Example sentences of "expect [to-vb] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Commenting on its figures ( see page seven ) , Amsterdam-based networking and electrical engineering group Getronics NV says it sees no evidence of market growth , and assuming no major acquisitions occur , its business will grow hardly any faster than in 1992 , when net profit rose 14% ; its investment is expected to remain at the same level as in 1992 , and cash flow is expected to develop on a comparable basis . |
| 2 | The few pieces of furniture looked old , solid , and unprepossessing , the kind of stuff that Pete would have expected to see at the bargain end of a market-town auction . |
| 3 | It is , however , a very special kind of autobiography , and may be compared to the accounts of their own lives which the early Methodists were expected to write at the time of their reception into the church : in such spiritual autobiographies divine visitations were singled out for special mention as evidences of God 's grace and power ; they were contrasted with laments over sinful behaviour and backsliding , and led to the culminating moment of conversion . |
| 4 | A few years back each golfer used his own collection of chipped and misshapen balls and the caddies were expected to stand at the end of the practice area and collect them . |
| 5 | In spite of these remarkably positive indicators , Singapore is not expected to grow at the same rate in the 1990s . |
| 6 | Singapore is not expected to grow at the same rate in the 1990s . |
| 7 | The firm 's earnings and dividends have grown in the past at the rate of 10 per cent per year and are expected to grow at the same rate indefinitely into the future . |
| 8 | It 's expected to look at the affect of the closure and what can be done about it . |
| 9 | An aim can be taken to be a statement of intent on the part of the teacher , usually expressed in general terms , whilst an objective is a statement describing in specific terms what the student is expected to do at the end of a course of learning experience . |
| 10 | The Kurd , whom she had expected to flee at the first shaking of the ground , was staying with them . |
| 11 | Austria is expected to propose at the conference the setting up of a European Migration Charter , a document which will have to be elaborated on later . |
| 12 | Instead , Anne and Tim are expected to call at the Queen Mother 's London home , Clarence House , on their return from Scotland . |
| 13 | The right wing coalition parties , RPR and UDF , are expected to triumph at the French legislative elections due to take place at the end of this month but , regardless of who wins , the French economy is set to go into recession in the first half of this year with even the most optimistic forecasters predicting zero growth . |
| 14 | At 1200 hrs on 23 May , 1st Guards Brigade put out a warning order that the Army commander was expected to arrive at the battalion HQ of 3rd Grenadier Guards at 1130 hrs the following morning , where he " wishes to see the Brigade commander and COs " . |
| 15 | This weekend hundreds are expected to arrive at the home of the Earls of Spencer — Althorp park in Northamptonshire . |
| 16 | A short time ago Bilal and Samir were expected to arrive at the hospital near Aylesbury . |
| 17 | He had expected to stay at the Dog and Gun , a tavern well known for its radical associations , where unstamped , illegal newspapers had always been laid out openly on the bar-counter for the perusal of anyone so inclined . |
| 18 | Firefighters expect to stay at the scene for at least the rest of the day — the strain of working amoung the debris under which two of their friends died shows only too clear to see . |
| 19 | In an attempt to forestall or derail Microsoft Corp 's likely objections to its WABI Windows Applications Binary Interface for running Windows applications under Unix , Sun Microsystems Inc is expected to reveal at the WABI launch tomorrow that it has orchestrated a Public Windows Initiative pressure group of vendors that will attempt to force Microsoft to open up , if not make public , its future plans for the Win16 16-bit application programming interface for Windows 3.1 , this week 's issue of our sister paper Unigram.X reports . |
| 20 | Mark Benson won the toss for Kent and , as is customary these days , put Hampshire in But 11 o'clock on a July morning is very different from 10.30am in September and , while it was cloudy , there was nothing like the assistance the bowlers will expect to find at the start of the NatWest Trophy final later in the year . |
| 21 | What kind of formal marks , if any , would we expect to find at the beginning of a new paragraph ? |
| 22 | If you started from the insect , and jumped like a demented flea half a trillion times , you could expect to arrive at the fox once . |
| 23 | Amdahl hopes to eventually supplement its dwindling mainframe income with revenue from these Sparc-based machines , expected to ship at the end of 1993 . |
| 24 | He instantly spotted the ‘ yorker ’ delivered by the man from BBC Wales — in effect , that the England match could not have been one he expected to win at the start of the season , therefore the Scottish match must have been on the credit side of the ledger . |
| 25 | You knew I was expecting to stay at the hotel , and that was the only reason I agreed to come with you . |
| 26 | He expects to stay at the hotel for some years to come to oversee operations . |
| 27 | Popular Welsh jockey Tim Rooney expects to resume at the Llandeilo Farmers after being out of action since a fall with his first ride of the season . |