Example sentences of "expect [to-vb] [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Toward 2000 , points out that with the production of fuelwood expected to fall short by 40 per cent , ‘ many poor people will not be able to cook their food adequately . |
| 2 | Reports on Aug. 7 said that the government had airlifted hundreds of Palestinians , expected to total 3,000 by mid-August , to Jordan [ see pp. 38118 ; 38166 ; 38309 ] ] . |
| 3 | As for sociable hours , I would not be in this trade if I expected to work nine to five , Monday to Friday . |
| 4 | City of London Telecommunications — or COLT — has already started construction of the network , which is expected to go on-line towards the end of the year . |
| 5 | In our work , however , the carbon-bearing granulite samples have a higher porosity ( Table 1 ) and friable nature , and would be expected to lose much of their porosity , with associated loss of conductivity , when even small pressures are applied . |
| 6 | Some 200,000 members were expected to lose most of their savings in what was described as the worst collapse of a deposit-taking institution in Australia since 1990 . |
| 7 | As a consequence of the belief in the unbalanced ratio , demographers advocated the long-term necessity of keeping older people in the work-force , since the birth-rate was expected to remain low despite a wartime upturn . |
| 8 | Unemployment in the OECD countries was expected to remain stable at an average of 6.5 per cent in 1990 despite a slowdown in growth . |
| 9 | This is where the sculptor might be expected to remain close to the original , though even here a Roman preference can be detected for a certain shape , or for an angle that increases the sentimental value of the copy . |
| 10 | Foreign demand for US books is also expected to remain strong until 1997 . |
| 11 | In 1982 he had helped to found the anti-apartheid United Democratic Front ( UDF ) [ see also p. 33895 ] , and he was expected to remain active in politics . |
| 12 | When the inflation rate is expected to remain constant over time , the normal position of the yield curve is to be upward-sloping . |
| 13 | Later , it was to take on consultative functions ; in practice , most observers expected it to act as a clearing house for mutual trade between its members , which was expected to remain important for some years , and to co-ordinate east European policy toward the European Communities ( EC ) . |
| 14 | Even so , expect to lose some of the fry despite these safeguards . |
| 15 | Comedienne Ruby Wax is expected to see one of the performances — a return visit to Liverpool following her appearance at this year 's Festival of Comedy . |
| 16 | However few who die are reckoned fit to enter directly into the presence of God and the vast majority of Roman Catholics expect to go first to Purgatory either on account of dying ‘ in venial sin ’ ( Catechism P. 32 ) or being ‘ indebted to God 's justice on account of mortal sin . ’ |
| 17 | I liked her Mat Coward and Edward Pearce ( ‘ Socialism 's answer to Ezra Pound , only more confused ’ and ‘ A sort of sober Dylan Thomas ’ ) , and confidently expect to see more of her in the future . |
| 18 | If so , the conductivity of the rock at high pressures would be expected to mirror that of carbon . |
| 19 | During that time , police say they expect to issue hundreds of summonses . |
| 20 | But at your age you know so many words you could n't really be expected to spell all of them and you 're you 're thinking Oh whatever I do I every word I write down is wrong . |
| 21 | ‘ At home , children expect to come first in the life of the family and in school many of them behave in a selfish , uncaring way with no idea of consideration of others , ’ wrote another . |
| 22 | Other changes highlighted in 1989 by the National Economic Development Council include an aging workforce ( in the 1990s the working population will become increasingly concentrated in the middle age groups and in the year 2000 there are likely to be 1.8 million more people aged 35 to 54 ) and an expanding adult labour force ( women returning to the labour market are expected to provide most of the growth in labour force in the 1990s ) . |
| 23 | Though the move could help to speed up investment in a few large projects , there were fears last night that the sudden change in the offshore tax system could hit the bulk of the smaller oil and gas projects which were expected to provide most of the work for the offshore supply industry over the next few years . |
| 24 | The store is a further boost to the Post Office 's network of shops across the country which is expected to total 300 within five years . |
| 25 | Mr Brownhut said he had no idea why anyone should want to upset the show , which is expected to attract thousands of spectators from all over the province . |
| 26 | The first Quaker Rally and Road Run will take place on Sunday , May 17 , and is expected to attract thousands of spectators and enthusiasts . |
| 27 | The new machines are expected to appear first through Ing C Olivetti & Co SpA , one of Pyramid 's OEM partners , thought to be readying a 24-way version of its Pyramid re-badged LSX range for a mid-June introduction . |
| 28 | Similar impressions are obtained from other examples of this type : ( 22 ) He did not want to be alone , and had expected to find some of his friends at the bar . |
| 29 | The building and operating of the new telecommunications infrastructure is expected to create hundreds of jobs for the area . |
| 30 | Israel 's Jewish Telegraphic Agency disclosed on Sept. 17 that the current wave of immigration from the Soviet Union was expected to reach 1,000,000 by the end of 1992 . |