Example sentences of "[noun sg] expect the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the Maltese expected the match to have the friendly atmosphere of a schoolboy international , however , then they were in for a rude awakening . |
| 2 | In statements of a numerical type , especially , it is always sensible practice to expect the source to be given with each figure . |
| 3 | Once the world 's nations can agree on how to exploit mineral deposits on the seabed , the robots association expects the market for robots to do the job to be £4.2 million in 1985 , rising to £35–9 million by 1990 . |
| 4 | You said the child may not be developing in the way the parent expects the child to develop , and I think that it 's very important for parents to check out their expectations . |
| 5 | You said the child may not be developing in the way the parent expects the child to develop , and I think that it 's very important for parents to check out their expectations . |
| 6 | The car park charging scheme will cost £67,000 but the council expects the income from charges to be greater than the cost of setting up the scheme in the first year . |
| 7 | Hartlepool Council expects the bridge to be open for public use in weeks . |
| 8 | But even if Flaubert had described himself as a lethargic meliorist , I should make the same point : what a curious vanity it is of the present to expect the past to suck up to it . |
| 9 | However , a Midland Bank spokesman said the group expected the dividend flow from the investments acquired to be preferable to the dividend flow from its Argentinian loan portfolio . |
| 10 | Of course we had no right to expect the life of the household , let alone the street , to be hushed because of us , but in the absence of quiet it took me hours to drift off . |
| 11 | I have no right to expect the things I ask — even a kind word … ‘ |
| 12 | Gartner Group expects the market to start to gain momentum from 1995/96 . |
| 13 | On the other hand , we tend not to see the intense depression in a motionless and unresponsive horse , or the annoyance in one that has turned its back on the horse or person offending it , or the anxiety in the tightened abdominal muscles of the showpony expecting the pain of the spur . |
| 14 | A staunch friend expected the countenance of the politician to whom he had attached himself , and a failure to actively canvass for a candidate might well he repaid in full by hostility at the next general election . |
| 15 | Is it fair to assume that , in this general election year , the right hon. and learned Gentleman expects the review to lead to a cut in the Government 's minimum standards for education facilities , designed to meet the requirements of the national curriculum ? |
| 16 | Part of herself , she thought , was killed , a tender , budding part ; the daisy-crowned young girl who would stay behind to haunt the old house , to appear in mirrors where the new owner expected the reflection of his own face , to flash whitely on dark nights out of the prickly core of the apple tree . |
| 17 | I had been warned on the ground to expect the phenomenon ; after a couple more practice stalls , and later in the circuit , I almost got used to it . |
| 18 | That is just as well , because , after the initial curiosity value , Muddle expects the attendance to fall to around 500 . |
| 19 | One major problem affecting growth is that residential accommodation in the City is expensive and in short supply , and the local planning authority expects the University and the colleges to provide accommodation for all additional students . |
| 20 | One younger Welsh hill farmer used to go up ‘ to help his father in evenings with the few cattle they had ’ , but afterwards at supper the older man expected the grandchildren to keep silent , and if they spoke ‘ he 'd look at us fiercely . ’ |
| 21 | He may need to do all this , and to ventilate his fears of a future without her ; but he has probably been told since he was three years old that ‘ boys do n't cry ’ , and that men must always show courage and maintain the stiff upper lip , so he may deny himself the relief of lowering his defences and ‘ letting go ’ which society expects the widow to do quite naturally . |
| 22 | Often tension arises between the mother and the wife of a man and no matter how unjust the attitude of the mother , society expects the son to respect his mother 's wishes more than those of his wife . |
| 23 | In return , government expects the Trades Union Congress to respect that right and to control its members . |
| 24 | But the test was , apparently , extremely effective : for if after this exercise the ground was judged right and the sowing proceeded satisfactorily , the husbandman expected the barley ‘ to be up in three days ’ . |
| 25 | It should not be forgotten , moreover , that Jacobite gentlemen had non-Jacobite relatives , and a favour to the kinsman in difficulties with the law was also a favour to lairds who might have good reason to expect the politician 's help . |
| 26 | Next year , before privatisation receipts , the Red Book expects the Budget deficit to be £38 billion . |
| 27 | The City expects the Chancellor to alter but not altogether abandon the rule , effectively reducing the amount of gilt-edged stock bought in by the Bank of England . |
| 28 | Er I mean I , I mean have we really thought this through because er if we 're an anticipating having hundred , hundred and fifty people here which I suppose is of course about what we would hope for , the response that NUPE er as you know they would need to actually achieve the yes vote , I mean we need this sort of room full er would n't it not be more sensible to split up between co or not , would it not be normal for the tutor to expect the group to split up to address specific areas like , I do n't know , Labour Party membership , erm finance , I do n't know , whatever |
| 29 | The company expects the Motif drag-and-drop , which it substituted for its proprietary GUI , to shorten the learning curve . |
| 30 | The company expects the makers of electrolytic batteries ( like the ones in cars ) to be big customers for its new product . |