Example sentences of "expect [adj -er] [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Normally , however , ordinary shareholders expect lower yields than preference shareholders and loan stock holders because of their participation rights . |
| 2 | The SmartLink Pocket Modem 24 was fine , but at £249 I 'd expect better software than FaxNow ! |
| 3 | Might the university expect better grades than they asked for previously ? |
| 4 | Returning soldiers would expect higher wages than the Egyptian migrant workers hired during the war . |
| 5 | Most expected better times and were not disappointed . |
| 6 | Mr Major and Mr Lamont , Chancellor , pointed to surveys indicating an improvement in business confidence , with more companies expecting higher orders and sales . |
| 7 | Mozart wrote the part of Ramiro for a castrato , perhaps expecting greater power than Katherine Steffan conveyed , at least until the final aria when this previously rational character loses his cool . |
| 8 | NETWORTH EXPECTS LOWER SALES AND PROFITS |