Example sentences of "expect [adv] [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The US authorities expected about 300,000 applications during that period , but could process only about 350 a day at the Moscow embassy . |
| 2 | There was a long series of public meetings in 1980 and one of these was set up as a sort of week-end rally to which the anti-nuclear people were invited from all over Ireland , and at a big indoor public meeting during that weekend where you would normally have expected about 400 people to turn up , only about two locals turned up and the rest were all outsiders . |
| 3 | West Germany had expected around 5,000 refugees — including 809 from Warsaw , who arrived in Helmstedt — but more kept pouring from the special trains . |
| 4 | The organisers , backed by Derry City Council , expect over 20,000 people to flock to the Northern Ireland International Air Show at Eglinton Airport . |
| 5 | British charities could now expect only 5 pence in the pound . |
| 6 | In any one day , we can usually expect around 200 aircraft movements at the airport . |
| 7 | Under the new format , the ‘ A ’ list is expanded from 15 to 20 singles , each guaranteed a minimum of 15 plays a week , while the 20 singles on the ‘ B ’ list can expect around ten plays a week . |
| 8 | Most professional accountants have been trained to expect only one set of financial accounts for each organization . |
| 9 | Jack and Ann are expecting about 60 guests . |
| 10 | ‘ We are expecting about 300 people at the supporters ’ club after the funeral because Dennis was such a character and everybody who went on away matches knew him . ’ |
| 11 | A US military spokesman , Colonel Fred Peck , said yesterday he expected about 4,200 troops to travel by sea from Mogadishu to Kismayu within the next 24 hours . |
| 12 | It is a relief I suppose today , that I am able to speak to you on the basis erm of financial output which is a good deal more favourable than we expected even six months ago . |
| 13 | THE Forestry Commission expects about 99,000 hectares of trees to be planted in Britain in the next three years . |
| 14 | The Scottish Cricket Union 's director , Jim Love , has been overwhelmed by applications and expects around 80 people to have gone through basic award courses by May , writes Keith Graham . |