Example sentences of "expect [art] [adj -er] " in BNC.

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1 ( a ) because the rights of preference shareholders are subordinated to those of loan stock holders , preference shareholders normally expect a higher yield to reflect the difference in risk .
2 Several economists in the City expect a bigger fall , to perhaps 3–4% by mid-1991 , as interest rates start to fall , and the poll tax , the rise in excise duties and the mortgage-rate increase drop out of the figures .
3 Most City forecasters expect a bigger fall in the current-account deficit .
4 Retailers expect a bigger improvement in June , but their expectations have proved to be over-optimistic in the past two months .
5 Over the next twelve months we expect a further increase in those needing our Home Care service to enable them to live and die at home .
6 Almost 200 places , in addition to those in shelters which I have mentioned , have opened this month , and we expect a further 120 places in winter shelters to open very shortly .
7 We expect a further reduction in 1993 .
8 I have always thought that league results are what matter most to Motherwell and I expect a harder game than were given that day . ’
9 The people slipping and sliding on the pavements , spattered with slush by the passing traffic , look stoically wretched , as if they expect no better from life .
10 Wilcox grunted contemptuously , as if he had expected no better .
11 Dexter had expected a bigger and taller man with the harsh glint of money-making in his eyes , rather than this relaxed , almost shambling , figure .
12 I had expected a sharper tongue in the office , a brisker and more brittle approach to the anarchic thoughtlessness of the girls .
13 After the majestic setting of Old Trafford , Middlesbrough could not have expected a greater contrast than Roots Hall .
14 Under these conditions they could have expected a higher failure rate .
15 Robert did not like to think of himself as a snob , but , had he been in charge of the Independent Wimbledon Day Islamic Boys ’ School , he would have expected a higher standard of civility from the cleaning staff .
16 City analysts had expected a further £50m worth of debt repayment during the month .
17 The fall in seasonally adjusted unemployment of 22,000 last month was even more of a surprise , at a time when forecasters had expected a further rise of 35,000 .
18 One would expect the older Wordsworth to trot out the arguments of the Established Church at this point : instead he says he does
19 If one of his family had been in the same position surely he 'd expect a stiffer sentence than the one given today
20 Hence , given that they are held to bear less risk , we should expect a lower return .
21 Why may they expect a better future ?
22 What appalling style , even twenty years ago one could expect a better standard of English .
23 The question is how this expansion can be paid for , given that the new Secretary of State has said quite candidly that his present view is that higher education can not expect a higher share of public spending than it currently receives .
24 It will improve gearing and the offeror 's ability to borrow ( unsecured creditors will regard it as similar to share capital ) but the holders will expect a higher yield to compensate them for their higher risk , although this should be less than that expected for preference share capital .
25 Mariot capped this by suggesting that , since the Earl Patrick would presumably intend to yield that castle should Berwick town fall to King Edward , he could expect a greater reward from that monarch if the castle was nominally his own , not just a crown possession .
26 ‘ If Clinton can not get the economy started and has trouble financing his ambitious spending programme , you may expect a greater withdrawal from foreign commitments , trade sanctions — whatever he thinks it will take , ’ said one analyst .
27 But if he killed Harry , would n't you expect a greater amount of soaking ? ’
28 Their results suggest Europe can expect a greater frequency of blocking anti-cyclones which will lead to warmer summers but cooler winters , a greater frequency of severe winters , drier springs and summers , wetter autumns and winters , and an increased growing season .
29 Nevertheless , one may expect a greater similarity between two geometrically similar points than between two geometrically dissimilar points .
30 Looking after the status quo is rather more their tendency , so we can perhaps expect a greater emphasis on defence with rather less activity from the operatives up front — the strikers .
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