Example sentences of "[vb past] [conj] [pers pn] expect " in BNC.
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| 1 | In a statement issued on March 28 the Mongolian Foreign Ministry announced that it expected Russia to abide by a March 1990 Soviet-Mongolian agreement which stipulated that all Soviet troops would withdraw from Mongolia by Aug. 30 , 1992 [ see p. 37318 ] . |
| 2 | It added that it expected Denmark 's gross domestic product to grow by 2.25 per cent in 1992 , up from 2 per cent in 1991 . |
| 3 | Sir Russell added that he expected the Chancellor 's action would provoke a strong response from his constituents . |
| 4 | The Labour spokesman called for a quick decision on RUC requests for more manpower and Mr Brooke replied that he expected to make an announcement very soon . |
| 5 | Devoy hinted that she expected Jackman to be her successor , by adding : ‘ She can have it [ the title ] after me . ’ |
| 6 | The monks of the Middle Ages used to practise ‘ divine reading ’ , which meant that they expected their lives to be transformed as a result of what they read . |
| 7 | The other prisoners gasped because they expected him to be shot on the spot . |
| 8 | Bush said , however , that he would use his executive discretion to modify or suspend US sanctions when two more of the five conditions were met ; administration officials said that they expected the freeing of political prisoners and the lifting of the state of emergency in Natal to be regarded as adequate moves . |
| 9 | DEC and Microsoft said that they expect NT-on-Alpha , which they are jointly engineering , to be a high-volume , multi-sourced platform for users , software developers , systems designers and chip manufacturers — exactly the same thing ACE was supposed to be . |
| 10 | In what is a highly fluid situation , a senior opposition source said that he expected Forum ministers to be in office by the weekend . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Prof McVie said that he expected drugs to counter rogue genes could be available within seven years . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Presenting the seventh development plan ( 1991-97 ) to the National Assembly on Nov. 19 , Masire said that he expected a slowdown in revenue in the coming period and that the private sector would have to play a greater role in diversifying the economy and reducing the dependence on mineral exports . |
| 15 | A United Kingdom Foreign Office spokesman welcomed the development and said that he expected the European Communities ( EC ) to move " swiftly " to lift its bans on the import of South African iron , steel and of gold coins . |
| 16 | Akashi , during a visit to Japan on March 11 , said that he expected the Japanese government to contribute a third of UNTAC 's estimated total cost of US$1,900 million . |
| 17 | Parry recommended a revision of the practices of the construction industry , and said that he expected insurance costs to rise . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | In answer to a parliamentary question on Aug. 5 the government said that it expected its NATO allies to withdraw around 133,000 troops over the next few years , of which 75,000 would be from the USA and 25,000 from the UK . |
| 21 | He wrote that he expected to find ‘ ideology and purpose , ’ but mostly discovered ‘ cynical platitude and intellectual laziness . ’ |
| 22 | , I said , she said but I expect him to . |
| 23 | ‘ Well , sir ? ’ he asked Sharpe , but in a nervous voice which suggested that he expected his temerity in asking to be met with a savage reproof . |
| 24 | Nevertheless , President Roh Tae Woo of South Korea welcomed the recent progress in relations between the two states , and on July 6 suggested that he expected to see Korean reunification achieved within five years . |