Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] expect [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It is simply that I expected better service , ’ he snapped . |
| 2 | Not that I expected any . |
| 3 | I will say , however , that I expect all the countries that we assist to make further progress towards democracy and increased accountability : we consider that vital . |
| 4 | ‘ So I expect that is that . ’ |
| 5 | Not , in truth , that she expected any , important or otherwise , but it would have made a difference to the day . |
| 6 | ‘ Galadriel , ’ muttered Gilly , not that she expected this bale of blubber to manage her real name . |
| 7 | erm so that y so that you expected this sort of measure of service and if you were told the , if you were told the circumstances you might have said well that 's okay , no problem . |
| 8 | Anyway Maureen 'll be trying to work out some , some of the , some of the issues so you expect that . |
| 9 | Anyway , at Stevenage Town Hall we told Ralph that we expected some money for these . |
| 10 | We should also remember that we expect many of the elderly to function under circumstances of stress which would strain people of any age : bereavement , repeated as contemporaries gradually die , worry about money , fear of increasing infirmity , isolation and death . |
| 11 | ‘ Let us just say that we expect this to be your only half-witted jape for the entire term . |
| 12 | While I accept that , I have to say that we expect those undertaking the review to have complete power to look into all areas and , specifically , to consider whether safety representatives who are not backed by a trade union are in a position to give the same kind of expert advice as would be expected from safety representatives appointed by a trade union . |
| 13 | The character table shows us that only e' and a 2 " vibrations , corresponding to dipole changes in the x/y and z directions , respectively , can be IR active , so we expect five fundamental bands in the IR spectrum of PF 5 . |
| 14 | Only a 1 ' , e' and e " vibrations will be Raman active , so we expect six fundamental bands in the Raman spectrum , only three of which ( due to the three e' vibrations ) should coincide in frequency with IR bands . |
| 15 | Den Bosch , Netherlands-based Tulip Computers NV reported a loss — the first in its history — of about $8m for 1992 , and said it is cutting out the dividend , but the shares improved about 8% after the company said that it expected better 1993 results — and the loss was not as bad as had been feared : analysts had seen a loss of as much as $13m . |
| 16 | Santa Monica , California-based Retix Inc warns that it expects net profit and turnover to be below analysts ' estimates for its first quarter ending April 3 : it expects operating results to be hurt by delays in releasing product enhancements for its RouterXchange 7000 series of routers to volume production , including support for IBM 's Token Ring network environment ; sales may be down up to 15% , and it may only break even or even worse . |
| 17 | Dallas , Texas-based NetWorth Inc warns that it expects lower than expected sales and net profit for its third quarter to March 31 — turnover will be about flat with the $4.4m of the second quarter , and profits down about breakeven ; the company blames the fact that it is converting an element of its Series 4000 products to a new Ethernet implementation and is experiencing unforeseen limitations of critical sole-source components . |
| 18 | Irvine , California-based AST Research Inc warns that it expects third quarter after-tax margins to be in the range of 3% to 4% as it follows pricing strategies intended to lead to increased unit sales while it reduces operating expenses as a percentage of sales — its strategy for pricing and market share expansion is expected to hurt its near-term earnings it said , noting that the new Premmia line , launched in the UK yesterday , is priced 10% to 20% below rival models ; it also said it was evaluating its pricing , especially in Europe . |
| 19 | He simply stood still saying nothing until the cries died away , and then told them what they were waiting for , and that he expected little more fighting . |
| 20 | Mr Lutz Stavenhagen said that he expected 11 out of the 12 EC leaders in Strasbourg to endorse the proposal — a reference to the renewed isolation of Mrs Thatcher over the issue . |
| 21 | After a meeting with umpires Steve Randell and Terry Prue , Subba Row said in a statement that he expected all players to adhere to proper standards of behaviour . |
| 22 | Bolger took office on Oct. 28 and announced his new 18-member Cabinet on Nov. 1 , using the occasion to stress that he expected all Ministers to observe the tradition of collective responsibility . |
| 23 | In a budget report presented in mid-1990 , the Minister of Finance , Kinza Clodumar , said that he expected that phosphate royalties would drop by A$10,000,000 from the 1989-90 figure of A$25,000,000 . |
| 24 | Sir Peter Holmes , Shell 's chairman who admitted that he was ‘ astonished ’ to discover that the irregularities had occurred through an associate company failing to follow strict rules against speculative dealing , said that he expected any further exposure to be limited to a £65 million charge which the company would take in its accounts for the first quarter of 1993 . |
| 25 | He says that he expected more mud slinging ; Dowty has been very gentlemanly so far . |
| 26 | Will he confirm , in line with undertakings given at the time of privatisation , that he expects British Steel to consider offers for the sale of Ravenscraig on a commercial basis at opportunity cost — at a price which British Steel could expect to get for the plant on world markets ? |
| 27 | 3.45:NOT many in with a chance here and I expect recent Fakenham scorer Love Anew and SKIPPING TIM to fight out the finish . |
| 28 | TECs will have responsibility for the initiative , and I expect many bids . |
| 29 | Er , and I expect that margin to continue rising and be much higher again next year , so the medicine is working there . |
| 30 | No , she said she gets arthritis in hers and I expect that 's what it is with mine . |