Example sentences of "[adj] expect [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some of the people I know regard Hackney as the sticks and half expect to see herds of grazing wildebeest when they come to visit me . |
| 2 | I looked round , half expecting to see Conchis somewhere behind me . |
| 3 | I arrived in South Africa still stunned by the shock of hearing what my father had had to tell me , half expecting to find marriages being destroyed by outside parties everywhere I looked ! |
| 4 | Thus it has been shown experimentally that , because we all expect playing cards to fall into familiar sets , a briefly exposed black four of hearts will be perceived as a red four of hearts or black of spades . |
| 5 | They were all expected to send money home to their mothers but were not taught the value of saving for their own futures . |
| 6 | Wilson and Pahl ( 1988 ) report from their case study data on one kin group , that all expected to help relatives find work if they could but there was an understanding that jobs would go first to ‘ direct sons ’ then ‘ direct daughters ’ , followed by brothers , sisters , nephews , nieces . |
| 7 | ‘ ( 6 ) Goods of any kind are of merchantable quality within the meaning of subsection ( 2 ) above if they are as fit for the purpose or purposes for which goods of that kind are commonly bought as it is reasonable to expect having regard to any description applied to them , the price ( if relevant ) and all the other relevant circumstances . ’ |
| 8 | Section 14(6) of SGA 1979 , which is replicated in ss4(9) , 9(9) of the SGSA 1982 , provides : Goods of any kind are of merchantable quality within the meaning of [ the undertaking ] if they are as fit for the purpose or purposes for which goods of that kind are commonly bought as it is reasonable to expect having regard to any description applied to them , the price ( if relevant ) and all the other relevant circumstances . |
| 9 | Lucid expects to see revenues from its C product lines overtake those of its original Lisp products sometime next quarter — it says that Lisp is a niche ( though still growing ) market , and that the market for C products is from 10 to 20 times larger . |
| 10 | Lucid expects to see revenues from its C product lines overtake those of its original LISP products sometime next quarter — it says that LISP is a niche ( though still growing ) market , and that the market for C products is from 10 to 20 times larger . |
| 11 | El Segundo , California-based systems integrator , Computer Sciences Corp , and Sun Microsystems Inc are teaming to offer client/server solutions to aeroplane builders — the two expect to win $80m of business over the next 18 months : CSC won the $3bn , 10-year outsourcing contract with General Dynamics in 1991 . |
| 12 | To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science when he next expects to visit Leeds university and Leeds polytechnic to discuss funding for higher education . |
| 13 | To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland when he next expects to meet representatives of the Scottish fishing industry to discuss the conservation of fishing stocks . |
| 14 | To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry when he next expects to meet representatives of the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders to discuss the effects of the recession on the motor industry . |
| 15 | To ask the Minister of Agriculture , Fisheries and Food when he next expects to meet representatives of the bloodstock breeding industry to discuss the state of this sector . |
| 16 | To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he next expects to meet representatives of the CBI to discuss manufacturing investment . |
| 17 | To ask the Minister of Agriculture , Fisheries and Food when he next expects to meet representatives of the poultry industry to discuss the state of the sector . |