Example sentences of "expect [n mass] " in BNC.

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1 These systems expect data to be presented to them in terms of relations and normally present results to users in the form of relations .
2 Most career jobs expect people to work more than nine-to-five hours , to travel abroad or move house if necessary , maybe to attend conferences at weekends or socialise in the evenings ; in short , to put work before family .
3 ‘ I expect people will react to the idea in a typical way .
4 I would then emerge , beaming , and expect people to warm instantly to me .
5 In the way that military tactics fail by being repeated without regard to changed environment and situation , we expect people to live up to their reputation when the circumstances in which they are performing are very different .
6 ‘ Lee Clark certainly has the potential to score a lot of goals and I expect people like Brian Kilcline to hit some from set pieces . ’
7 Aiming at 70 Implementor sales for 1993 , Hugh McCartney , the company 's managing director said that 75% of business will still come from people developing applications for the AS/400 : ‘ We expect people to migrate in two to three years .
8 I expect people to regard this as my house and not to abuse my privacy .
9 I expect people stop demonstrating for all sorts of reasons : age , infirmity , clashing responsibilities , or sheer apathy .
10 We expect people to pay their debts .
11 But I still ex I still out of courtesy expect people to phone but may be I 'm old fashioned .
12 Mind you I expect people could come round here and say
13 Mexicans are the cheeriest : comparing optimists and pessimists , a net 76% of Mexican businessmen expect sales to rise in the second quarter of this year , compared with 69% in the first quarter .
14 Some now expect £673m against £521m .
15 Expect 130mph , 0–60mph in ten seconds and 24mpg for the V6 .
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