Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] expect [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It is simply that I expected better service , ’ he snapped . |
| 2 | ‘ Galadriel , ’ muttered Gilly , not that she expected this bale of blubber to manage her real name . |
| 3 | erm so that y so that you expected this sort of measure of service and if you were told the , if you were told the circumstances you might have said well that 's okay , no problem . |
| 4 | Should the ensuing insomnia mean dropping off during the day , then again you will be awakened , this time by real Hercules transport planes — Elveden Forest , being in East Anglia , is very close to numerous air-bases and so many jets scream overhead that one expects any minute to bump into a tight-lipped Kate Adie dressed in camouflage fatigues . |
| 5 | Anyway , at Stevenage Town Hall we told Ralph that we expected some money for these . |
| 6 | After all , this is a heavy , man-sized aircraft , so one expects he-man control forces . |
| 7 | Santa Monica , California-based Retix Inc warns that it expects net profit and turnover to be below analysts ' estimates for its first quarter ending April 3 : it expects operating results to be hurt by delays in releasing product enhancements for its RouterXchange 7000 series of routers to volume production , including support for IBM 's Token Ring network environment ; sales may be down up to 15% , and it may only break even or even worse . |
| 8 | Irvine , California-based AST Research Inc warns that it expects third quarter after-tax margins to be in the range of 3% to 4% as it follows pricing strategies intended to lead to increased unit sales while it reduces operating expenses as a percentage of sales — its strategy for pricing and market share expansion is expected to hurt its near-term earnings it said , noting that the new Premmia line , launched in the UK yesterday , is priced 10% to 20% below rival models ; it also said it was evaluating its pricing , especially in Europe . |
| 9 | After a meeting with umpires Steve Randell and Terry Prue , Subba Row said in a statement that he expected all players to adhere to proper standards of behaviour . |
| 10 | Bolger took office on Oct. 28 and announced his new 18-member Cabinet on Nov. 1 , using the occasion to stress that he expected all Ministers to observe the tradition of collective responsibility . |
| 11 | In a budget report presented in mid-1990 , the Minister of Finance , Kinza Clodumar , said that he expected that phosphate royalties would drop by A$10,000,000 from the 1989-90 figure of A$25,000,000 . |
| 12 | He says that he expected more mud slinging ; Dowty has been very gentlemanly so far . |
| 13 | 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 ? |
| 14 | 3.45:NOT many in with a chance here and I expect recent Fakenham scorer Love Anew and SKIPPING TIM to fight out the finish . |
| 15 | TECs will have responsibility for the initiative , and I expect many bids . |
| 16 | Er , and I expect that margin to continue rising and be much higher again next year , so the medicine is working there . |
| 17 | As the spend over the three years will be more than that — last year 's spend was £17 million and I expect this year 's to be £25 million , making a total of £42 million — I suppose that I could give my hon. Friend the assurance that he seeks , but even if our figures were so way out that I could be caught on that commitment , when I consider the matter next May — assuming that the burden still falls to me to do so — I would have to make the same calculation as I made this year . |
| 18 | Those people who show a strong respect for authority and who expect negative criticism often dread making presentations to their superiors ( see Chapter Four for more on authority and criticism ) . |
| 19 | If you expect that child is going to do a fantastic job on that painting then that encouragement and confidence is coming across . |
| 20 | If you expect heavy use of Offline ( which will be particularly the case if you are not using the Module Version Deletion facility ) , you should probably increase this parameter before running CREFDL . |
| 21 | If you expect larger numbers of simultaneous QA activities , increase this parameter before running CREFDL . |
| 22 | It 's a wonderful place to work , and we expect more surprises . ’ |
| 23 | I confirm that there is still time for organisations to respond to our proposals and we expect more representations during the consultation period . |
| 24 | ‘ We 're now asking them to accept a revised model and we expect some opposition . ’ |
| 25 | How do you know whether anything has been a success , or whether you 're doing anything right , unless you ask , and we expect this rationale to follow through into our community investment programme . |
| 26 | ‘ A number of distinguished engineers have been Whitworth Scholars , and we expect this year 's award winners to be high achievers in their subsequent careers , ’ he said . |
| 27 | In the case of major company resources it is fair to say that the very large companies invest millions in their computer systems and they expect these systems to have a life span of at least a decade . |
| 28 | Jimmy Davidson , coach to the highly successful Ulster side , was given the job and everybody expected serious improvement . |
| 29 | Hundreds of the hostel residents had been questioned , the Commissioner said ; six had been arrested , and he expected further arrests following the result of forensic tests of bloodstained weapons found at the hostel . |
| 30 | Tucson , Arizona-based Artisoft Inc warns that it expects its results for the third quarter to March 31 to be at break-even or slightly below — it expects to increase reserves and allowances , take one-time charges , and accelerate accruals by a pre-tax total of $1.5m to $2m , and it expects third quarter revenues to be below year-ago revenues of $20.3m ; it blames a shift in the sales mix for the revenue shortfall — ‘ Given the current trend toward the LANtastic software only option , the company is cautious in its expectations over the next several quarters for recovery in revenues and earnings to the levels achieved in the first and second quarter of the fiscal year , ’ the company said — it also offers it with adaptors . |