Example sentences of "expect [adj] [noun sg] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As the contraction programmes already announced take effect , we expect that employee numbers will continue to fall . |
| 2 | However , if investors expect short-term interest rates to fall in the future they will wish to buy long-dated bonds today , thereby locking themselves into today 's long rates . |
| 3 | Every year , we expect public service standards to be ratcheted up . |
| 4 | The predictions co-incided with a survey by the recruitment firm , Manpower , which shows that Scotland — along with the west of England , Yorkshire and Humberside — is one of the few areas where employers expect better job prospects in the spring . |
| 5 | Yet even at university , it may well still be a minority of departments that expect all mathematics students to use computers as a matter of course ; indeed , some people fear that higher education will be the phase most resistant to new IT , rather than the one that provides a strong lead . |
| 6 | They 're so happy ! — Expect tearful phone calls and suicide attempts . |