Example sentences of "expect this " in BNC.
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| 1 | Getting out to open the passenger door for her , he noticed that , in contrast to Francesca , she expected this and accepted the courtesy gratefully . |
| 2 | But with a lower costs base and 6 p.c. rise in advertising revenue expected this year , the company is dipping into reserves to lift the dividend total 11 p.c. to 16p , with a 13⅛p final on June 8 . |
| 3 | California 's Amgen , the jewel in the crown of American biotechnology , is set to become the industry 's first to enter the Fortune 500 list of America 's top companies , with revenue of $1 billion expected this year . |
| 4 | With further losses expected this year , strategy has been overhauled under the guidance of chairman Brian Garraway , who hands over to financial services managing director , Martin Broughton , in July . |
| 5 | She pledged that the Government would safeguard those that did not opt for trust status , but she expected this to be a minority . |
| 6 | ‘ Galadriel , ’ muttered Gilly , not that she expected this bale of blubber to manage her real name . |
| 7 | A large proportion of firms expected this expansion to continue throughout the 1980s . |
| 8 | There was obviously some sort of sexual element to it but I just did n't know what to do next and expected this man , who was about two or three years older than me , to , in some way , tell me or indicate to me and so I followed him without talking to him . |
| 9 | Numerous bidders expected this Fairchild to reach into the $ 35–45,000 range . |
| 10 | The duo face competition from at least five bank-led consortia , all vying to operate the network , which should be up and running by 1995 , with the licence award expected this autumn . |
| 11 | Few expected this year 's spring sales at Sotheby 's and Christie 's to do much to revive spirits , or prices . |
| 12 | As a former member of his Household explained : ‘ He never expected this kind of reaction . |
| 13 | No additions expected This can arise when , for example , a file contains records of policyholders under a policy no longer offered . |
| 14 | She knew that he had tried to give her the impression that he was going off on a promiscuous adventure and expected this to arouse in her both admiration and jealousy , but as Lydia 's misdemeanours were more of the spirit than of the flesh she found promiscuity not merely sinful but foolish and disgusting . |
| 15 | Nobody expected this : we can all remember the period of China-mania in the United States in the 1970s , and the anticipation of a ‘ tripolar world ’ . |
| 16 | erm so that y so that you expected this sort of measure of service and if you were told the , if you were told the circumstances you might have said well that 's okay , no problem . |
| 17 | If he expected this to frighten Sir John he succeeded . |
| 18 | I expected this place to be in chaos — instead , it 's an oasis of calm . |
| 19 | The Asian Development Bank expected this shift to improve the investment climate in the longer term . |
| 20 | Mainly light rain expected this evening the outbreaks should die out around midnight the rest of the night then being cloudy and misty with a little drizzle in places . |
| 21 | Many people expect this of The Smiths . |
| 22 | ‘ People expect this to be a male-dominated field and female accountants are expected to be dreary number-shufflers . |
| 23 | Marketing director Robin Whitbread said : ‘ We expect this will be significant with more than eight million shoppers taking advantage of over 750 lines . |
| 24 | ‘ Let us just say that we expect this to be your only half-witted jape for the entire term . |
| 25 | In an ideal world I would have far more bogwood than even the extended budget allows , but I expect this could be remedied over the ensuring months . |
| 26 | These transformations of legal systems do not necessarily represent an insidious increase in the growth of a hidden power elite , although radical authors expect this result . |
| 27 | However , it is not obvious whether the respondents expect this to happen to them specifically or if it is a population level observation . |
| 28 | More significantly , perhaps , I was annoyed because I expect this financial services organisation to recognise the totality of its relationship to me when making decisions in respect of specific transactions ; in this case to realise that its interest in my house should be adequate collateral for a small and presumably temporary overdraft . |
| 29 | All instructors expect this , because the student has grown used to performing the basic techniques in a linear movement . |
| 30 | ‘ In summary , we have made substantial progress at the half year and we expect this positive trend to be maintained . |