Example sentences of "expect a [adj -er] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | ( a ) because the rights of preference shareholders are subordinated to those of loan stock holders , preference shareholders normally expect a higher yield to reflect the difference in risk . |
2 | Several economists in the City expect a bigger fall , to perhaps 3–4% by mid-1991 , as interest rates start to fall , and the poll tax , the rise in excise duties and the mortgage-rate increase drop out of the figures . |
3 | Most City forecasters expect a bigger fall in the current-account deficit . |
4 | Retailers expect a bigger improvement in June , but their expectations have proved to be over-optimistic in the past two months . |
5 | We expect a further reduction in 1993 . |
6 | Over the next twelve months we expect a further increase in those needing our Home Care service to enable them to live and die at home . |
7 | I have always thought that league results are what matter most to Motherwell and I expect a harder game than were given that day . ’ |
8 | I had expected a sharper tongue in the office , a brisker and more brittle approach to the anarchic thoughtlessness of the girls . |
9 | After the majestic setting of Old Trafford , Middlesbrough could not have expected a greater contrast than Roots Hall . |
10 | Robert did not like to think of himself as a snob , but , had he been in charge of the Independent Wimbledon Day Islamic Boys ’ School , he would have expected a higher standard of civility from the cleaning staff . |
11 | Under these conditions they could have expected a higher failure rate . |
12 | The fall in seasonally adjusted unemployment of 22,000 last month was even more of a surprise , at a time when forecasters had expected a further rise of 35,000 . |
13 | If one of his family had been in the same position surely he 'd expect a stiffer sentence than the one given today |
14 | Hence , given that they are held to bear less risk , we should expect a lower return . |
15 | What appalling style , even twenty years ago one could expect a better standard of English . |
16 | Why may they expect a better future ? |
17 | The question is how this expansion can be paid for , given that the new Secretary of State has said quite candidly that his present view is that higher education can not expect a higher share of public spending than it currently receives . |
18 | It will improve gearing and the offeror 's ability to borrow ( unsecured creditors will regard it as similar to share capital ) but the holders will expect a higher yield to compensate them for their higher risk , although this should be less than that expected for preference share capital . |
19 | Their results suggest Europe can expect a greater frequency of blocking anti-cyclones which will lead to warmer summers but cooler winters , a greater frequency of severe winters , drier springs and summers , wetter autumns and winters , and an increased growing season . |
20 | Looking after the status quo is rather more their tendency , so we can perhaps expect a greater emphasis on defence with rather less activity from the operatives up front — the strikers . |
21 | ‘ If Clinton can not get the economy started and has trouble financing his ambitious spending programme , you may expect a greater withdrawal from foreign commitments , trade sanctions — whatever he thinks it will take , ’ said one analyst . |
22 | But if he killed Harry , would n't you expect a greater amount of soaking ? ’ |
23 | Nevertheless , one may expect a greater similarity between two geometrically similar points than between two geometrically dissimilar points . |
24 | Mariot capped this by suggesting that , since the Earl Patrick would presumably intend to yield that castle should Berwick town fall to King Edward , he could expect a greater reward from that monarch if the castle was nominally his own , not just a crown possession . |
25 | I think they have more pedigree than the other team in that they were in the first division four years ago , erm so I think we can expect a harder game than we had last time . |
26 | If any of these cause people to expect a lower exchange rate , the speculative demand for money will fall : L 2 will shift to the left . |
27 | Thus in Bernstein v Pamsons Motors ( Golders Green ) Ltd [ 1987 ] 2 all ER 220 , Rougier J held that although a purchaser of a new car was entitled to expect a better quality vehicle than the buyer of a second-hand car , nevertheless , teething problems had to be expected . |
28 | It is also possible that late nineteenth and early twentieth-century working class women expected a greater degree of drunkenness and violence on the part of husbands than would be tolerated today . |
29 | Maudie had been expecting a better response from her friends , or at the very least a little sympathy , but they seemed not to care . |
30 | He wished all the units had gone self-governing to allow the district to concentrate on its needs assessment and purchasing role and predicted that the units might be expecting a cosier relationship than he anticipated . |