Example sentences of "expect [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Somehow he expected TOP to be different . |
| 2 | Seven out of 10 expect Labour to be the biggest party and on average they predict the FT-SE 100 index will be almost 80 points lower than last night 's close of 2393.2 if Neil Kinnock is in Downing Street tomorrow . |
| 3 | In any real case a variation of several hundred from the predicted value would be expected due to chance alone , while predictions based on the two methods do not differ by as much as one record in any file examined by the author . |
| 4 | As noted above for the NCp7:DNA complex , there is probably one molecule of NCp7 mutant bound per DNA oligonucleotide since the NCp7 mutants also migrate at apparent molecular weights higher than expected due to their high content of basic residues . |
| 5 | However , there is indirect evidence that the orbit of a binary pair , one member of which is the pulsar PSR 1913+16 , is collapsing at exactly the rate expected due to the loss of energy in gravitational radiation . |
| 6 | Football fans attending the Sunderland V Middlesbrough match on April 20 at Roker Park are being asked by police to arrive early as big crowds are expected due to vouchers being issued for Cup Final tickets . |
| 7 | LOTHIAN 's council tax will be lower than expected due to savings made from a year of spending restraints . |
| 8 | Despite the political unacceptability of increased dependence upon OPEC , the massive increase in production of synthetic oils manufactured from tar sands , oil shale , very heavy oil , alcohol and coal , which was expected prior to the fall in world crude oil prices , will not materialise during this century . |
| 9 | It was no use expecting Sien to be able to understand books or art , but then their attachment was based on something else , on reality , of which books and art were only a part . |