Example sentences of "[pron] expect [adj] [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is version one of what promises to be one of the leading packages in this field , and , given that that is the case , I expect future versions to add greatly to its functionality . |
| 2 | Hills cut him from 10-1 to 6-1 , prompting their representative , Don Payne , to comment : ‘ You expect big market moves before races like this , but I 've never seen anything on this scale . ’ |
| 3 | He disapproves of bribery : ‘ Children do n't need to be saddled with the nagging aspirations of parents who expect little Johnny to do everything they did plus everything they did n't manage to do . ’ |
| 4 | We must start to define where we expect genuine refugees to come from . |
| 5 | But because a given change in performance has less effect on fitness later in life , we expect deleterious mutations to cause a greater drop in fertility and survival probability later in life , assuming the same mutation rate for each age . |
| 6 | ‘ Under the new arrangements we have forecast total ERDF receipts in Scotland of £120 million and , on past experience , we expect local authorities to obtain around £75 million , ’ Mr Lang said . |
| 7 | We expect British Rail to give urgent consideration to the timing of the placement of that order . |
| 8 | Why , why might we expect structural change to occur in this example ? |
| 9 | They expect other nations to set technical standards and to innovate new markets . |
| 10 | His bosses , the directors , say they look forward to next year , when they expect new business to increase . |
| 11 | Furthermore they are exceptionally ambitious in the language , skill and concepts they expect young children to acquire . |
| 12 | Thus , for example , if one wanted to study the reactions of women readers of romantic novels to a change in the cover design of a series of books , a group of , say , eight women of varying ages and social classes could be got together either in a house or in a discussion room at a research agency and a trained discussion leader would ask questions of them about their reading interests and , generally speaking , what they expect romantic novels to look like . |
| 13 | This in itself provides some considerable insight into what students of literature regard as " literary " , at least in terms of the kinds of structures which they expect literary texts to exhibit . |
| 14 | Now they expect responsible customers to pay for their folly . |
| 15 | Wolfgang Roller , chairman of Dresdner Bank , said yesterday he expected long-term rates to fall by nearly two points and inflation to average 4 p.c. as the German economy recovers . |
| 16 | He expected European countries to put pressure on Arab countries to enter into direct negotiations with Israel , and claimed that the EC 's trust in the PLO to relinquish terrorism had been exploited by the latter . |
| 17 | Will he confirm , in line with undertakings given at the time of privatisation , that he expects British Steel to consider offers for the sale of Ravenscraig on a commercial basis at opportunity cost — at a price which British Steel could expect to get for the plant on world markets ? |
| 18 | Morland has also issued new profit forecasts today showing that next year it expects pre-tax profits to rise by twenty-eight per cent . |
| 19 | Morland has also issued new profit forecasts today showing that next year it expects pre-tax profits to rise by twenty-eight per cent . |
| 20 | Viking is way behind schedule : it had been intended for this quarter , but StorageTek said that based on the present status of the product and schedule estimates it expects IBM-compatible products based on Viking architecture to be available in the second half of 1994 . |
| 21 | It expects entry-level boxes built with the PICA chip set and the Acer reference design to go for under $3,500 yet offer a fivefold performance leap over 66MHz Intel 80486DX2 machines . |
| 22 | It expects entry-level boxes built with the ‘ PICA ’ chip and the Acer reference design to go for under $3,500 yet offer a five time performance leap over 66MHz Intel 486DX2 machines . |