Example sentences of "expect [noun] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Still , we were hopeful of the future of the still young department , when the decision was made to seek CNAA validation for the courses offered by the College , and we prepared to rewrite ours to take account of our experience , and to justify our intentions more fully than we had had to do before to critics from whom we expected scepticism rather than sympathy . |
| 2 | This will be achieved , it speculates , through OS/2 running on the RS6000 : ‘ we rate the RS/6000 architecture highly and expect IBM eventually to assume its natural position as market leader ’ . |
| 3 | ( The hypothesis supposes that voters have a short memory : they expect continuity only from the incumbent . ) |
| 4 | I expect Mr Freely will be willing to oblige . ’ |
| 5 | On the A four two three , the Kidlington to Banbury road , they expect delays still to go on through much of the evening due to the traffic lights at Bunkers Hill , and on the A four two one , just south of Bicester , the changes to the road layout at the new M forty interchange has made traffic fairly heavy still . |
| 6 | Because , if that had been so , one could have expected Jasper too to have returned home . |
| 7 | ‘ When I told Chris I was pregnant , I expected panic certainly , but not the hatred that came pouring from him . |
| 8 | ‘ Do you expect Waterloo tomorrow ? ’ |
| 9 | As has already been said , if mining or industrial activity is involved rather than agriculture , we can expect settlements nearby to minimise the access time and cost of transporting materials . |
| 10 | I did n't expect Pete home any special time . ’ |
| 11 | Where there is an increasing use of decentralised structures and accountability we would expect individuals lower down the organisation to take on more responsibility . |
| 12 | So it looks as if er nature has kind of erm struck a bargain in this respect , that each parent can contribute exactly half , but I think it 's , we 're only just beginning to find out about what happens then and my guess is about internal conflict between genes because I strongly suspect that there must be a lot of that going on because , as I think you 've rightly seen , if we take this view of evolution as selecting for individual genes , then we would expect conflict even within the gender . |
| 13 | The most we can do is expect Owen everywhere , and be strong enough to match him wherever he strikes . |
| 14 | He surely did n't expect Peter never to marry ? |
| 15 | He did not expect Osman openly to agree but he thought it quite likely that the Sheikh might indicate his willingness to accept Owen 's proposition . |
| 16 | You can expect turmoil early this week — but do n't let it get to you . |
| 17 | I know this is a bit of an affront to our high opinion of ourselves as human beings , er , of course many people regard it that way , but erm my view is that er we ca n't expect science necessarily to tell us things we want to hear . |
| 18 | Nevertheless , it is unrealistic to expect clients always to seek advice on these matters from sources other than the building designer , and a basic knowledge of planning law , compensation and the individual vagaries in attitudes of planning authorities is often the basis of releasing latent development value which is of tangible benefit and for which the client is prepared to pay high rewards . |
| 19 | ‘ Am I to expect ravishment now , or something similar ? |
| 20 | I do n't know what time to expect dad tonight . |
| 21 | ‘ I 'm expecting visitors later this evening , ’ Talbot said . |
| 22 | I though we were expecting visitors today . " |
| 23 | ‘ You expecting trouble tonight ? |
| 24 | Oops : now the OECD expects output there to shrink by 1.9% . |
| 25 | ‘ Well , she expects Charlie home today . ’ |
| 26 | We expected handshakes all round , the departure of the PM to affairs of state , and an aide leading us to an ante-room for ginger snaps and coffee . |