Example sentences of "expect [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Women born in 1955–9 with non-manual fathers expected rather more children ( 2.44 to 2.12 ) than women from manual backgrounds , and the new difference is maintained in the most recent cohorts ( General Household Survey ) . |
| 2 | ‘ I never expected so many to show up . |
| 3 | I told him I should have to publish Sir Hubert 's disclaimer , and warned him that an unedited publication would endanger implementation of an appointment from which Burmans expected so much , and would also lead to an unhappy relationship between the paper and the government . |
| 4 | You see , she expected so much , always had , and now she was expecting some miracle to come to her through her daughter . |
| 5 | In last week 's edition of The Sunday Telegraph , Geoffrey Wheatcroft wrote : ’ It was a woman speaking from inside Dubrovnik against a background of shellfire who said : We expected so much from Europe and got so little . ' |
| 6 | The company says that while it expected somewhat lower revenue in the first quarter because of seasonal factors and a product transition to R4000-based systems , the revenue decline was principally down to deferrals in customer orders and licensing activity as a result of the announcement of the proposed merger deal . |
| 7 | Traditionally , a low ratio is interpreted as indicating that investors as a whole expect rather low levels of future earnings or that those earnings are subject to a high level of risk . |
| 8 | ‘ We expect highly competitive prices with cost reduction opportunities which come through innovation by the supplier . ’ |
| 9 | For example , in the Raman spectrum of CO 2 we expect only one fundamental , due to the symmetric stretch , of symmetry species . |
| 10 | Perhaps it was stupid of me , but I had expected so much , if in rather a vague way , that the reality was a bitter shock : I was unqualified , I had no degree , I was n't even trained as a secretary . |
| 11 | I knew now that I might have been foolish to have expected so much from Waite , but he had been the only person who 'd been willing to treat both kidnappers and hostages as human beings and to attempt some kind of understanding about how the situation could be resolved . |
| 12 | I had n't expected so eager a welcome . ’ |
| 13 | Yet it 's the principle , not the money , that seems to be upsetting you — and the fact that others demand or expect so much and appreciate so little . |
| 14 | We expect so much of them . |
| 15 | I expect so this is that |
| 16 | More educated Indonesians , though , expect more sophisticated prizes . |
| 17 | I should have expected more bruising of the neck . " |
| 18 | Early DOE development kits featuring the engine are expected early next year . |
| 19 | Its SPARCbook 2 notebook computer is expected early next year . |
| 20 | First products are expected early next year and will be marketed by both companies , reports say . |
| 21 | The newly formed Catering Committee is expected early next month to consider two consultants ' reports on the architectural feasibility and management implications of converting the premises of the former St. Stephen 's tavern into a refreshment facility for groups of Members ' visitors . |
| 22 | Crowds attending the Trooping the Colour ceremony in London stood a 70% chance of getting wet and more rain is expected early next week . |
| 23 | Its report , which is expected early this year and will be widely available , makes several recommendations which if accepted will improve the transition from full time to flexible working . |
| 24 | Hearings are expected early this year , and if approved , are expected to be contested in the federal court . |
| 25 | A major upgrade is expected later next year . |
| 26 | A decision is expected later this month . |
| 27 | The new controller is expected to improve performance but not add functionality ; a controller capable of handling arrays is expected later this year . |
| 28 | Availability is expected later this year . |
| 29 | River Edge , New Jersey-based Delta Management Systems Inc , which specialises in administrative software for Kindergarten to 12th Grade schools and community colleges , claims that it completed the conversion of its Unix-based Administrative/Student Software to the HP 3000 in eight weeks , using the Posix interface , and availability is expected later this month . |
| 30 | Faster clock speeds are expected later this year . |