Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] [pron] expect " in BNC.
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1 | Cornmill manager Albion Small said he expected several other famous names to join Body Shop . |
2 | Sir Hector said he expected ‘ interesting discussions , ’ Scottish Office-speak for ‘ we might have to bang heads together . ’ |
3 | Mr Wiseman said he expected to announce the name shortly . |
4 | Brent Walker said it expected the buyout negotiations ‘ would be successfully completed shortly ’ . |
5 | IBM says it expects sales and general administrative expenses to decline by about $1,000m this year through its restructuring efforts . |
6 | By mid-1993 , France Telecom says it expects to have signed other roaming agreements with Germany , Italy , the Scandinavian nations , and the UK . |
7 | Marrie said she expected Stephanie to make the under-21 team in the near future and possibly even the full team . |
8 | And last night top U.S. military commander General Colin Powell said he expected Western jets to be enforcing the zone within two weeks . |
9 | Although Bellcore says it expects to finalise Release 1 by 1995 , Ovum reckons it will not be available until 1997 . |
10 | General Motors Corp may need to sell a stake in Electronic Data Systems Corp in order to overcome a $14,000m worldwide pension obligation , industry analysts told Reuter : chief financial officer Richard Wagoner said the automaker plans to make a ‘ significant contribution ’ into its pension fund this year and next year , and over the next six or seven years , hopes to eliminate its pension fund liability completely ; analysts say it could raise almost $5,000m by selling a 25% stake in the computer services giant , and Lehman Brothers automotive analyst Joseph Phillippi said he expects it either to sell a stake or return to the equity markets ; officials from both the General and British Telecommunications Plc say that any deal for the UK phone giant to buy a stake in EDS is far from certain . |
11 | Prost said he expected a tough race but was satisfied with the performance of his car . |
12 | Oxford put three past them a couple of weeks ago … but Swindon know what to expect |
13 | Steve Kerton says they expect fifty thousand people at the race this weekend … half a million watch the sport in Rotterdam … |
14 | The references to Jericho in both Numbers and Deuteronomy lead us to expect that once the people have crossed the river the city will be the first obstacle in the way of their advance deeper into the Land . |
15 | ‘ The Lithuanian FA say they expect to arrive between 1.00 and 1.30 but they seem rather vague . |
16 | Fujitsu says it expects to sell 100,000 units per month . |
17 | Fujitsu says it expects to break even in 1993-94 , with zero net profit . |
18 | Fujitsu says it expects to break even in 1993–94 , with zero net profit . |
19 | Tandy said it expects to take a $70m charge against current quarter figures to cover the shortfall between the price to be paid and the value in its books — it says the sale has the potential to increase operating earnings and provide more cash for debt reduction , retail growth or share buy-backs . |
20 | Richardson admitted he expected the booing . |
21 | AT&T says it expects ‘ several hundred ’ of its 11m million business customers in the US to ‘ express interest ’ in the new services in the first year or so — but will that interest be turned into contracts ? |
22 | Microsoft Corp chairman Bill Gates said he expects to ship the follow-on to Windows 3.1 , codenamed Chicago , in 1994 but declined to say at what point in the year the upgraded system will be launched : ‘ We should debunk any notion that Chicago is around the corner , ’ Gates told an audience of developers sponsored by Microsoft — ‘ All we can say is we expect it will be in 1994 and we 'll keep people in touch on that . ’ |
23 | Microsoft Corp chairman Bill Gates said he expects to ship the follow-on to Windows 3.1 , codenamed Chicago , in 1994 but declined to say at what point in the year the upgraded system will be launched : ‘ We should debunk any notion that Chicago is around the corner , ’ Gates told an audience of developers sponsored by Microsoft — ‘ All we can say is we expect it will be in 1994 and we 'll keep people in touch on that . ’ |
24 | Speaking at the company 's developers conference , Apple Computer Inc chairman John Sculley said he expects the company 's strong momentum to continue into the second half of the fiscal year , adding that among new products on the stocks are the speech recognition computer system code-named Caspar and the pen-based portable notebook . |
25 | And people are making much of the fact the Apple 's John Sculley said he expects to sell a million PowerPC Macs next year . |
26 | AT&T said it expected the change on future earnings to be negligible and added that there would be no effect on cash flow . |
27 | ( Ferdinando said he expected the profit on Mr Landor 's rooms was so enormous it covered the cost of the rest more than double . ) |
28 | Whatever Laura 's motives — Moira believes she expected her to take injections or pills to dry up her milk supply entirely ; Bernard believes she was opposed to mothers returning to work so soon — the atmosphere was charged . |
29 | Siemens AG held its annual meeting in Munich yesterday , and according to Reuter said it expects to cut the losses at its computer and semiconductor divisions this year , although it was still not satisfied with the results of the two divisions : chairman Heinrich von Pierer told the meeting that the combined losses of Siemens Nixdorf and the semiconductor division last fiscal was over $625m , casting doubt on whether cost-cutting programmes already announced would suffice ; at Siemens Nixdorf , there is now a stronger focus on products with a bright future and a reduction in the amount of work done in-house . |
30 | On police authorities , Mr Clarke said he expected them in future to have a mix of eight elected councillors , three magistrates and five members , including the chairman , appointed by the Home Secretary . |