Example sentences of "expect [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Newley occasionally went there with clients from whom he expected rich pickings . |
| 2 | He expected European countries to put pressure on Arab countries to enter into direct negotiations with Israel , and claimed that the EC 's trust in the PLO to relinquish terrorism had been exploited by the latter . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | BCCI expected further losses for 1990 of around $450 million , and was reportedly planning a radical rationalization when its assets were seized . |
| 5 | John always remained very concerned about the designing of his own ballets but was never specifically credited with responsibility for their designs , preferring to collaborate with an artist to whom he could explain his ideas and from whom he expected further ideas to enhance the final outcome . |
| 6 | It had always been generous in terms of sick pay and sympathetic and understanding towards employees with family problems , though it expected high standards of dress and deportment and lateness , absenteeism and incivility were not tolerated . |
| 7 | Hit by relentless price competition and slumping business conditions , Fujitsu Ltd on Friday forecast that for fiscal 1993 to March 31 , it would report its first loss since it was first listed in Tokyo in 1949 : it sees a group net loss of $322m and a current loss of $169m for the year , against net profit of $103m and current profit of $437m last fiscal — current profit includes gains and losses made on investments in stocks and bonds and sundry profits and losses from other non-operating activities ; ‘ Customers expect lower prices , ’ said Mike Beirne , a Fujitsu spokesman — ‘ the price competition goes from the price war in personal computers right up to mainframes ; ’ the company acknowledges that losses are likely to continue into the first six months of its new year . |
| 8 | Normally , however , ordinary shareholders expect lower yields than preference shareholders and loan stock holders because of their participation rights . |
| 9 | According to a Gallup poll on behalf of Tory Central Office , 90 per cent of top businessmen reckon the Tories have the best long-term economic programme , 52 per cent fear a deterioration under Labour and 80 per cent expect economic improvements under the Tories . |
| 10 | I expect further applications to come in during the next year and , with time , a growing number of applications as the benefits are seen to come through . |
| 11 | Often they are organized by younger people who merely expect ageing members to be passive recipients of organized events . |
| 12 | Insurance companies understandably expect proper precautions to be taken for the security and safe storage of musical instruments . |
| 13 | Americans expect some reforms |
| 14 | On the A four two three , Kidlington to Banbury road , expect some delays due to the traffic lights near Bunkers Hill . |
| 15 | Individuals use their radio and television sets in different ways and for different purposes , and expect different things of them . |
| 16 | They expect high levels of performance . |
| 17 | The main cause of these differences is the hotel guests who come and go according to their own personal arrangements and who quite rightly expect high standards and quality service to be maintained throughout their stay . |
| 18 | Pluralists and some Marxists expect such institutions to indoctrinate policy-influentials with the need to perform their organizationally defined roles . |
| 19 | You expect such tactics with cars nearing the end of their life , not with models just months old . |
| 20 | Somehow she had expected six inches of semi-darkness , and half a face enquiring suspiciously what her business might be at this hour . |
| 21 | At some unconscious level that was exactly what she had expected six months earlier — to step off the plane and see the man of her dreams waiting for her on the tarmac . |
| 22 | This is version one of what promises to be one of the leading packages in this field , and , given that that is the case , I expect future versions to add greatly to its functionality . |
| 23 | Although I have expected similar signs , our commissionings have on the whole been quiet affairs , at least until 1990 . |
| 24 | You do not — or should not — expect tropical nights , moonlit beaches , rhythmic dancing by maidens in grass skirts , or cocktails . |
| 25 | As is to be expected such loans are liquid and generate income . |
| 26 | The modest Japanese demand for Grimshaw and a few other Victorian artists such as Henry Parker , Breanski and David James is now subdued , though Christie 's expect Japanese dealers to take about 5% of a Victorian sale . |
| 27 | Doctors can ask us all sorts of intimate questions and expect honest answers ; in return , we expect them to treat this knowledge confidentially and not to gossip about the state of our health . |
| 28 | Most researchers expect global temperatures to have experienced about half the predicted equilibrium temperature by the 2030s , that is , 1–2 C warmer than it is now . |
| 29 | ‘ Young men expect 12,000 rupees ( $750 ) , including a television . |
| 30 | I expect amazing revelations — a scoop ! ’ |