Example sentences of "[noun prp] expect [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Trent expected the hurricane to last between eight and ten hours .
2 The iron-studded door in the central archway looked impervious to battering-rams , but above it , behind a line of similar arches , was the big open terrace on which S. Kettering expected the family to dine — an instruction , Molly thought , which it would be no particular hardship to follow .
3 Marx and Engels expected the arbiter state to be an untypical regime under capitalism , quickly superseded as the onward rush of history produced decisive shifts of power towards the proletariat .
4 He placed his flabby hand on the hot little forehead , and Edward expected the fever to disappear like magic .
5 Initially 90% of the production will go for use in NEC products ; to date demand is highest for the 9.4″ screens used in laptops , although NEC expects the market to grow to a $8,900m market by 2000 , when it hopes to have a 25% market share .
6 Many businessmen and politicians in Scotland expect the effects of the Tunnel to be adverse but a recent analysis by economists from the Royal Bank of Scotland suggests that Scotland 's high tech inward investment is unlikely to be threatened .
7 And as I mentioned earlier Longman expect the cash flow this year to be better than last year despite the the reduction in profits .
8 IBM expects the world economy in 1993 to be no better than this year , and the workforce reductions will come from manufacturing and development organisations and in marketing and services units , principally from support areas .
9 Financial terms were not disclosed , but Aran expects the Transaction Point acquisition to contribute £1.5m in revenues , to a combined company turnover of £5m by the close of its financial 1994 on March 31 .
10 Only when Helen and Tony told him that Helen expected a baby before Christmas did he seem to come out of his stupor of misery .
11 Both Mr Porter and Mr Graham expect the NIE issue to very popular , with many local investors keen to hold on to the shares so that they can qualify for the discount vouchers will entitle them to money off their electricity bills .
12 IDG expects an attendance of 35,000 , and Unigram Japan will be exhibiting .
13 The IMF expects the imbalances to widen again this year and next .
14 There are just three employees on the payroll now , but McQuillen expects the centre to employ 50 by the end of this year — and 200 jobs are expected to be created within three years .
15 Levi noted that most of the republics had Jewish communities and said that Israel expected the republics to respect the communities ' rights , including the right to free emigration .
16 During a visit on Nov. 8-10 by former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger , Qian Qichen on Nov. 8 reiterated that China expected the US government to take the initiative in restoring good bilateral relations .
17 The SSD expected a demand for advocates to accompany mothers to child protection conferences .
18 Perhaps Mr Lloyd expects a non-smoker to abstain from breathing while in the vicinity of tobacco smoke .
19 Joseph expects the department to be involved in advocates ' training , ‘ to ensure they understand procedures and what child protection means .
20 Littlewoods expect the alterations will help them to make big payouts of as much as £2 million on a more regular basis .
21 There are further work opportunities on the horizon in Kuwait , where Wimpey expects the future to be in joint ventures .
22 X/Open expects the likes of Sequent Computer Systems Inc and Tandem Computer Inc to take advantage of membership at this level to influence specifications , for example , on commercial multi-processing and fault tolerance .
23 BRITISH officials said yesterday that the German Chancellor , Helmut Kohl , wanted to put pressure on Britain and Denmark to ratify the Maastricht treaty , but added that Britain expected the EC to press ahead with 12 , members not 10 .
24 At least he behaved as Khrushchev expected a capitalist to behave , as a ‘ chained cur of imperialism ’ .
25 Tulip expects the reorganisation measures it has implemented will trim its costs significantly , with 92 of the 420 Dutch staff being laid off .
26 Mr Wriglesworth expects no increase in house prices over 1993 as a whole , but he forecasts that average prices nationwide will rise by 7% in the year to the fourth quarter of 1994 and by as much as 10% in London .
27 In the next 30 years , Britain expects the number of people over 65 to increase by 20% and the number of people over 84 to increase by 47% .
28 Num expects the answer no .
29 DEC expects the software to be used in growing applications such as telemarketing and in customer service .
30 Tandem expects the technology to eliminate any remaining unplanned downtime users experience as well as any planned downtime needed for housekeeping chores like changing operating systems on the fly , a key facility in any mission-critical application from E-mail to fare collections .
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