Example sentences of "expect [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The group expected economic recovery in 1993 . |
| 2 | Looking ahead , Dr Ryan expected economic recovery , together with the cutback in production of aircraft and the retirement of old equipment to bring supply and demand back into balance . |
| 3 | They all expected each member of the staff to express — discreetly — particular and intense interest in their child . |
| 4 | 100 lb plus bream haul expected each day . |
| 5 | If Krupp commanded his armies of workers , Richard Wagner expected total subservience from his audience . |
| 6 | We needed and expected that money . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Perhaps the prime minister expected that Willink would push for a Magdalene man but he did not get a firm line out of him . |
| 9 | From what we already knew about its audiences and programme content , we expected that television would have a stronger influence on public information and perceptions than on public attitudes and choices ; while the press , particularly the mass-selling tabloids , would have a stronger influence on public attitudes and choices than on public information and perceptions . |
| 10 | Furthermore , the reforms were introduced during the run up to a general election in which it was widely ( but incorrectly ) expected that health would be the key issue . |
| 11 | My master expected little response . |
| 12 | We expected little advertising support for the first effort in our new format but it came anyway on the strength of our description . |
| 13 | In seemed that the Minister expected little opposition in Parliament , where all MPs were members of TANU . |
| 14 | I set off again , maintaining for some reason — perhaps because I expected further farm creatures to wander across my path — my slow speed of before . |
| 15 | What with John 's new fitness programme , and the salutary Atlantic air and everything , I myself expected some kind of halfhearted renewal . |
| 16 | Anyway , at Stevenage Town Hall we told Ralph that we expected some money for these . |
| 17 | Her eyes appraised him and her thin fingers were spread towards him fan-wise , it was clear she expected some money . |
| 18 | She expected some fury but none was forthcoming and she glanced across at him to find his eyes were fixed on the mountains , his face sombre . |
| 19 | And Bell said : ‘ I expected some trouble but not on this scale — they acted like animals . |
| 20 | I did n't say anything , though the way he had said it made it clear he expected some comment . |
| 21 | Perhaps he expected some protest from Constanza , a declaration , perhaps he hoped for it . |
| 22 | They would press for the international allocation of quotas , as well as mail and air freight , and expected some Commonwealth and European support . |
| 23 | He obviously expected some sort of reaction . |
| 24 | He smiled and lifted his champagne glass to his lips and Ruth expected some sort of challenge thrown out but none came and a strange feeling percolated inside her , almost disappointment , but she shooed away the notion . |
| 25 | I half expected some floosie to open it but no , it was Charles . |
| 26 | There was obviously some sort of sexual element to it but I just did n't know what to do next and expected this man , who was about two or three years older than me , to , in some way , tell me or indicate to me and so I followed him without talking to him . |
| 27 | But with a lower costs base and 6 p.c. rise in advertising revenue expected this year , the company is dipping into reserves to lift the dividend total 11 p.c. to 16p , with a 13⅛p final on June 8 . |
| 28 | California 's Amgen , the jewel in the crown of American biotechnology , is set to become the industry 's first to enter the Fortune 500 list of America 's top companies , with revenue of $1 billion expected this year . |
| 29 | With further losses expected this year , strategy has been overhauled under the guidance of chairman Brian Garraway , who hands over to financial services managing director , Martin Broughton , in July . |
| 30 | Few expected this year 's spring sales at Sotheby 's and Christie 's to do much to revive spirits , or prices . |