Example sentences of "[pron] expects a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They include a responsibility to staff who depend on their employers for a decent standard of living and a responsibility to the customer who expects a decent service . |
| 2 | No one expects an economic system to produce absolute justice . |
| 3 | But no-one expects a quick rally , and forecasts for 1993 growth range from 0.2 per cent to 2.0 , with underlying inflation ranging from 3.1 per cent to 4.8 per cent , base rates between 4.5 per cent and 6 per cent , and the PSBR anywhere from £40 billion to £55 billion . |
| 4 | No-one expects a 36-hour strike to deter him . |
| 5 | He expects a similar situation with Alpha , but says the company has just signed its first large contract in the US . |
| 6 | He wants to come in , but a glance up to the bridge tells me he expects a vast crowd to appear out of nowhere , the minute he strips naked . |
| 7 | THE Home Secretary has told colleagues that he expects a fresh Commons debate on the death penalty before the next election and that he would speak and vote for its restoration as a deterrent for some murders . |
| 8 | It expects a non-Russian contractor to be commissioned soon to construct an international terminal at Domodeovo . |
| 9 | It expects a smaller invisibles surplus than before , but the forecasters are a lot more optimistic about visible trade : exports are booming . |
| 10 | ‘ He says the whole army is unsettled because it 's known that Famagusta will never give up while it expects a relieving ship to arrive . |
| 11 | It expects a slow take-up of server versions of the operating system , and forecasts NT will take a 6.5% share of all server systems sold in Europe by 1996 . |