Example sentences of "expect [verb] [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Investment of between £4 billion and £5 billion is forecast in a series of developments focused round a pipeline network expected to carry 1.2 billion cubic feet of gas a day to Teesside . |
| 2 | In 1992-93 , Trainload Freight expected to carry 18.35 million tonnes of freight for PowerGen , but that figure is now likely to be as high as 19.6 million tonnes . |
| 3 | At any moment I expected to see one drop with a cardiac arrest , but the sultan told us not to underestimate their power . |
| 4 | That system was both perceived and expected to perform three related functions : through election to the House of Commons it was expected to produce a government ; through a purportedly democratic franchise and mode of election , it was expected to confer legitimacy upon the government to govern , subject to the approval of Parliament ; and , through facilitating a choice between parties propounding specific programs , it was expected to influence public policy , the party in government carrying through the promises embodies in its election manifesto . |
| 5 | The showpiece projects are the Concord Centre and Glass City expected to attract two million visitors and 2,000 jobs . |
| 6 | France was reported on Dec. 4 to have offered to contribute 1,500-2,000 troops to a multinational force expected to total 35,000 , and was expected to provide logistical support through its base in Djibouti . |
| 7 | Reports on Aug. 7 said that the government had airlifted hundreds of Palestinians , expected to total 3,000 by mid-August , to Jordan [ see pp. 38118 ; 38166 ; 38309 ] ] . |
| 8 | But with electricity prices expected to increase 50 per cent by 2010 , the extra cost of power should , in itself , lead consumers to increase their own energy efficiency . |
| 9 | He said the Josephs were not there and Rain let him assume they were on their way and expected to find four very wet friends . |
| 10 | Researchers expected to find six out of ten people could recall Lady Thatcher 's historic resignation moment in vivid detail by retaining a long-lasting ‘ flashbulb ’ memory . |
| 11 | As for sociable hours , I would not be in this trade if I expected to work nine to five , Monday to Friday . |
| 12 | The problem was that Barlaston sat above one of the richest coal mines in Europe and the whole village was expected to sink forty feet over the next twenty years . |
| 13 | For major culinary events , such as cooking the Easter turkey , one was expected to drive two miles along the road and use a cooker in a neighbour 's outhouse . |
| 14 | Expect to wait two or three months for a reply . |
| 15 | The Maltese Foreign Minister , Guido De Marco , was elected president of the session , which was expected to debate 153 items amongst which the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait assumed priority . |
| 16 | Italy will lose about 750 or 6% , as will other southern Europe countries ; the UK is expected to lose 1,000 or 7% . |
| 17 | Currently , the Royal Navy is expected to carry 512 nuclear warheads on its Trident fleet . |
| 18 | The band are expected to perform two sets on the night and a number of special guests will be announced in the coming weeks . |
| 19 | He was expected to miss six week 's play . |
| 20 | Comedienne Ruby Wax is expected to see one of the performances — a return visit to Liverpool following her appearance at this year 's Festival of Comedy . |
| 21 | ‘ We ca n't be expected to wait six weeks for another good performance . ’ |
| 22 | During that time , police say they expect to issue hundreds of summonses . |
| 23 | The Parti Seselwa , led by Wavel Ramkalawan , which won 4.4 per cent of votes , was expected to secure one seat under a " best losers " system . |
| 24 | Under Mary , the Crown set up a sliding scale of military liability , so that poorer members of the community were obliged to supply a suit of armour , spear and bow and arrow , while those worth a thousand pounds or more were expected to provide sixteen horses , sixty suits of armour , fifty helmets , forty pikes , thirty long-bows , twenty bills , and twenty arquebuses . |
| 25 | Hospital caterers have a budget of about £10 per person per week with which they are expected to provide three meals a day plus drinks . |
| 26 | Despite its own financial woes , IBM is expected to provide 60 days ' redundancy pay for each of the employees . |
| 27 | Today 's Green Paper is expected to contain two separate methods of enabling employers to take action in the civil courts against the organisers of unofficial strikes . |
| 28 | Zinc consumption was forecast to reach 5,360,000 tonnes in 1989 , a 2 per cent rise over 1988 levels , while production was expected to total 5,310,000 tonnes , up 1 per cent on 1988 . |
| 29 | The store is a further boost to the Post Office 's network of shops across the country which is expected to total 300 within five years . |
| 30 | The first European Design Automation Conference is scheduled for 7–10 Spetember at Hamburg 's Congress Center and is expected to attract 5,000 visitors : among those exhibiting are DEC , Harris , Sun , Cadence , Fujitsu and i-Logix . |