Example sentences of "[adv] expect [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 European economic integration was widely expected to bring enormous benefits since an extensive single trading area ( such as existed in America ) might allow larger-scale industrial production and greater efficiency .
2 However , the public rightly expect to have particular assurance about standards of safety in the nuclear industry ’ .
3 ‘ The screen version is already expected to break box-office records .
4 You will probably be relieved to hear that you 're not expected to memorize that table and to regurgitate it in the exam .
5 Although these managers are not expected to take any responsibility for it , this does mean that notification of a failure in a module is passed through the LIFESPAN system , and individual managers can decide what impact the reported failure has on their modules and packages .
6 Although these managers are not expected to take any responsibility for it , this does mean that notification of a failure in a module is passed through the LIFESPAN system , and individual managers can decide what impact the reported failure has on their modules and packages .
7 ( 139b ) … reflected solar radiation is not expected to cause sizable errors in the measurements of planetary radiation .
8 Expansion of radio-based signalling will lead to a further cut in technical staff on the rural lines , but this is not expected to cause great discontent .
9 The anglers were not expected to match that catch rate , as the most effective early season methods were not permitted by the rules , but the winners more than doubled it .
10 While this is to some extent true , it does not mean that workers in small firms are not expected to show family-style loyalties .
11 Because he is waiting to see if the anticipatory breach turns into non-performance in fact , he is not expected to buy any replacement goods until the date of actual non-performance .
12 They are not expected to win any seats .
13 Fiscal equality is not expected to reduce racial isolation .
14 The latest talks , which began with a meeting planned between the flight attendants union and management on Wednesday to discuss a new labour contract are not expected to produce firm proposals and the next bid for United Airlines may not get off the ground until well into 1990 .
15 The new laboratory will employ six to 10 people in an area of science that is not expected to produce marketable results for five to 10 years .
16 Er , the position of the British government is this , that it regrets er the inconvenience and the expense , er it would like to see a very sensible resolution but it knows that there will only be a resolution as I know the honourable gentleman knows by unanimity and it does not expect to see that unanimity in the future though it will work for it .
17 Chairman Robin Biggam said that he does not expect to see any improvement until 1993 .
18 I do not expect to see another version as good as Binyon 's …
19 In this political struggle it is also obvious that non-urban areas can not expect to receive equal treatment because politically their numbers are too small to count against the majority , who being concentrated , can receive more social provision at cheaper cost .
20 Mr Maitland said that he does not expect to receive any proceeds from the liquidation .
21 Eddie Ramsay , managing director of the Powderhall greyhound track in Edinburgh , said he did not expect to lose much business if the bookmakers did extend their hours .
22 It would be unrealistic to not expect to pay higher royalties in the foreseeable future .
23 However , in a semi-strong efficient market as the International Stock Exchange in London we should not expect to find any evidence for P/E ratio being a reliable predictor of returns or volatility of returns .
24 If it were closed down suppose 750 of the men would not expect to find another job and would have to live off social security payments .
25 One great comber filled the canoe before she shook free from the cascading crests ; now they could not expect to make much headway and had to fight even harder to avoid broaching-to .
26 Where one would normally expect to find those details , there is the logo of the Sports Council , and the statement : ’ Additional copies of Relay available from Sports Council International Affairs Unit . ’
27 But it passed by , the crew too involved with the early flight of their craft and not expecting to find any intruders this close to the runway .
28 He no longer expects to win major tournaments but he settles for creating a noisy sensation in going as far as he can go .
29 Appalled by the Flight 103 disaster , perhaps more than most as a result of his recent experiences , but still entirely unaware of any possible connection between his Cyprus assignment and the bombing , Coleman appeared with Tom Brokaw on NBC 's ‘ Nightly News ’ without realizing that , inactive or not , he was still expected to clear such engagements first with the DIA .
30 Maryland was organized as a late and formal version of the feudal system , the Virginian way of life was always expected to reflect some memories of the heirs of the Elizabethan gentlemen and seadogs who had launched it , and Massachusetts and the other New England colonies that emerged from it retained a moral earnestness that sometimes survived the loss of the faith that had initially inspired the earnestness .
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