Example sentences of "expect [art] [adj] [noun sg] [to-vb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The government expected the Soviet Union to remain Czechoslovakia 's most important trading partner . |
| 2 | ‘ All the independent analysts are now backing their words with money that they expect a gentle recovery to take root next year . ’ |
| 3 | Will the Leader of the House confirm that although few people in Britain would expect the Prime Minister to match President Yeltsin bottle for bottle , they will find it odd that the Government insist on increasing or doubling Britain 's nuclear fire power when both the Russians and the Americans see good reasons for cutting theirs ? |
| 4 | Bruno smashed back : ‘ How does Lennox expect the British public to have respect for him when he 's not even resident in this country ? |
| 5 | Do the Tories really expect a responsible Council to take part in such a scheme ? |
| 6 | Frankly , it 's a tall order to expect a major character to have depth when played by a series of unknown kids . |
| 7 | Perez expects the resulting software to resemble Uniface Corp 's 4GL development environment — but with ‘ real ’ GUI functionality and more database connectivity and 4GL options . |