Example sentences of "we expect [noun] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We expected Uri to bend a few spoons but we did n't expect the viewers to bend the truth , ’ he said . |
| 2 | Well , normally we expect things to go in straight lines . |
| 3 | Within the European time zone we expect competition to intensify with the creation of a single EC capital market and the possible advent of a single currency , the ECU . |
| 4 | ‘ And we expect others to keep coming forward . ’ |
| 5 | Now we expect operators to identify the root cause and make the problem go away themselves , ’ said factory systems manager . |
| 6 | We expect prices to start rising in the late summer or autumn . ’ |
| 7 | Simply that in higher education , we expect students to go beyond the material they encompass and to form their own affinity with it . |
| 8 | In this context , the phrase ‘ higher learning ’ is particularly helpful , because it prompts us to ask whether in higher education there is anything especially ‘ higher ’ about the learning we expect students to achieve . |
| 9 | In the way that military tactics fail by being repeated without regard to changed environment and situation , we expect people to live up to their reputation when the circumstances in which they are performing are very different . |
| 10 | Aiming at 70 Implementor sales for 1993 , Hugh McCartney , the company 's managing director said that 75% of business will still come from people developing applications for the AS/400 : ‘ We expect people to migrate in two to three years . |
| 11 | We expect people to pay their debts . |
| 12 | We expect candidates to communicate effectively — but will not be looking for perfect Business English . |
| 13 | On the whole we expect opportunities to start paying off very quickly . |
| 14 | … we expect books to generate ideas for exploration , we try to choose books that will challenge and ask questions of our brightest children and yet provide an accessible experience for the weakest . |
| 15 | Hunting may well become outlawed but we are deluding ourselves if we expect angling to follow in the foreseeable future although I am sure it will also go in future decades . |
| 16 | After all , we expect cuts to heal themselves , broken bones to knit , colds to clear . |
| 17 | We expect GDP to grow by 1.25 per cent this year , with the recovery gathering pace . |
| 18 | ‘ Labour will introduce a new Railway Act that will lay down in law the broad policy objectives that we expect BR to meet , ’ he told the Centre for Local Economic Strategies in Sheffield . |
| 19 | We expect planes to take off on time . |
| 20 | This year we expect consumers to spend some £80 billion on leisure — almost one quarter of consumer spending . |
| 21 | But that is precisely what happens when we expect plants to live and thrive , not as nature intended , but on chemical fertilizers . |
| 22 | So when can we expect Bill to ditch comedy for good and go all-out rock on us ? |
| 23 | But how far can we expect institutions to fulfil the needs of historians in this area ? |
| 24 | And can we expect states to allow non-coercive jural agencies to gather information in an effective manner when this involves the divulgence of state secrets , even if this is seen as the only way to secure confidence in , for instance , disarmament treaties ? |
| 25 | Further , can we expect states to agree to accept such a system , particularly with compulsory reference to international courts and mandatory application of their decisions , even if there are not sanctions attached to non-adherence ? |
| 26 | Can we expect individuals to enjoy equal rights and participation in their social lives and yet work under an authoritarian structure at the workplace that gives them little responsibility and allows them little scope for participation ? |
| 27 | Or are we expecting Bonn to recognise East German citizenship ? |
| 28 | Yet there is one passage in chapters 1–3 which might seem to dispel all fear , and might lead us to expect Israel to win a resounding victory . |