Example sentences of "expect [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The group expected economic recovery in 1993 . |
| 2 | Looking ahead , Dr Ryan expected economic recovery , together with the cutback in production of aircraft and the retirement of old equipment to bring supply and demand back into balance . |
| 3 | 100 lb plus bream haul expected each day . |
| 4 | They all expected each member of the staff to express — discreetly — particular and intense interest in their child . |
| 5 | If Krupp commanded his armies of workers , Richard Wagner expected total subservience from his audience . |
| 6 | Newley occasionally went there with clients from whom he expected rich pickings . |
| 7 | From what we already knew about its audiences and programme content , we expected that television would have a stronger influence on public information and perceptions than on public attitudes and choices ; while the press , particularly the mass-selling tabloids , would have a stronger influence on public attitudes and choices than on public information and perceptions . |
| 8 | Perhaps the prime minister expected that Willink would push for a Magdalene man but he did not get a firm line out of him . |
| 9 | ‘ I expected that . |
| 10 | They expected that . ’ |
| 11 | Furthermore , the reforms were introduced during the run up to a general election in which it was widely ( but incorrectly ) expected that health would be the key issue . |
| 12 | It was all she was prepared to say on the subject and he nodded as if he quite expected that . |
| 13 | ‘ I expected that . |
| 14 | In a budget report presented in mid-1990 , the Minister of Finance , Kinza Clodumar , said that he expected that phosphate royalties would drop by A$10,000,000 from the 1989-90 figure of A$25,000,000 . |
| 15 | We needed and expected that money . |
| 16 | For various reasons , we expected little of the sitting hen . |
| 17 | In seemed that the Minister expected little opposition in Parliament , where all MPs were members of TANU . |
| 18 | My master expected little response . |
| 19 | He simply stood still saying nothing until the cries died away , and then told them what they were waiting for , and that he expected little more fighting . |
| 20 | We expected little advertising support for the first effort in our new format but it came anyway on the strength of our description . |
| 21 | AS the biggest Whitehall shake-up in two decades gets under way , there is firm evidence that the civil service expected Labour to win the election . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | She did n't turn round : she expected Ace to follow , and a few moments later she heard running footsteps behind her . |
| 24 | I set off again , maintaining for some reason — perhaps because I expected further farm creatures to wander across my path — my slow speed of before . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | BCCI expected further losses for 1990 of around $450 million , and was reportedly planning a radical rationalization when its assets were seized . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | I half expected some floosie to open it but no , it was Charles . |
| 29 | They would press for the international allocation of quotas , as well as mail and air freight , and expected some Commonwealth and European support . |
| 30 | Anyway , at Stevenage Town Hall we told Ralph that we expected some money for these . |