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in hopes that (Hoping that. ‘they are screaming in hopes that a police launch will pick us up' More example sentences ‘So every week or two a new book arrives, sent by a publisher in hopes that we will review it on this site and stimulate sales.' ‘I flirted with women, dated women, and had sex with women, all in hopes that my desires for men would go away.'  oxforddictionaries.com Alexander Demidov); in the expectation that (Very high price inflation is a more serious concern to companies. It makes planning and investment decisions harder, and at a macro level, it may be associated with recessionary tendencies in an economy, leading to cutbacks in consumer spending. In extreme cases, high inflation can lead firms to hold onto their stocks longer, in the expectation that they will achieve higher prices tomorrow. henley.ac.uk aldrignedigen) |
