Example sentences of "expect [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He simply stood still saying nothing until the cries died away , and then told them what they were waiting for , and that he expected little more fighting . |
| 2 | He said that officials had now halved their projections of the number of Soviet Jews set to arrive in 1991 , and now expected some 200,000 , or only slightly more than in 1990 ( 185,000 ) . |
| 3 | Steve Kerton says they expect fifty thousand people at the race this weekend … half a million watch the sport in Rotterdam … |
| 4 | More significantly , perhaps , I was annoyed because I expect this financial services organisation to recognise the totality of its relationship to me when making decisions in respect of specific transactions ; in this case to realise that its interest in my house should be adequate collateral for a small and presumably temporary overdraft . |
| 5 | The forecast tax charge for the year is thirty four per cent which is below last year 's rate of thirty five and we expect this low rate to continue in the future . |
| 6 | ‘ In summary , we have made substantial progress at the half year and we expect this positive trend to be maintained . |
| 7 | ‘ We have made a strong start to 1993 and we expect this positive trend to continue . |
| 8 | We expect some firm proposals from the Minister tonight , or at least when we debate this matter in Committee , that will assure the House that something will be done about this very dangerous situation . |
| 9 | So expect some big changes to the type of tackle you will see at different events over the coming years . |
| 10 | I expect another close game , and I 'm confident we can get back to winning ways . ’ |
| 11 | Grainne had known that when it finally came to it , she would be afraid — for I have never known anyone other than Fergus , and with Fergus it was so natural and so sweet — but she had not expected this sudden rush of tenderness . |
| 12 | Although ready for a shock , Charity had not expected this particular one . |
| 13 | He had expected some final pay-off , a terminal settling of accounts for services rendered . |
| 14 | He had expected some sordid den with a big wardrobe , a lot of shoes and a bed laid for business . |
| 15 | I 'd expected some token reluctance , a bit of chair-shuffling and so on . |
| 16 | We expect 7.5 million orders to be issued against people in England . |
| 17 | She had not expected such direct questioning . |
| 18 | Expect much slick guitar , expressive backbeat and … the occasional big surprise . |
| 19 | Stage : Preparations being made for Pre Deposit consultation which is expected early 1993 . |
| 20 | Only a 1 ' , e' and e " vibrations will be Raman active , so we expect six fundamental bands in the Raman spectrum , only three of which ( due to the three e' vibrations ) should coincide in frequency with IR bands . |
| 21 | People expect these two strata to answer the phone , to draft a memo . |
| 22 | I expect these so-called personal digital assistants to dribble slowly out this year . |
| 23 | I am proud of what I have done as a practising solicitor and I expect all other solicitors feel the same . |
| 24 | But she had n't expected all three of them , not Patsy as well , and not the car . |
| 25 | ‘ I expect those two young men will behave as they ought , ’ said Helen . |
| 26 | Close all taps expect one HOT water tap |
| 27 | ( One might have expected heterosexual young men to be more influenced by what was after all a film of exclusively heterosexual practices . ) |
| 28 | I had fully expected one locked room , the woman-of-the-glove 's room . |
| 29 | The character table shows us that only e' and a 2 " vibrations , corresponding to dipole changes in the x/y and z directions , respectively , can be IR active , so we expect five fundamental bands in the IR spectrum of PF 5 . |
| 30 | On the one hand variceal haemorrhage may be the final episode in a progressively deteriorating clinical disease state ; alternatively , it may be a single potentially life threatening episode in a patient who can otherise expect several further years of good quality life . |