial loss in the hope that they can win other more profitable contracts on the back of the first . |
| 26 | Pages that had seemed worthless a few days before were now pored over , in the hope that they 'd yield some clue , encoded in the fanciful excesses of Chant 's idiosyncratic and ill-punctuated prose , that would lead him to some fresh comprehension of the times and their movers . |
| 27 | Eagan , Minnesota-based Cray Research Inc has introduced a new Y-MP M90 series of supercomputers , claiming that they offer the largest main memories ever , in the hope that they make it possible to solve important scientific and engineering problems that are too large for the memory of any existing computer system to handle efficiently . |
| 28 | The sites now considered to illustrate undefended settlements have been chosen at random since it would have required much research and fieldwork to have presented a comprehensive list in time for this Conference ; attention is merely drawn to a number of sites with the hope that they , and others like them may be studied in more detail by local efforts . |
| 29 | It is , therefore , worth calling the attention of villa excavators to these possibilities with the hope that they will eventually produce more and better evidence which will help to elucidate changes in this period . |
| 30 | If , however , the market demands this type of product , then someone must supply it and it is better the consumer buys a product made from organic ingredients in the hope that they will eventually progress onto the unadulterated whole milk yoghurt . |