Example sentences of "[pron] expect [noun] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We expected sabotage from the Labour extremists and hired two 100,000 watt generators in case the electrical sub-station was cut off . |
| 2 | We expect heating of the ambient ionospheric electron gas in response to the precipitation of solar wind plasma , and the plasma density data ( not shown ) reveal that weak density increases emerge within the events late in their lifetime , at the highest latitudes . |
| 3 | No one expects limousine-comfort from a 137mph coupe but , even so , you do n't get much ride absorbency with either car . |
| 4 | One only has to compare the uniformity of contemporary stations with the richness , profusion , and variety in British nineteenth-century stations : the classical temple of Huddersfield , the Byzantine basilica of Blackfriars , the robust Jacobean manor-house of Stoke-on-Trent , the scholarly Jacobean collegiate buildings of Shrewsbury and Carlisle , the ‘ Russian dacha ’ of Petworth , the ‘ baroque orangery ’ of Newmarket , the airy French pavilion of Slough , the medieval Gothic abbey of Battle , the Queen Anne town house of Market Harborough and Birkenhead Woodside , so much like the great hall of a medieval house that one expects rushes on the floor , minstrels in the gallery , and foaming tankards of old ale . |
| 5 | Of course , whether people are refused credit because of their probable inability to repay , or whether they do not apply for it because they expect refusal on the same grounds , the results are the same . |
| 6 | None of them expects miracles in the economy this year and growth forecasts range from a bare 0.2 per cent to 2 per cent . |
| 7 | None of them expects miracles in the economy this year and growth forecasts range from a bare 0.2 per cent to 2 per cent . |
| 8 | Simon Foster , director of the SMMT , said he expected sales in the final quarter of the year to be below those in the last three months of 1988 . |
| 9 | Greenspan stated that the probability of recession had slipped below 50 per cent and he expected growth in the first quarter of 1990 to be " slow but positive " . |
| 10 | Tim Eggar , the Energy Minister , told the conference that he expected recommendations by the end of the month from a working group on offshore costs chaired by John d'Ancona , the head of the Glasgow-based Offshore Supplies Office . |
| 11 | Sampson ( broken bone in hand ) and Anderson ( back ) may cause bigger problems but Mr Van de Velde made it clear he expects improvements from a side who were unbeaten this year until after the semi-final . |
| 12 | To ask the Lord President of the Council when he expects results from the feasibility study on refreshment facilities for visitors to the House . |
| 13 | Siemens also says it expects losses at the semiconductor division to go on , saying that the prospects of it breaking even over the next few years as a result of cost-cutting had been dampened by weak demand . |
| 14 | The company said business in the first quarter was not fully satisfactory but it expects results for the full year 1993 to show an improvement over 1992 . |
| 15 | Based on current business levels and industry conditions , it expects turnover for the 1993 fiscal year to June 30 to be be between $1,250m and $1,300m . |