Example sentences of "[noun] say [pron] expect " in BNC.
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| 1 | With all the results now known for the elections to the General Synod of the Church of England , supporters say they expect the Church to agree to the ordination of women in the next few years . |
| 2 | Following an integration and final testing phase , the Desktop Management Task Force says it expects to provide a reference implementation of the specification and make a free prototype available later this year . |
| 3 | Cornmill manager Albion Small said he expected several other famous names to join Body Shop . |
| 4 | The Head of Department said he expected that the review would ‘ follow them through the normal day ’ , looking at ‘ the way we run the department ; the way we work according to the syllabus — how we relate to it ; the stock control ; the use of resources ; the teaching content and the skills taught ’ ( verified note of meeting ) . |
| 5 | Sir Hector said he expected ‘ interesting discussions , ’ Scottish Office-speak for ‘ we might have to bang heads together . ’ |
| 6 | Mr Wiseman said he expected to announce the name shortly . |
| 7 | Brent Walker said it expected the buyout negotiations ‘ would be successfully completed shortly ’ . |
| 8 | Commenting on its figures ( page seven ) , National Semiconductor Corp says it expects fourth quarter gross margins to improve over third quarter margins and that third quarter worldwide orders set a new record , up 40% over last year , and that it entered the fourth quarter with an improved backlog — record OEM orders more than offset seasonal weaknesses in distribution to give record orders for the Americas ; European orders were up while Japanese markets weakened slightly . |
| 9 | Compaq Computer Corp says it expects its move into direct sales to generate up to 10% of its US revenues this year , and may be expanded to some foreign markets later this year : total US sales amounted to about $1,700m in 1992 , Compaq said . |
| 10 | El Segundo , California-based Computer Sciences Corp says it expects to record a net gain of about $5m in the first quarter of fiscal 1994 on adoption of a new accounting rule covering income tax reporting . |
| 11 | Intel Corp says it expects to spend about $2,500m on capital expenditures and research and development in 1993 , an increase of 25% on estimated 1992 spending of about $2m , saying that the expenditures , unusually high as a percentage of sales even for a high technology company , are needed to address the increasing complexity of microprocessors and the high cost of chip plants ; the company has started paying a dividend , making its shares attractive to a wider range of institutions , and the expectation is that it will tap the market for new funds . |
| 12 | Owner Dave West says he expects to turn over £3 million this year . |
| 13 | The interim dividend is being held at 4p , and the board says it expects to keep the final dividend , and therefore the total , unchanged at 6p . |
| 14 | The board says it expects to hold the total dividend for the year to April at 8.3p , and the shares fell 12p to 288p on the cash-call news . |
| 15 | People briefed on the plan say they expect sharp cuts on older Compaq models , particularly those using the 80386 microprocessor , and overall cuts of between 10% and 20% on most existing models . |
| 16 | Management say they expect cargoes to be handled normally pending any national decision by the Transport and General Workers Union . |
| 17 | IBM says it expects sales and general administrative expenses to decline by about $1,000m this year through its restructuring efforts . |
| 18 | By mid-1993 , France Telecom says it expects to have signed other roaming agreements with Germany , Italy , the Scandinavian nations , and the UK . |
| 19 | There is also a slight improvement on the jobs front with 30 p.c. of directors saying they expect to recruit more compared with 25 p.c. in the earlier survey . |
| 20 | Marrie said she expected Stephanie to make the under-21 team in the near future and possibly even the full team . |
| 21 | And last night top U.S. military commander General Colin Powell said he expected Western jets to be enforcing the zone within two weeks . |
| 22 | Directors said they expect to pay an interim and a final in the current year . |
| 23 | Barnes officials say they expect to send about eighty paintings from one of the world 's finest collections of Post-Impressionist and early modern art to tour four museums : the National Gallery of Art in Washington , D.C. , a museum in Tokyo , the Musée d'Orsay in Paris , and the Philadelphia Museum of Art . |
| 24 | Philips Electronics NV 's Interactive Media Systems group says it expects to launch a whole range of new products based on Compact Disk-Interactive technology , starting with a CD-I player in September to run full-motion video so that users could alter the plot of a movie . |
| 25 | Hoddle says he expects the Italians to be a highly skilled team , but says his own side will contain some talented players . |
| 26 | Although Bellcore says it expects to finalise Release 1 by 1995 , Ovum reckons it will not be available until 1997 . |
| 27 | Observers said they expected pro-reform supporters of President Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani to win 70 per cent of the 270 seats . |
| 28 | General Motors Corp may need to sell a stake in Electronic Data Systems Corp in order to overcome a $14,000m worldwide pension obligation , industry analysts told Reuter : chief financial officer Richard Wagoner said the automaker plans to make a ‘ significant contribution ’ into its pension fund this year and next year , and over the next six or seven years , hopes to eliminate its pension fund liability completely ; analysts say it could raise almost $5,000m by selling a 25% stake in the computer services giant , and Lehman Brothers automotive analyst Joseph Phillippi said he expects it either to sell a stake or return to the equity markets ; officials from both the General and British Telecommunications Plc say that any deal for the UK phone giant to buy a stake in EDS is far from certain . |
| 29 | Prost said he expected a tough race but was satisfied with the performance of his car . |
| 30 | He invented the morning press conference for the purpose of calling an afternoon press conference to say he expected to make a shattering announcement later in the day . ’ |