Example sentences of "expect [conj] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I expect that the King would be interpreting the general feeling of the people of the country that , true to British ideas , the Government , whoever they may be , should have a fair chance … ’ |
| 2 | I expect that the Minister can reassure him that an environmental impact assessment can not have been made properly for that incinerator yet , because an application does not yet appear to have been made . |
| 3 | Given all the information available to them at the end of period t - 1 , firms expect that the position of the aggregate demand curve in period t will be AD in figure 5.1 . |
| 4 | Using figure 5.1 again we might imagine that firms , at the end of period 0 , expect that the position of the aggregate demand curve will be AD in period 1 . |
| 5 | For simplicity we shall also assume that firms expect that the position of the aggregate demand curve in period 2 will also be AD . |
| 6 | As Afshan Begum explains in her thesis ‘ In many cases parents expect that the girl will , whenever they demand , give up everything ( e.g. a course in further education or training or a career ) and submit without question to a marriage they have arranged for her … these hidden cases which no one gets to hear about are the real tragedies . ’ |
| 7 | Few , however , expect that the development effort will survive the next round of cuts . |
| 8 | I expect that the paddock in particular contributes to the character of Skelton , and inclusion in the conservation area . |
| 9 | I expect that the people who made them were influenced by the Labour party 's ’ Standard No. 17 ’ , which was circulated among people in the area . |
| 10 | The Committee of Vice Chancellors and Principals ' report suggests that more flexibility should ‘ allow staff to be used considerably more effectively than under the present system , where research is considered the prime and often only road to reward and promotion and hence staff expect that the balance of their tasks should be broadly the same for all . ’ |
| 11 | Those who were brought up on the older theories of the Westminster model in which , despite party loyalties , there was a balance between the executive and the legislature as a whole , expect that the House of Commons will still regard its main functions as being to consider and amend legislative proposals from the government ( and from private members ) , to scrutinize public expenditure and to expose government policies to continual questioning and debate . |
| 12 | People expect that the cheque-book will be opened more discriminatingly in future , that the alliance between the Gulf states will be strengthened , and that Egypt will be the principal regional ally . |
| 13 | We now expect that the Commission will find a remedy under the GATT laws . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ We now expect that the Commission will find a remedy under the GATT laws . ’ |
| 15 | At this rate , we confidently expect that the results of the ballot will be announced sometime last year . |
| 16 | If you want to make a wooden staircase leading from the patio to the garden , it is made in the same way as an indoor staircase , expect that the timber used is much thicker . |
| 17 | When we are hurt by someone 's behaviour , all that is happening is that we are disappointed because they do not behave in the way we expect and the reality conflicts with our ideals . |