Example sentences of "[vb -s] [pers pn] expect [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Steve Kerton says they expect fifty thousand people at the race this weekend … half a million watch the sport in Rotterdam … |
| 2 | In July the company had said that it then expected 32,000 people to take redundancy this year , up from the 20,000 forecast at the beginning of the year : now it says it expects 40,000 to go , 8000 of them in Europe — of which the UK share is 600 , and 4,000 of them in Asia . |
| 3 | Commenting on its figures ( page seven ) , National Semiconductor Corp says it expects fourth quarter gross margins to improve over third quarter margins and that third quarter worldwide orders set a new record , up 40% over last year , and that it entered the fourth quarter with an improved backlog — record OEM orders more than offset seasonal weaknesses in distribution to give record orders for the Americas ; European orders were up while Japanese markets weakened slightly . |
| 4 | On the basis of this information , the law of reciprocal proportions tells us to expect that carbon and hydrogen combine in the weight ratio , 12:4 . |
| 5 | Viking is way behind schedule : it had been intended for this quarter , but StorageTek said that based on the present status of the product and schedule estimates it expects IBM-compatible products based on Viking architecture to be available in the second half of 1994 . |