Example sentences of "[noun] [noun] expect a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Industry observers expected a deal only after the result of the general election was known . |
| 2 | Perhaps Mr Lloyd expects a non-smoker to abstain from breathing while in the vicinity of tobacco smoke . |
| 3 | ‘ I 've warned the duty undertaker to expect a body . ’ |
| 4 | The major Japanese computer manufacturers expect to report sharp declines in profits for fiscal 1993 , Associated Press reports from Tokyo : five companies — Hitachi Ltd , Toshiba Corp , Mitsubishi Electric Co , NEC Corp and Fujitsu Ltd are expected to report a combined 72% decline in profits , according to the Nippon Keizai Shimbun , the second consecutive drop in yearly earnings among the five firms , which collectively saw a 59% drop last year from the prior year ; NEC has revised its expected loss upwards to $370m from $77m forecast in November , Hitachi expects earnings to fall 33% to $733m , Fujitsu forecast its first loss at $8.6m , and Mitsubishi Electric expects a 30% fall in profit to $336m ; Sony Corp , NEC and Hitachi are considering raising export prices to compensate for a 6.5% appreciation of the yen against the dollar in the past month , which has begun to erode Japanese exporters ' profits . |
| 5 | For example , suppose that last year people expected a rate of inflation this year of 10 per cent ; if the actual rate turns out to be 16 per cent , the expectation will have been in error by 6 per cent . |
| 6 | It could do with a bit of script-editing but satellite sceptics expecting a botch-job held together by sticky-backed plastic will be pleasantly surprised . |