Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] expect [to-vb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Borland International Inc reports ‘ strong initial reception ’ to its long-delayed Windows version of Paradox , and says it expects to report profits of 10 cents a share for its fourth quarter to March 31 , double the average analyst forecast ; Microsoft Corp said it had sold about 700,000 copies of its new Access database program , and Borland says that its Paradox for Windows has done about as well . |
| 2 | Despite a slump in the company 's margins , Bear Stearns & Co. raised its investment rating of Apple Computer Inc to ‘ strong buy ’ from ‘ buy ’ following the company 's fiscal second-quarter earnings report — figures , page five : analyst Andy Neff says he made the change because concern about Apple 's results was overdone ; commenting on the figures , Apple says it expects to resume growth — in earnings , revenue , unit sales , and market share — in the second half of its fiscal year , saying that the fall in profit was down to pricing pressures , the costs of new product launches , and a constraint in supplies needed for manufacturing , the latter two drains being short-term ; he noted that despite supply constraints , second quarter unit growth was up over 70% in its Powerbook notebook computers , while total Macintosh unit growth was up over 385 ; the European market continues to be slow , but sales in Japan are leading the way for continued growth of the Apple Pacific business unit ; gross margin was 38.5% of net sales in the second quarter of fiscal 1993 , down from 44.0% a year ago . |
| 3 | Although Bellcore says it expects to finalise Release 1 by 1995 , Ovum reckons it will not be available until 1997 . |
| 4 | For the second consecutive month , manufacturers indicate they expect to increase output in the next four months . |
| 5 | ‘ Why did you expect to find Rose here ? ’ |
| 6 | ‘ How do you expect to unite humanity when you ca n't keep your own family united ? ’ |
| 7 | Nor had I expected to see people living in this city of the dead . |
| 8 | A total of 62% of firms said they expected to lose clients through business failures over the next 12 months , the largest area of concern ; 54% named cash flow as an area of concern , while 47% named staff overheads and 38% property overheads . |
| 9 | As a result of the increase , some banks and building societies said they expected to raise mortgage rates by between 1 and 1.5 per cent , probably from 1 November . |
| 10 | Speaking at ICL 's Software Open Show in Birmingham in the UK last week , Unify said it expects to launch Accell/TP and Accell/Object next month . |