Example sentences of "we expect [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We expected little advertising support for the first effort in our new format but it came anyway on the strength of our description . |
| 2 | From what we already knew about its audiences and programme content , we expected that television would have a stronger influence on public information and perceptions than on public attitudes and choices ; while the press , particularly the mass-selling tabloids , would have a stronger influence on public attitudes and choices than on public information and perceptions . |
| 3 | Anyway , at Stevenage Town Hall we told Ralph that we expected some money for these . |
| 4 | The expectation for next year 's exactly the same as what we expected last year , alright just turned , propped out okay . |
| 5 | Tension is also created when we expect one thing , and something else , quite different , occurs . |
| 6 | Not only that but we expect that reward to be a fair and just one . |
| 7 | As the contraction programmes already announced take effect , we expect that employee numbers will continue to fall . |
| 8 | If we work extra hard for our employers we expect some kind of reward in return . |
| 9 | We expect some account of Sicilian civilization and resources , some description of the fortifications of Syracuse , the temples ( an index of prosperity ) of Akragas , or the revenues derived from the subjugated interior ; something , in fact , like Herodotus book ii , about Egypt , which introduced the invasion by the Persian king Kambyses . |
| 10 | ‘ We 're now asking them to accept a revised model and we expect some opposition . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ A number of distinguished engineers have been Whitworth Scholars , and we expect this year 's award winners to be high achievers in their subsequent careers , ’ he said . |
| 12 | How do you know whether anything has been a success , or whether you 're doing anything right , unless you ask , and we expect this rationale to follow through into our community investment programme . |
| 13 | We expect this exhibition to be of particular interest to sports administrators and physiotherapists . |
| 14 | We expect British Rail to give urgent consideration to the timing of the placement of that order . |
| 15 | Every year , we expect public service standards to be ratcheted up . |
| 16 | We expect further guidance will be necessary in relation to the treatment of surpluses in pension funds , though recently considerable uncertainties have arisen in this area about the cost of pension provision as a result of the European Court judgment , often referred to as the ‘ Barber Case ’ . |
| 17 | And without this capacity how can we expect large scale mainframe users to down-size or right-size into open systems . |
| 18 | Why , why might we expect structural change to occur in this example ? |
| 19 | 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 . |