Example sentences of "say [pers pn] expect [to-vb] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Having got rid of its international stores chain with the spin-off of InterTan Inc , Tandy Corp is heading back into the international market again and says it expects to open a second SuperCenter store in Stockholm , Sweden in the third quarter ; the company already operates a third SuperCenter in Copenhagen . |
2 | Advanced Micro Devices Inc says it expects to announce an agreement on a foundry for production of Am486s by the end of next month , but it does not see any revenues from the agreement before January next year : it expects to produce about 600,000 to 700,000 Am486 chips this year , and to increase that production to about 1m per quarter by the second quarter of next year ; it is still ‘ negotiating in earnest ’ with several possible foundry candidates . |
3 | It says it expects to offer a wireless electronic messaging service by the end of the year , and that it is aiming for beta testing during the summer . |
4 | Enterprise Computer Holdings Plc fears it has been misunderstood : the company is keen to stress that Finance Director Les Kemp has the unhappy confusion over last year 's accounting figures under control ( CI No 2,162 ) but wants to know how accountants KPMG Peat Marwick managed not to sign the audit report for subsidiary Enterprise Computer Services ; apparently there was confusion at the time over the verification of certain bank loans ; all should be clear in the next report and the company says it expects to show a return to profit . |
5 | Following an integration and final testing phase , the Desktop Management Task Force says it expects to provide a reference implementation of the specification and make a free prototype available later this year . |
6 | Directors said they expect to pay an interim and a final in the current year . |
7 | Some firms are actually enjoying the recession ; 397 of the 1,410 companies recently surveyed by the Nihon Keizai newspaper said they expect to show an increase in pre-tax profits at the end of the financial year . |
8 | Tandy said it expects to take a $70m charge against current quarter figures to cover the shortfall between the price to be paid and the value in its books — it says the sale has the potential to increase operating earnings and provide more cash for debt reduction , retail growth or share buy-backs . |
9 | Siemens AG held its annual meeting in Munich yesterday , and according to Reuter said it expects to cut the losses at its computer and semiconductor divisions this year , although it was still not satisfied with the results of the two divisions : chairman Heinrich von Pierer told the meeting that the combined losses of Siemens Nixdorf and the semiconductor division last fiscal was over $625m , casting doubt on whether cost-cutting programmes already announced would suffice ; at Siemens Nixdorf , there is now a stronger focus on products with a bright future and a reduction in the amount of work done in-house . |
10 | Mr Wiseman said he expected to announce the name shortly . |
11 | Microsoft Corp chairman Bill Gates said he expects to ship the follow-on to Windows 3.1 , codenamed Chicago , in 1994 but declined to say at what point in the year the upgraded system will be launched : ‘ We should debunk any notion that Chicago is around the corner , ’ Gates told an audience of developers sponsored by Microsoft — ‘ All we can say is we expect it will be in 1994 and we 'll keep people in touch on that . ’ |
12 | Microsoft Corp chairman Bill Gates said he expects to ship the follow-on to Windows 3.1 , codenamed Chicago , in 1994 but declined to say at what point in the year the upgraded system will be launched : ‘ We should debunk any notion that Chicago is around the corner , ’ Gates told an audience of developers sponsored by Microsoft — ‘ All we can say is we expect it will be in 1994 and we 'll keep people in touch on that . ’ |