Example sentences of "[noun pl] expect [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Prior to the general election , when many experts expected a Labour victory followed by a rise in base rates , there were several enticing bonds to go for . |
| 2 | Investing institutions expect a net cash inflow of £30 billion-40 billion this year . |
| 3 | Those with children at RC schools expected the highest moral standards . |
| 4 | When David Walker led the poll tax rebels of West Oxfordshire out of the tory fold many pundits expected the new Independents would be replaced by more compliant conservatives at the first electoral opportunity … but two years on independents still hold more than half the council wards . |
| 5 | And last year , insurers expect the final cost to be as much as a billion pounds . |
| 6 | By the simple device of warning his readers to expect the worst , de Pomiane gets his message across . |
| 7 | Analyst Michael Saunders of Salomon Brothers expects the next year 's figure to reach £50 billion . |
| 8 | If parents expect the worst they are quite likely to get it . |
| 9 | Ferry lines expect a huge rush of passengers taking advantage of the new freedom . |
| 10 | You still have to be on top of your stuff , though — judges expect a certain level of competence to staging a little-girl-lost act in court will do no good whatsoever . |
| 11 | TP watchers expect the new release to include greater interoperability features , such as links with IBM Corp 's CICS/6000 transaction processing environment which is based upon Transarc Corp 's Encina TP technology . |
| 12 | Retailers expect a bigger improvement in June , but their expectations have proved to be over-optimistic in the past two months . |
| 13 | The Reuters poll shows only 5 p.c. of dealers expect an outright Tory victory , while a similar proportion are looking for a clear Labour majority . |
| 14 | Because the polling system is new and complex , the results will not be known for several days , but most observers expect the local party 's candidates to come in far behind the Popular Front and other unofficial groups . |
| 15 | ‘ Our customers expect a high level of knowledge . |
| 16 | Muller and his team-mates expect a hard four-match tour and welcome the challenge . |
| 17 | Just as investors expect a high return for their capital , we should expect working people to receive a fair return for their labour . |
| 18 | ‘ Export prospects look brighter with smaller firms expecting a slight increase in orders in the next four months . |
| 19 | Three out of four independent economic forecasting bodies expected the Scottish economy to perform better than the UK economy both last year and this year . |
| 20 | " The tsar and his generals expected an easy campaign marked by heart-warming victories " , which was more or less what they got . |
| 21 | The bishops expected the hallowed Authorized Version to maintain its mastery because it was sanctified in everyone 's affections and moral sentiments . |
| 22 | He warned his players to expect a hostile reception in England and said : ‘ We came mentally prepared for a hard time and determined to give our answer out there on the field . |
| 23 | Your article , Antenatal Tests , did not mention that mothers expecting a multiple birth are usually advised against having amniocentesis and chorionic villus sampling . |
| 24 | MOST voters expect a hung Parliament after Thursday but half are unhappy about the idea , according to Gallup 's final pre-election survey for The Sunday Telegraph . |
| 25 | Most City forecasters expect a bigger fall in the current-account deficit . |
| 26 | Would not others from needy backgrounds expect the same ? |
| 27 | In this way the Psalms were read through every twenty-four hours and the Gospels once a week , so that , as Bishop Hacket noticed , ‘ there was no intermission day nor night … they kept sentinel at all hours and seasons to expect the second coming of the Lord Jesus ’ . |
| 28 | James turned up at the docks expecting a luxury liner , only to find a cargo ship and a deck-hand 's job waiting for him . |
| 29 | The issue was of far greater importance to Japan than to Russia , yet the Tsar and most of his ministers expected the Japanese to be easily intimidated . |
| 30 | It is also possible that late nineteenth and early twentieth-century working class women expected a greater degree of drunkenness and violence on the part of husbands than would be tolerated today . |