Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] expect [art] " 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 | Union leaders say they expect an overwhelming call for industrial action in an imminent ballot , after employers refused to improve a 4.8 per cent offer on Monday . |
| 3 | It seemed she expected an answer , so I gave it . |
| 4 | Well , do you normally walk in or , or , or do you expect a ride ? |
| 5 | I 've had a word with him on the phone , and told him to expect a call from you . |
| 6 | The defender averred that as a result of that announcement he telephoned Macfie & Alexander , speaking to Mr Rae , one of the partners , and told him to expect an offer of £70,000 from Ferguson & Forster and that he instructed Mr Rae that when the offer was received , he ( the defender ) would consider its terms and if he found them satisfactory he would instruct Mr Rae to accept the offer . |
| 7 | Hoddle says he expects the Italians to be a highly skilled team , but says his own side will contain some talented players . |
| 8 | Xerox Corp , figures , page five , says it expects the European economy to remain weak for the rest of the year , but Xerox forecasts ‘ some encouraging signs of recovery ’ in Japan for the remainder of 1993 ; the plan to leave the financial services business remains on track but it might take several years . |
| 9 | Optimistically , the company says it expects the business to really take off once NeXTstep ships for Intel platforms later this year . |
| 10 | With the graphics visualisation market apparently booming at present , PV says it expects the company to report an increase in profits this year of $19.3m , up $2.5m from the previous year 's $16.8m . |
| 11 | South Africa has said it expects the UN to reduce its 4,000-strong military presence once the poll is over and a Constituent Assembly has been elected to draft a new constitution . |
| 12 | Earlier this month SunSoft Inc president Ed Zander , told us to expect a version of its Unix operating system to feature on the PowerPC RISC ( CI No 2,124 ) . |
| 13 | Earlier this month SunSoft Inc president , Ed Zander , told us to expect a version of its Unix operating system to feature on the PowerPC RISC ( UX No 426 ) . |
| 14 | I do n't think she expected a present |
| 15 | The title of this book leads one to expect a contribution to the solution of this problem , but unfortunately these hopes are soon dashed . |
| 16 | It 's opening leads one to expect a knowing , ‘ insider ’ political novel , but it turns out to be the story of a destructive sexual passion , complete with purple passages , the saga of a successful man who becomes obsessed with his son 's mistress , who is only too willing to oblige . |
| 17 | Meanwhile , each leads us to expect the arms race which experience confirms . |
| 18 | There is a streak of sadism in his performance which leads us to expect an answering streak of masochism in Katherine . |
| 19 | Suppose we expect the relation ( 1 ) to be unc and suppose further that we have the following experimental table : unc Then in view of ( 5 ) our equations for solutions may be written unc Before we proceed to the least squares solution , let us see what results would be obtained if we solved these equations three at a time , with e taken to be zero for each set of three . |
| 20 | It seemed impossible he would escape detection , and with each yard he covered he expected the alarm to be raised from within the house . |
| 21 | Economic theory would lead you to expect a net gain even in the EC — making it possible to compensate Western Europe 's producers for their losses and still show a gain for consumers and taxpayers . |
| 22 | We pitched tents in the dark and clambered into our sleeping bags not knowing what to expect the next day . |
| 23 | The decades since 1950 , the 40 most revolutionary years in the history of human society , should lead us to expect a massive disintegration of old values , a collapse of old certainties . |
| 24 | This coincided , however , with an increasing prevalence of the conditions and institutions which should lead us to expect the reporting and recording of offences to grow in proportion to the actual occurrence of victimization . |
| 25 | The experience of other advanced economies would lead us to expect the increasing dominance of larger manufacturing firms who can benefit more from economies of scale as the level of output and capital investment increases . |
| 26 | ‘ Interesting , ’ she said , when she realised he expected a comment . |
| 27 | Richardson admitted he expected the booing . |
| 28 | ‘ And you think I expect a return ? ’ |
| 29 | Nor do I expect an angler to recognise every bite he feels the first time he tries touch legering . |
| 30 | Ask what do I expect the nurses to do at the end of the workshop . |