in the hope
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England have shredded their backline and made a total of 12 changes - nine personnel switches and three positional shifts - to their starting line-up to face Italy in the hope a selection revolution will jump-start their stalled Six Nations campaign.
From BBC
Every time the idea is promoted in the coming weeks will provide an opportunity for those on the pro-union side to express their opposition in the hope of galvanising their support.
From BBC
Prestianni trained alongside his Benfica team-mates at Real Madrid's stadium on Tuesday in the hope his ban could be overturned in time to feature.
From BBC
With renewed determination, at least on Duane’s part, the two explorers followed the river upstream in the hope of finding a less splashy way across it.
From Literature
Time ran out for Hedda, so she gave her hand to a feckless academic, a scholar of medieval handicrafts who spent his honeymoon in Europe copying manuscripts in dusty archives in the hope of securing a professorship for himself.
From Los Angeles Times
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