Example sentences of "[noun] expect [adj] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The report also warns drinkers to expect big differences in prices between locals in the same town , with upmarket pubs in prime locations charging more than a no-frills bar on the outskirts . |
| 2 | ‘ I 'm sure the All Blacks expect six games against Welsh clubs culminating in an international at the Arms Park to be a hard tour . |
| 3 | During what I call the period of uneasy peace , 1983–84 , Mr Heinz expected all options to be examined and costed in detail . |
| 4 | UN expects new clashes after Somalia shoot-out |
| 5 | Because the emphasis was on family placements , residential workers and families expected other plans to be made . |
| 6 | The risk will grow if any of the following should happen : a spike in interest rates ( forward rates already indicate that investors expect higher rates by the end of the year ) ; an unexpected collapse of the dollar ( the Federal Reserve , at the Treasury 's direction , was intervening furiously last week to prevent the already weak currency from sinking further ) ; or , let's face it , if Washington proves itself unable to wrestle down the budget deficit . |
| 7 | A falling yield curve is explained by investors expecting short-term rates to be lower in the future . |
| 8 | He looked at her in silence for several long moments , but instead of denying the accusation he said , ‘ As my acting hostess I expect you to know what they 're like , otherwise it will be impossible for you to explain that honeymooners expecting luxury suites with king-sized beds will have to settle for a roll in the hay . ’ |
| 9 | After all , it is common sense to expect low margins in the United States , given the intensity of the competition there . |
| 10 | With higher-fare payers slow to return , BA expects further losses in a normally buoyant first quarter . |
| 11 | PROGRESS EXPECTS FIRST PRODUCTS BY Q1 |
| 12 | Halliday ( 1967 ) has a rather odd-looking set of tones : There is , of course , no particular reason to expect linguistic systems to be tidy and symmetrical , but I find it hard to see why Halliday chose these particular tones . |
| 13 | Many commentators expected significant defections from the LDP to the PPP following Aquino 's endorsement of Ramos . |
| 14 | BCCI expected further losses for 1990 of around $450 million , and was reportedly planning a radical rationalization when its assets were seized . |
| 15 | The Panel expects those directors of the target who are involved in making the offer to co-operate with the independent directors of the target and its advisers in the assembly of this information . |
| 16 | Analysts expect full-year profits of £250m compared with Pounds 222m . |
| 17 | By 1993 the international consultancy Ovum expects all suppliers of office products to have added a workflow capability to their software , and predicts that there will be almost 600,000 workflow users by 1997 , compared with 23,000 in 1991 . |
| 18 | Ford expects handsome profits from its phone business . |