Example sentences of "expect a [adj] [noun sg] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Novell Inc is getting together with Oracle Corp on June 15 to announce ‘ a major joint initiative relating to products and strategies for Enterprise Network Computing ’ : analysts expect a strategic move in response to Microsoft Corp working closely with Sybase Inc on Windows NT , but the agreement is not thought to involve equity stakes . |
| 2 | Expect a general rise in fees of some 7–9% for the academic year starting September 1990 . |
| 3 | Retailers expect a bigger improvement in June , but their expectations have proved to be over-optimistic in the past two months . |
| 4 | You still have to be on top of your stuff , though — judges expect a certain level of competence to staging a little-girl-lost act in court will do no good whatsoever . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | ‘ Our customers expect a high level of knowledge . |
| 7 | This increase seems to be part of a broader social trend in which clients increasingly expect a high quality of service from professional people . |
| 8 | We certainly expect a big uplift in sales through the group as a result . ’ |
| 9 | Sunderland also expect a big crowd for Friday night 's £5,000 marathon challenge match . |
| 10 | MOST voters expect a hung Parliament after Thursday but half are unhappy about the idea , according to Gallup 's final pre-election survey for The Sunday Telegraph . |
| 11 | You expect a whole speech of explanation . |
| 12 | Find one in good condition and it will give endless pleasure but , being an old design , expect a fair amount of maintenance . |
| 13 | Ferry lines expect a huge rush of passengers taking advantage of the new freedom . |
| 14 | 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 ’ . |
| 15 | She 'd married a sporting celebrity , so she 'd expected a certain amount of attention , but she was n't sure she appreciated Ace 's rather smug pleasure at looking at himself . |
| 16 | Others , who unlike the Combined Operations staff , had expected a second front in Europe that summer , saw what forces would be needed to invade Europe . |
| 17 | Robert did not like to think of himself as a snob , but , had he been in charge of the Independent Wimbledon Day Islamic Boys ’ School , he would have expected a higher standard of civility from the cleaning staff . |
| 18 | Neither Marshal Joffre , General Foch ( his deputy in the north ) nor Sir John' French had expected a German attack in Flanders . |
| 19 | One might have expected a sadistic Nightmare On Elm Street lyric to emerge from such interests , but instead he wrote the wonderfully moving ‘ Suffer Little Children ’ and later made a point of condemning Myra Hindley . |
| 20 | Very few professional men then could expect a net income of £2,000 a year by the age of forty . |
| 21 | Why did he expect a good crop of sugarbeet ? |
| 22 | They boasted that it was the worst they 'd ever known , and could expect a million profit with confidence . |
| 23 | 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 ) . |
| 24 | What appalling style , even twenty years ago one could expect a better standard of English . |
| 25 | There 's a weekly farewell dinner and you can expect a welcoming drink on arrival . |
| 26 | Thus , one might expect a similar kind of opening of the iron-free structure to expose charged ligands and to allow entrance of ferrous ions . |
| 27 | Looking after the status quo is rather more their tendency , so we can perhaps expect a greater emphasis on defence with rather less activity from the operatives up front — the strikers . |
| 28 | However , she warned , " the fact that we are entering the path of economic development does not mean that we can expect a quick jump in living standards " . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | Next came an accusation , which Niki reports as follows , with Dennis saying , ‘ If you pay somebody such an amazing amount of money , you can surely expect a little friendship in exchange . ’ |