Example sentences of "expect [art] [adj] [noun sg] [prep] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although new firms continue to enter the market , most commentators expect the total number of GEMMs to decline further . |
| 2 | They expect the growing season for crops to be short . |
| 3 | Expect a general rise in fees of some 7–9% for the academic year starting September 1990 . |
| 4 | Event organisers , The Ivory Tower , in association with ‘ Duke of Gloucester ’ Steam Locomotive Trust and Crewe Heritage Centre , expect a large number of visitors and supporters to come and cheer them on . |
| 5 | Ferry lines expect a huge rush of passengers taking advantage of the new freedom . |
| 6 | In the first month of its operation it received 280 inquiries ; but commenting on this figure , a spokesman said : ‘ We expect a dramatic increase in inquiries once head teachers come back from holiday and examine the information we have sent them ’ . |
| 7 | Whatever publishers ' position on the question of ‘ partner or competitor ’ , Richard Heath , of Heath Educational Book Supplies , stressed that ‘ booksellers are not asking for favouritism , we simple need a level playing field ’ , and , he warned , ‘ Publishers like Heinemann Educational , who attempt to gain market share for key national curriculum titles by offering schools 20 , 25 , 33 or even 50% discount for buying direct , can not then expect the same support from booksellers as we will give to publishers who show commitment to booksellers . ’ |
| 8 | If we were to express this need openly and directly in social chit-chat we would risk offending others and we could expect a strong reaction in terms of them rejecting , over-powering or accepting us ( in this instance their luck could be in ) . |
| 9 | Given their portrayal by trade unionists as rich members of the bourgeouisie who were concerned only over the value of their property , they did not expect a sympathetic reception from workers . |
| 10 | Immigrants will be required , as before , to send their children to French schools , and officials do not expect a significant increase in exceptions being allowed . |
| 11 | Economy simply relates to the best use of resources and as budgets are delegated we can expect a welcome change in attitudes towards waste . |
| 12 | But only one in 25 Vauxhalls sold last year was a diesel , so it would be unrealistic to expect the same level of stocks and enthusiasm from a Vauxhall dealer . |
| 13 | There are signs that users may come to expect a reasonable tolerance of miskeyings from any interactive computer system . |
| 14 | ‘ Export prospects look brighter with smaller firms expecting a slight increase in orders in the next four months . |
| 15 | The company expects a steady flow of orders follow ing recent decisions by the West German government to participate in various space efforts and several European military-aircraft projects . |
| 16 | So , next Tuesday and Wednesday , Christie 's in Amsterdam expects a full turnout of buyers when it sells 28,000 pieces of Chinese porcelain from a burnt-out junk shipwrecked around 1690 off Con Dao Island , Vietnam . |