Example sentences of "[coord] it [was/were] hoped that " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because of the pressure on Drigg this was the most urgent requirement , and it was hoped that it would attract less opposition than the Billingham mine . |
| 2 | This was considered to be a scenario ideally suited for the soft systems element of the FAOR approach , and it was hoped that the exercise would not only reveal where the problems lay , but also produce a requirements specification to show how technology could provide solutions . |
| 3 | This was in memory of a local boy who had died from multiple sclerosis and it was hoped that the prize would encourage the young men to take part . |
| 4 | This was enough to make many come , and among them they brought before me many women who pretended to be possessed ( as is their habit when they want to leave their houses to meet with their lovers ) and it was hoped that I could deal with them . |
| 5 | Some concern was expressed about the slow progress on negotiations to set up the museum and it was hoped that a further meeting with Shropshire Leisure Services could be set up soon . |
| 6 | A joint economic commission to monitor links was established and it was hoped that it would meet on a regular basis . |
| 7 | This raid had prompted the USA to suspend its dialogue with the PLO [ see pp. 37547-48 ] , and it was hoped that this dialogue would now be resumed . |
| 8 | A budget was being prepared and it was hoped that a weekend inclusive of all meals would cost in the region of £425 per couple , subject to cost finalisation and price movement in the interim . |
| 9 | It was never expected that such measures would cause a transfer of car users to the bike , but it was hoped that by making the route safer and more comfortable , recreational use of the route might rise and parental objections to children cycling to school might diminish . |
| 10 | The name of the author was evidently a pseudonym , but it was hoped that the committee would take steps to find out who he was , would decide what should be done to clean this canker out of Tollemarche , and would take more steps to curb their local bookseller 's and cigar stores ' choice of books . |
| 11 | The restructuring involved plant closures and the loss of 2,200 jobs , but it was hoped that the future of the firm would be more secure as part of a larger organisation , able to secure the benefits of DAF 's distribution network in Europe . |
| 12 | This was outside the framework of the Community institutions established by the Rome Treaty , but it was hoped that it could bring about a common European attitude to international problems . |
| 13 | It would take two years to decide whether the country would leave the Southern African Customs Union ( SACU ) , he said , but it was hoped that Namibia would be able to set up " a foreign exchange control system more liberal than the one which we must accept at present " . |