Example sentences of "expect [adj] [noun pl] to have " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most researchers expect global temperatures to have experienced about half the predicted equilibrium temperature by the 2030s , that is , 1–2 C warmer than it is now . |
| 2 | In the case of major company resources it is fair to say that the very large companies invest millions in their computer systems and they expect these systems to have a life span of at least a decade . |
| 3 | One of them , Alistair Bruce , told the waiting reporters that they would have expected any charges to have materialised by this time . |
| 4 | We therefore might expect cultural changes to have greatly outstripped our slowly changing evolutionary heritage , in which case our present behaviour should be attributed more to the process of cultural , than of genetical , evolution . |
| 5 | The committee believes that the public expects external audits to have a role in protecting the interests of shareholders , creditors , pensioners , employees and the public generally by providing them with reassurances that : |
| 6 | That average conceals more than it reveals : the OECD expects seven countries to have real GNP growth of 3% or more . |