Example sentences of "expect [art] [num] " in BNC.

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1 Her methods of child-rearing stand out as being more ‘ working-class ’ than ‘ middle-class ’ ; for example she smacked a lot and expected the three year old to be clean and tidy all the time : both these are areas in which the Newsons found social class differences in their study .
2 It is expected the two incentives will result in £30 million extra for Britain 's trusts and charities .
3 Under the experimental onslaught being marshalled , most expect the 17 keV neutrino to wither and die .
4 Does any hon. Member seriously think that , after Britain has signed up for a single currency , we could go to war on our own and expect the 11 countries who share the same currency to stand idly by and see the value of their currency wrecked , for ever depreciating , just because Britain was in one of its periodic warmongering fits ?
5 We therefore expect the two stretching regions of the spectrum to show the patterns illustrated in Fig. 5.43 .
6 Middlesbrough have sold their full 4,000 allocation and Wolves expect a 20,000 crowd .
7 Having spent £25,775 on computerisation , the doctors might reasonably have expected a 50 per cent .
8 Trent did n't expect the twelve thicknesses of cotton sheet to last but each minute that they held would gain precious distance .
9 Whichever of the possibilities is realised in practice , we would expect the two languages — Creole and unrelated Standard — to retain their integrity as languages and not to converge linguistically to any great extent , except in terms of vocabulary : in other words , they are likely to remain fundamentally dissimilar in their grammar and phonology .
10 Managers did not expect the two pieces of equipment would compete with each other .
11 Looking further ahead to the mid-1990s , the [ Mt does not expect the three big economies ' external imbalances to change as a percentage of GNP — in dollar terms they will rise-assuming economic policies and exchange rates stay the same .
12 They boasted that it was the worst they 'd ever known , and could expect a million profit with confidence .
13 I feel that once parents begin to become too aware of norms , they worry , and therefore unless a child is grossly out of sync , if you like , with their peers , I would n't say it would matter , but yes , one would expect a three year old to be talking at one extreme .
14 I feel that once parents begin to become too aware of norms , they worry , and therefore unless a child is grossly out of sync , if you like , with their peers , I would n't say it would matter , but yes , one would expect a three year old to be talking at one extreme .
15 Retailers can expect a 35-38 per cent share of the selling price .
16 For example , by the end of this week I shall expect every one of you to know the two-times table by heart .
17 Since the value of credit vouchers issued exceeds the sale of gift vouchers approximately six to one , it is felt unreasonable to expect the nine branches local to Savacentre to take a disproportionately high cost .
18 She was told to expect a five hour delay … in the event she endured a nine hour wait …
19 Returning to the expected tetrahedral form , we can assign the polarized Raman bands to three of the four expected a 1 modes .
20 BAT Industries was unsettled by news that rival Philip Morris expected a 40 per cent fall in tobacco profits and planned price cuts .
21 Diana , who had been expecting the two boys to join her at Althorp in Northamptonshire today , phoned them briefly yesterday morning .
22 For example , if the current one-year rate is rs 1 = 6.5 per cent and the market is expecting the one-year rate in a year 's time to be = 7.5 per cent , then the market is expecting a 100 investment in two one-year bonds to yield 100 ( 1.065 ) ( 1.075 ) = 114.49 after two years .
23 The waitress counts her tip as if reasonably expecting a million dollars for all the aggravation caused .
24 As recently as September 1990 it had been expecting a 2.4 per cent growth for 1991 .
25 They were expecting a three day music festival at this site near Milton Keynes .
26 The Eagles are expecting a 10,000 crowd for the visit of the champions .
27 Essential 's David Stokes expects the seven employee company to double that effort this year .
28 He also expects the three versions to be interoperable by 1995 .
29 He also expects the three versions to be interoperable by 1995 .
30 Over the next 12 months he expects the three to sell at least 10 systems solutions n the UK .
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