Example sentences of "expect [verb] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The contest for the Democratic nomination was , however , expected to provide significant indications of the party 's aspirations in the final decade of the 20th century . |
| 2 | SEVERE snow falls and high winds are expected to hit substantial parts of northern Scotland , Stonehaven and Drumochter northwards , for up to 24 hours from tonight , forecasters say . |
| 3 | We expect to stimulate significant improvements in NHS performance , particularly on waiting times , as a result . |
| 4 | At the same time , two other research programmes that stood to benefit handsomely from the stimulus plan — the $103 million proposed for the Advanced Technology Program ( ATP ) within the Department of Commerce and $47 million sought for cooperative research agreements between industry and the national laboratories in the Department of Energy — are expected to remain important priorities for the Clinton administration and to enjoy rising budgets in 1994 despite the temporary setback in Congress . |
| 5 | Scottish teachers , like their counterparts south of the border , were seeking better pay and conditions ; but the Scottish dispute was also a massive protest at the rapid rate of educational change and at the way in which teachers felt they were expected to carry forward developments without adequate support . |
| 6 | Novell Inc will push back delivery of the beta version of NetWare 4.0 until September , according to prospective beta testers that have spoken to Microbytes Daily : at least two potential beta testers were told by sales reps that the 4.0 beta version , originally due last week , will be delayed while Novell improves the software 's interface and ramps up staffing on the 4.0 support hot lines ; also , one of the crucial issues Novell has yet to resolve is how easily network administrators will be able to migrate from their existing versions ; 4.0 is expected to include major enhancements to the operating system 's administration services , including audit trails for all file activity and a new retrieve-based user directory . |
| 7 | It also meant that all political structures , especially the less specialized and differentiated ones found in Third World states , could be expected to perform additional functions to those which were their main raison d'être . |
| 8 | It is expected to see initial revenues from the Sentry-E as in the fourth quarter , with first-year sales put at about $25m . |
| 9 | Local authorities , parents and others concerned with the child are expected to agree reasonable arrangements for contact before a care order , whether final or interim , is made . |
| 10 | Friends of the Earth and the Women 's Environmental Network are expected to lodge formal complaints in Brussels that the UK Ecolabelling Board breached its obligation to consult relevant organisations before setting standards . |
| 11 | Allowing for intersubject variability , one night still expect to see marked changes in the histology of the small bowel after infusion of 100 mg of pure peptide . |
| 12 | The International Monetary Fund and the World Bank are expected to impose strict conditions on any aid . |
| 13 | This is done by having a virtual computer which more closely matches the user 's requirements than the real computer , and implementing it partly by direct operations of the hardware and partly by operations of the operating system running on the hardware , A major aspect of the virtual computer is the provision of high-level languages , but the operating system is expected to provide other facilities , such as simple access to transput devices ( in particular a filing system , and communication with the operator , and perhaps the user , at a terminal ) , the current date and time , etc . |
| 14 | Those who lay claim to these rights and expect to have violations recognised and remedied , know that they undertake reciprocal obligations and will be expected to provide appropriate remedies if they are guilty of infraction , even if innocently . |
| 15 | Local large employers could also be encouraged to establish departments providing work experience for people with long-term disabilities , provided they received financial incentives in the form of capital grants and revenue support : employers should not be expected to provide charitable funds or investment , although they can provide an atmosphere of tolerance , access for sheltered workers to the benefits which other employees enjoy ( such as sports and canteen facilities ) , and a willingness to consider these supported workers for more general employment if they make good progress . |
| 16 | I expect to find rich pickings in the Ministry of Defence , with its townships , its airfields , its office blocks , its country houses , its sailors ' hostel in South Kensington and its acreage of land which would make up an English county . |
| 17 | Many potential purchasers expect to find fitted wardrobes in bedrooms these days . |
| 18 | Expected to attract top names . |
| 19 | The climb of Ditchling Beacon and the finish of the stage on Brighton 's Madeira Drive are expected to attract huge crowds . |
| 20 | Roads built to service the project are expected to attract slash-and-burn settlers and , possibly , illegal loggers . |
| 21 | In corporate finance , a small group of colleagues can be expected to work long hours together under considerable pressure and conditions of secrecy . |
| 22 | The country 's biggest oil refinery , Ahmadi , which resumed operations on Aug. 27 , was expected to meet domestic demands by processing up to 130,000 barrels per day ( bpd ) of crude oil . |
| 23 | A depletion of transmitters is therefore likely to be associated with impaired performance and to render the organism more vulnerable to frustration , loss and other life stresses that are expected to increase adaptive demands . |
| 24 | Had this been a function for Chedworth , one might at least have expected to find suitable tools . |
| 25 | He wants us to plan a city in which the inhabitants will be expected to explore new lifestyles , to discover new ways of life appropriate to our time . |
| 26 | If you are called for an interview with a local authority , you would not be expected to answer detailed questions relating to local government law . |
| 27 | The second shake-up in the past 12 months is expected to streamline internal services and review some of the marketing structures . |
| 28 | ( 139b ) … reflected solar radiation is not expected to cause sizable errors in the measurements of planetary radiation . |
| 29 | Saudi Arabia remained the only Arab state without diplomatic relations with China , but China had been a weapons supplier to Saudi Arabia since 1985 ; in addition the move was expected to open new links between Saudi Arabia and the Moslem minority in China . |
| 30 | But while you will usually be expected to remember other pieces you have seen before — and how you analysed them — you should not discuss those other passages in your answer ( unless you are explicitly instructed to , which none of the above questions do ) . |