Example sentences of "expect [to-vb] [det] [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He half expected to see some naked tourist in the corner , bound and gagged . |
| 2 | The rest of continental Europe is not expected to see any significant growth during the year . |
| 3 | That Petrol Emotion , The Chieftains , Paul Brady and Mary Black have also been confirmed for the festival , which takes place on June 2 , and promoters The Mean Fiddler expect to announce another 22 names in the near future . |
| 4 | A selection of the 36 classic sports and competition cars that are expected to fetch several million pounds at a Brooks auction during the London Motorfair |
| 5 | A selection of the 36 classic sports and competition cars that are expected to fetch several million pounds at a Brooks auction during the London Motorfair at Earl 's Court on 26 October . |
| 6 | A simple measure of breakage can thus be expected to differentiate these major groups of predator . |
| 7 | Each of them exercised his right to vote as an individual , but as Whips they were all expected to avoid any open expression of preference . |
| 8 | The change in the formula for grossing-up net interest caused some uncertainty , though it is not expected to have any significant impact on the level of net dividends companies pay . |
| 9 | In the early stages of independence , former colonies were expected to need some military assistance through defence agreements , supplies of military equipment and provision of training teams . |
| 10 | Attlee thought that the coalition should continue until after the end of the war with Japan , however long that should take — and , as we have seen , it was expected to take another eighteen months after the collapse of Nazi Germany . |
| 11 | Such advisers will certainly be expected to spend much more time in schools and to ensure that the demands of the National Curriculum are being met . |
| 12 | Even commentaries on those crafts which might be expected to throw some new light on the broader " aesthetic environment " of mosaic , such as Lucian 's Dream , are of little assistance . |
| 13 | One point he made which I have rarely seen put forward so well : that the audience can not be expected to follow any profound drama at all levels at once , and that there may be certain aspects which remain beyond the audience 's comprehension altogether . |
| 14 | Ulcers induced by a deliberate state of hypersecretion , such as the histamine in beeswax model , can not be expected to reveal any new insights into alternative mechanisms . |
| 15 | This is expected to show that appropriate parts of the monies passed to the schools from local authorities have been spent on books . |
| 16 | The new , limited monarchy of William III that replaced James was expected to show much more respect for established interests . |
| 17 | Next week 's unemployment figures are not expected to show any significant reversal in the recent upward trend . |
| 18 | Rationalisation of the Ashmolean/Taylorian site is expected to produce much improved facilities for teaching ( especially for graduate teaching ) and research in several subjects in the Humanities ( namely , Archaeology , Classics , History of Art , Modern Languages , and Oriental Studies ) , and to enhance the space available to the Ashmolean Museum and improve its ability to fulfil its teaching , research , and public roles . |
| 19 | Such mild long-term alterations to this acetylcholine may be expected to produce any observed changes in mood , activity and sense of well-being . |
| 20 | We might indeed expect to find several new layers of structure more basic than the quarks and electrons that we now regard as ‘ elementary ’ particles . |
| 21 | As reported ( UX No 410 ) , IBM has extended its OEM agreement with fault-tolerant supplier Stratus Computer Inc for another three years , although the fault-tolerant system builder says it does n't expect to get much more business as a result . |
| 22 | But otherwise I I do n't expect to need any more work on this for this Friday . |
| 23 | With Wayne Rosing off to run FirstPerson , Dave Ditzel has been named acting head of Sun Microsystems Laboratories , an appointment it 'd be crazy not to make permanent : Ditzel , among his other credits , has been responsible for RISC and we 're expecting to see some interesting aspects of his handiwork soon ; Sun Labs , from whence Sun 's ideas flow , figures it 's handling the transfer of research to development better than practically anyone in the industry — the secret is moving the people with the project . |
| 24 | William Empson , a lifelong and dedicated atheist , returned from the Far East in 1952 expecting to find little more demolition-work on religion needing to be done , at least among the lettered , and was horrified to discover that the devout spirit of T. S. Eliot , in his absence , had spawned a host of converts in the critical world . |