Example sentences of "they expect [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Last night the grieving couple were still baffled by the tragedy that struck down six-year-old Elizabeth a week after doctors said they expected a full recovery from a brain tumour . |
| 2 | The reaction of local farmers to this disruption of their normal farming activity was to wait the situation out , as they expected a high price for their lands . |
| 3 | They expected a few dozen requests , but boxes were eventually sited at 100 farms and two years on experts are thrilled with the results . |
| 4 | And what is true for you would be true for every other supplier : they too will supply more than the natural level if the price on their island is above what they expected the average price to be , and less if it is below . |
| 5 | Delegates indicated that the next full CODESA meeting would be held in April ( rather than in March as originally intended ) , when they expected the working groups to have made substantive progress . |
| 6 | Already in October 1953 the British defence chiefs had warned that in a world war they expected the main and first Soviet nuclear assault to be directed against the British Isles . |
| 7 | Cynical almost to a man , they expected the worst , and had come to write their stories of poor abused children , evil parents , and the things that ‘ incomers ’ get up to in remote islands . |
| 8 | The people slipping and sliding on the pavements , spattered with slush by the passing traffic , look stoically wretched , as if they expect no better from life . |
| 9 | ‘ All the independent analysts are now backing their words with money that they expect a gentle recovery to take root next year . ’ |
| 10 | They expect a loved one to understand without first being told ; perfect , intuitive empathy is anticipated . |
| 11 | They expect a Genoese ship ? |
| 12 | But as the subject develops we can expect researchers to be more explicit about exactly how they expect a pragmatic theory to be formulated . |
| 13 | Union leaders say they expect an overwhelming call for industrial action in an imminent ballot , after employers refused to improve a 4.8 per cent offer on Monday . |
| 14 | They expect the average tariff for an air trip to be £64.00 ( at 1987 prices ) in 1993 compared with £39.90 for a through rail trip . |
| 15 | Alternatively speculators might think that the exchange value of the domestic currency will fall even further in the future , perhaps because they expect the current account deficit to become permanent , and so capital inflows will decrease and capital outflows decrease accordingly . |
| 16 | They expect the growing season for crops to be short . |
| 17 | They expect the year-end result to crash from £211m to about £160m to £170m . |
| 18 | Why may they expect a better future ? |