hope for the best

Examples of hoped

hoped

In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.

It is to be hoped that the author will one day be able to provide a fuller and more measured treatment of his important themes.
It is to be hoped that community healthcare researchers, in any part of the world, could routinely integrate diversity into their day-to-day planning of studies.
It is hoped these clubs will become permanent organizations from which new community development programmes can be launched.
It is to be hoped that this phase is not long delayed.
It is hoped that in-depth monitoring of the building may be able to start soon once the initial construction drying out period is over.
It is to be hoped that his lamented death did not occur too soon for him to leave his mark on the second volume.
The exercises are based on the text but, it is hoped, do not follow it too slavishly.
Some works (more than others) suggest that their composers and original performers hoped for a future existence for their work.
This, it is hoped, will reduce the frequency of what may otherwise be arbitrary and uninformed decisions.
It is to be hoped, therefore, that this situation will shortly be remedied.
He hoped that no changes would be made to the old customary estates and tendered a proviso to that effect.
However, it is hoped that in an immunocomputer the result would be achieved in what seems to be the natural method.
Perhaps he genuinely hoped that peace had broken out.
The response to that call in the 1990s was, perhaps, less than might have been hoped, but not without its bright spots.
These mistakes will be replicated in student work, and it is hoped that the publishers will correct them immediately.
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