Example sentences of "expect [that] [noun] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 His enthusiasm was not matched by representatives of those industries and it is expected that EC countries will remain the main export targets .
2 It was expected that Javier Pérez de Cuéllar , the UN Secretary-General , US Secretary of State James Baker , and Soviet Foreign Minister Aleksandr Bessmertnykh , would all attend the formal signing .
3 Following the rejection of the proposals put forward by the ruling Popular Democratic Party ( PPD ) in the referendum held on Dec. 8 , 1991 [ see p. 38670 ] , the Governor , Rafael Hernández Colón , announced his intention not to seek re-election in the gubernatorial elections due to be held in November 1992 ; it was expected that Victoria Múñoz Mendoza would be endorsed as the PPD 's candidate for the governorship .
4 An examination of Figure 4.4 shows that it is expected that UK car production will increase in the next ten years ( largely as a result of Japanese investment ) and that consequently the share of car imports in the British market will decline , as will the motor industry trade deficit .
5 It had been widely expected that President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali , whose distaste for capital punishment for politically motivated crimes had been well publicized , would commute the death sentences .
6 It was expected that President Carlos Saúl Menem would commute any death penalty .
7 Kelly had expected that Jack Butler would live up to the image she had painted of him in her mind .
8 By May 1913 it was expected that Emmeline Pankhurst would die from hunger and thirst strikes .
9 I expect that Ena Sharples is still in Coronation Street on their tellies .
10 I 'll bet he never expected that Robert Sheldrake would turn up while you were there . ’
11 I do not expect that in the short-term we will see our industry producing 200,000 new houses a year , but I do expect that Wimpey Homes will take an increasing market share of a more stable total market .
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