Example sentences of "expect [to-vb] [prep] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mm we expected to perform in a professional way , particularly after incidents like last week when we had an horrendous twenty four hours and we do n't get paid for it |
| 2 | They made a short visit , I suspect that they were going on to M.J. 's [ Margaret Jourdain 's ] brother and like Dulcia [ in A House and Its Head ] expected to come by a good deal of refreshment in the course of their peregrinations . |
| 3 | Personal bankruptcies may also slow down because of the recent interest rate cuts but are expected to continue at a high level for some time , he said . |
| 4 | In Britain , water tables are expected to remain at a low level throughout the summer . |
| 5 | But it will get even worse next year as borrowing is expected to soar to an astonishing £44 billion . |
| 6 | The initial allocations ( $9½ billion spread over three years ) were expected to provide for a reasonable growth of reserves in the context of a staunching of the flow of dollars . |
| 7 | Teachers and other educationalists can not be expected to come to an adequate understanding of recent trends in multicultural and anti-racist education , nor can they develop an independent critical judgement on recent controversies in this area , without some grasp of the deeper structural and ideological issues that underlie the racial dimension in education , politics and the economy . |
| 8 | Deflationary pressure in the budget was expected to come from a continuing reduction in the fiscal deficit , to 5 per cent of gross domestic product ( GDP ) in 1992-93 ( compared with 8.4 per cent in 1990-91 and 6.5 per cent in 1991-92. i.e. the year ending March 31 , 1992 ) . |
| 9 | Teacher Researcher groups are expected to meet on a regular basis . |
| 10 | Direct subsidies are expected to increase by a further £100 million this year . |
| 11 | The scanner looks at different kinds of injury than the equipment which Darlington and North Tees health authority expect to receive from a national health department package announced two weeks ago . |
| 12 | The response of airports and airlines to the Channel Tunnel has been coloured by the impending deregulation of air transport in Europe which is expected to lead to a substantial fall in fares and a rise in business over the next few years . |
| 13 | Discussions with ( Educational Advisor ) are expected to lead to a new support network for LCCIEB centres . |
| 14 | The latter in particular is expected to lead to a significant cut in overall emissions of halons , which are less common than CFCs but more damaging to the ozone layer . |
| 15 | This may be expected to lead to a purposeful action , purposeful inaction or indifference . |
| 16 | Butter and margarine are close substitutes , and so any increase in the price of butter would be expected to lead to an increased demand for margarine as consumers substitute the latter for the relatively more expensive butter . |
| 17 | Girls are expected to conform to a stricter morality , by their parents in particular . |
| 18 | £80–120,000 ( $150–220,000 ) is expected for a Florentine bronze statuette of the Knife-Grinder after the antique , No.14 from the French Royal Inventory of Louis XIV , and a Netherlandish figure of Venus Marina of the early seventeenth century is expected to sell for a similar figure . |
| 19 | This year , under the benign influence of fizzy mineral water , visitors to showrooms are expected to behave in a well-designed manner . |
| 20 | The company is also now expected to embark on a new round of lay-offs in addition to those already planned for , with the need for further provisions against its fourth quarter figures — despite still having $694m of the $1,100m reserves already taken that is not yet allocated . |
| 21 | What am I expected to do on a regular basis ? |
| 22 | It now appears that , in addition to this , I will be expected to part with a further portion of my income as a graduate tax to pay for my education , the last three years of which I am spending in hospitals , not only studying , but assisting on a voluntary basis with essential clinical procedures and tests . |
| 23 | In Sabah the United Sabah Party ( Parti Bersatu Sabah — PBS ) won 14 of 20 federal seats , and was expected to press for a better return from the exploitation of Sabah 's natural resources . |
| 24 | KnowledgeWare Inc , Atlanta warns that it expects to report non-recurring charges of $20m for its fiscal third quarter to March 31 from acquisitions and restructuring and expansion of product lines , and that this will lead to a loss for the quarter and for the year ; it also says that lower revenues combined with operating costs associated with the acquisitions are expected to contribute to a third quarter operating loss ; it looks for growth in European revenues . |
| 25 | Students are encouraged to present their data at scientific meetings both in Britain and abroad and are expected to contribute to a lively programme of intra-departmental seminars and journal clubs . |
| 26 | From the 1985 White Paper through to the 1988 Cecchini Report , it is evident that the projected benefits resulting from the SEM programme are expected to result to a large extent from the exploitation of potential scale economies . |
| 27 | Its application is expected to result in a significant improvement in the predictive performance of continuous time econometric models and their reliability for policy analysis . |
| 28 | Overall inflation was expected to accelerate to an annual rate of 5.2 per cent in the first half of 1991 , from around 4.5 per cent in December . |
| 29 | Nuclear power still attracts massive subsidies while coal mining is expected to compete in a harsh world market . |
| 30 | John Barry and Tim White and Professor Gordon Dunlop ) with whom the successful applicants are expected to interact on a daily basis . |