Example sentences of "expect [to-vb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Neil Kinnock will be in his Islwyn constituency in South Wales where local Labour supporters expect to arrange a small party before he heads for London . |
| 2 | Suppliers extending credit to the company expect to see a substantial buffer of current assets to protect their claims and the ratio should not normally be allowed to fall below a given point . |
| 3 | Suppliers extending credit to the company expect to see a substantial buffer of current assets to protect their claims and the ratio should not normally be allowed to fall below a given point . |
| 4 | Naturally we expect to see a fair share of lottery revenue coming to Scotland . |
| 5 | When the operation is over and after nine weeks the plaster comes off , you expect to see a wasted thin limb . |
| 6 | I never expect to meet a decent man but you take first prize as a pig . ’ |
| 7 | We expect to find a guilty incident or relationship because he writes continually of guilt ; we expect to find sin because he speaks of atonement and expiation . |
| 8 | Distinction Awards are Postgraduate studentships which are open to students ordinarily resident anywhere in the UK , who hold or expect to obtain a 1st class Honours degree and who have not previously obtained a postgraduate research award . |
| 9 | I expect to read a full and objective description of what 's on the site now , together with a documented reconstruction of how it came to be like that . |
| 10 | We expect to save a further $300 million in 1993 . |
| 11 | TWO scientists from Stirling University expect to shed a few tears at tonight 's United Kingdom premiere of a Hollywood film that tells the extraordinary story of Augusto and Michaela Odone 's love for their son Lorenzo . |
| 12 | By comparing objects in museums with those mentioned in inventories or seen in old drawings and photographs , we expect to get a fuller picture of domestic life in Scotland than we can find in any one source alone . |
| 13 | The churn rate is now down to eleven percent , the result of positive action that we 've taken there and we expect to add a million homes during this year and the cable audience I am pleased to say is growing still very very slowly er but that should help as well . |
| 14 | First , even if you are in Italy , expect to pay a high price for Parma ham — anything that seems a real bargain will probably not be true prosciutto crudo . |
| 15 | British Waterways expect to complete a national feasability study within a year . |
| 16 | ‘ I still expect to have a substantial interest in the day-to-day running of the club and my assistant Lil Fuccillo will be appointed manager . ’ |
| 17 | THE Republic of Ireland expect to have a full strength team out on Wednesday , they expect to beat Lithuania and they expect to be in the USA for next summer 's World Cup finals . |