Example sentences of "[noun] expect [adj -er] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Normally , however , ordinary shareholders expect lower yields than preference shareholders and loan stock holders because of their participation rights . |
| 2 | The predictions co-incided with a survey by the recruitment firm , Manpower , which shows that Scotland — along with the west of England , Yorkshire and Humberside — is one of the few areas where employers expect better job prospects in the spring . |
| 3 | Might the university expect better grades than they asked for previously ? |
| 4 | Mr Major and Mr Lamont , Chancellor , pointed to surveys indicating an improvement in business confidence , with more companies expecting higher orders and sales . |
| 5 | Hit by relentless price competition and slumping business conditions , Fujitsu Ltd on Friday forecast that for fiscal 1993 to March 31 , it would report its first loss since it was first listed in Tokyo in 1949 : it sees a group net loss of $322m and a current loss of $169m for the year , against net profit of $103m and current profit of $437m last fiscal — current profit includes gains and losses made on investments in stocks and bonds and sundry profits and losses from other non-operating activities ; ‘ Customers expect lower prices , ’ said Mike Beirne , a Fujitsu spokesman — ‘ the price competition goes from the price war in personal computers right up to mainframes ; ’ the company acknowledges that losses are likely to continue into the first six months of its new year . |
| 6 | The risk will grow if any of the following should happen : a spike in interest rates ( forward rates already indicate that investors expect higher rates by the end of the year ) ; an unexpected collapse of the dollar ( the Federal Reserve , at the Treasury 's direction , was intervening furiously last week to prevent the already weak currency from sinking further ) ; or , let's face it , if Washington proves itself unable to wrestle down the budget deficit . |
| 7 | RADIUS EXPECTS LARGER LOSS |
| 8 | With higher-fare payers slow to return , BA expects further losses in a normally buoyant first quarter . |
| 9 | NETWORTH EXPECTS LOWER SALES AND PROFITS |
| 10 | BCCI expected further losses for 1990 of around $450 million , and was reportedly planning a radical rationalization when its assets were seized . |