Example sentences of "expected [adj] [noun pl] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He expected European countries to put pressure on Arab countries to enter into direct negotiations with Israel , and claimed that the EC 's trust in the PLO to relinquish terrorism had been exploited by the latter . |
| 2 | Hundreds of the hostel residents had been questioned , the Commissioner said ; six had been arrested , and he expected further arrests following the result of forensic tests of bloodstained weapons found at the hostel . |
| 3 | John always remained very concerned about the designing of his own ballets but was never specifically credited with responsibility for their designs , preferring to collaborate with an artist to whom he could explain his ideas and from whom he expected further ideas to enhance the final outcome . |
| 4 | After a meeting with umpires Steve Randell and Terry Prue , Subba Row said in a statement that he expected all players to adhere to proper standards of behaviour . |
| 5 | Bolger took office on Oct. 28 and announced his new 18-member Cabinet on Nov. 1 , using the occasion to stress that he expected all Ministers to observe the tradition of collective responsibility . |
| 6 | Wolfgang Roller , chairman of Dresdner Bank , said yesterday he expected long-term rates to fall by nearly two points and inflation to average 4 p.c. as the German economy recovers . |
| 7 | From this type of starting-point the SDPP expected two things to flow , namely the capturing of a long-term vision within which short-term goals were to be set and , second , a relief in teacher stress . |
| 8 | The CBI also found that more of the region 's businesses expected new orders to increase rather than to decrease . |
| 9 | Women born in 1935–9 with ‘ non-manual ’ fathers expected 2.10 children compared to 2.52 for women with ‘ manual ’ fathers . |