Example sentences of "expect [adj] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He simply stood still saying nothing until the cries died away , and then told them what they were waiting for , and that he expected little more fighting . |
| 2 | Steve Kerton says they expect fifty thousand people at the race this weekend … half a million watch the sport in Rotterdam … |
| 3 | More significantly , perhaps , I was annoyed because I expect this financial services organisation to recognise the totality of its relationship to me when making decisions in respect of specific transactions ; in this case to realise that its interest in my house should be adequate collateral for a small and presumably temporary overdraft . |
| 4 | The forecast tax charge for the year is thirty four per cent which is below last year 's rate of thirty five and we expect this low rate to continue in the future . |
| 5 | ‘ In summary , we have made substantial progress at the half year and we expect this positive trend to be maintained . |
| 6 | ‘ We have made a strong start to 1993 and we expect this positive trend to continue . |
| 7 | We expect some firm proposals from the Minister tonight , or at least when we debate this matter in Committee , that will assure the House that something will be done about this very dangerous situation . |
| 8 | So expect some big changes to the type of tackle you will see at different events over the coming years . |
| 9 | I expect another close game , and I 'm confident we can get back to winning ways . ’ |
| 10 | Grainne had known that when it finally came to it , she would be afraid — for I have never known anyone other than Fergus , and with Fergus it was so natural and so sweet — but she had not expected this sudden rush of tenderness . |
| 11 | He had expected some final pay-off , a terminal settling of accounts for services rendered . |
| 12 | He had expected some sordid den with a big wardrobe , a lot of shoes and a bed laid for business . |
| 13 | I 'd expected some token reluctance , a bit of chair-shuffling and so on . |
| 14 | We expect 7.5 million orders to be issued against people in England . |
| 15 | She had not expected such direct questioning . |
| 16 | Expect much slick guitar , expressive backbeat and … the occasional big surprise . |
| 17 | Only a 1 ' , e' and e " vibrations will be Raman active , so we expect six fundamental bands in the Raman spectrum , only three of which ( due to the three e' vibrations ) should coincide in frequency with IR bands . |
| 18 | People expect these two strata to answer the phone , to draft a memo . |
| 19 | I am proud of what I have done as a practising solicitor and I expect all other solicitors feel the same . |
| 20 | Close all taps expect one HOT water tap |
| 21 | ( One might have expected heterosexual young men to be more influenced by what was after all a film of exclusively heterosexual practices . ) |
| 22 | I had fully expected one locked room , the woman-of-the-glove 's room . |
| 23 | The character table shows us that only e' and a 2 " vibrations , corresponding to dipole changes in the x/y and z directions , respectively , can be IR active , so we expect five fundamental bands in the IR spectrum of PF 5 . |
| 24 | On the one hand variceal haemorrhage may be the final episode in a progressively deteriorating clinical disease state ; alternatively , it may be a single potentially life threatening episode in a patient who can otherise expect several further years of good quality life . |
| 25 | Whatever the organizational changes few people in Bonn expect any fundamental shifts in science policy . |
| 26 | There was some reason for his bewilderment , for Anselm does not seem to have desired or expected any practical result from this consultation except a possible release from his archbishopric . |
| 27 | As might be expected young disabled people entering the adult world of employment , housing and social life face even greater problems than their peer group . |
| 28 | It seems we can expect yet-another Intel-based desktop operating system to make an appearance this summer . |
| 29 | If ideology reflects economic organization , then one might expect that modern consciousness should contain its universalistic and its particularistic common-places . |
| 30 | Stick with that scenario , how , how would you anticipate , or how would you expect that strategic guidance to be given as to where development should be appropriately located to serve the needs of Greater York , what mechanism is there in place for being |