Example sentences of "expect the [adj] [noun sg] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Noting that Bush 's measures envisaged cutting 1,500 land-based missile warheads and further reducing by 2,200 the 3,800 warheads on submarine-launched Trident missiles ( in addition to 1,600 warheads being phased out of submarine-launched Poseiden missiles ) , analysts expected the total number of US warheads to be reduced to 5,300 . |
| 2 | David was loyal to a fault , and in his naive understanding quietly expected the same kind of loyalty in return . |
| 3 | One might possibly have expected the average age of marriage in our sample to fall a little in wartime , but it does not in the recorded cases . |
| 4 | An announcement , perhaps blessed by Microsoft , is expected the last week in January . |
| 5 | Although new firms continue to enter the market , most commentators expect the total number of GEMMs to decline further . |
| 6 | I 've refused work , and I expect the same loyalty from Enya , even if she married Phil Spector tomorrow ! |
| 7 | Users rightly expect the same standard of packaging as is found with other resources such as books and audiovisual material . |
| 8 | Furthermore , we would expect any doctor , not just our own , to behave in the ‘ proper ’ manner , in the same way that we expect the same sort of behaviour from all shop assistants , or all priests , or all fathers . |
| 9 | When does the right hon. Gentleman expect the next tranche of type 23 orders , to which he did not refer in his statement , to be in the pipeline and when can we expect the next round of tendering to start for those ? |
| 10 | They expect the growing season for crops to be short . |
| 11 | For the economy as a whole , we can expect the total demand for money for transactions purposes to depend directly on money national income . |
| 12 | We would expect the best response from people who are re-evaluating their lives — a change of work , home or relationship — allowing their beliefs to be re-considered , ’ says Henry . |
| 13 | With no disincentives for patients to request night visits and incentives for general practitioners to visit can we expect the increased level of activity to yield health or welfare benefits or avoid costs elsewhere in the system ? |
| 14 | When does the right hon. Gentleman expect the next tranche of type 23 orders , to which he did not refer in his statement , to be in the pipeline and when can we expect the next round of tendering to start for those ? |
| 15 | Whilst we did not expect the same standard of play we should have expected something better . |
| 16 | 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 . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ Surely you do n't expect the same kind of generosity from me ? |
| 18 | If Susanna Jennens had encouraged her to read and write at Weston Hall , Leapor could not really expect the same sort of understanding and support from another employer . |
| 19 | Similarly , a priori one would expect the same effect in TV , possibly over about 30 seconds . |
| 20 | Rather , we would simply expect the relative demotion of conformity ( in terms of both goals and means ) as against deviance , because it offers less . |
| 21 | As you would expect the high level of vitality in children means they respond quickly and they generally wo n't need as many doses of the remedy . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | It 's the Government 's view that since toy safetly legislation was introduced in 1967 , buyers of second hand toys should be able to expect the same level of safety as those buying new toys . |
| 24 | The Russian campaign started , in fact , while most people were still expecting the final show-down with Britain to begin in the near future . |
| 25 | One expects the first week of January to produce a ragbag of leftovers from the Christmas numbers . |