Example sentences of "expect [to-vb] good [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Is it because you are expected to express good wishes or thanks , or because you are old and wise and expected to give advice , or because you are an extrovert and known for being humorous , because you are closely related to the other members of the family , or because you are a friend who has known the bride and groom for many years ? |
| 2 | Expect to hear good news before sundown . |
| 3 | He was expected to keep good order ; that is to say , to see that offenders were punished , that evil-doers went in fear of him , that disputes over land were settled in an orderly manner ; and personally to supervise his royal court . |
| 4 | HSBC , which is expected to release good profits on Monday , still fell 38p to 603p , reflecting the 200-point drop in the Hang Seng index after the Hong Kong governor 's decision to proceed with plans for partial democracy in the colony in the teeth of Chinese hostility . |
| 5 | The first EISA-based Alpha AXP personal computers , which include a minitower and a desktop , are expected to offer better price/performance than systems based on Intel 's Pentium processor — the superscalar Alpha executes 300 MIPS at 150MHz where Pentium is rated at over 100 MIPS . |
| 6 | She had expected to get good advice from Lovat , not a proposal of marriage . |
| 7 | It is not right to assume that those in inner-city areas can not be expected to achieve good examination results . |
| 8 | The 1991 results are likely to be poor but , as the dominant UK credit insurer operating in the longest and deepest recession for many years , one can hardly expect to see good figures . |
| 9 | European heads of government from Moscow to Madrid showered telegrams of congratulation on Clinton , saying they expected to maintain good ties with Washington . |
| 10 | The company remains committed to worldwide annual spending of about $5 billion in 1993 and 1994 on projects which it expects to yield good returns in future , even if present lacklustre oil market conditions persist . |