Example sentences of "expect the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | She expected the thin , whippy shaft to cut viciously into her flesh , but instead only the soft leather flap landed on her hand . |
| 32 | Three out of four independent economic forecasting bodies expected the Scottish economy to perform better than the UK economy both last year and this year . |
| 33 | But as I watched him pick his way along the lifeless paths , I understood how much of him expected the whole world to be mournful now that Montaine had abandoned it . |
| 34 | Soviet spokesmen expected the Third World states to form a strong constituency of support for Brezhnev 's plan and they chose their arguments accordingly . |
| 35 | It expected the initial ratio would be 1:1 during development , building to five clients to every server during deployment later on . |
| 36 | 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 . |
| 37 | Mr Willasey expected the latest document to last through most of the 1990s , but it would be reviewed subject to any changes in fashion trends . |
| 38 | Whether anyone in Berlin seriously expected the French government to believe this is certainly open to question in view of the preceding events . |
| 39 | We had not expected the Prime Minister to look at her watch and say , ‘ I see it 's only eleven , so we have half an hour in hand . |
| 40 | They had expected the Prime Minister to appoint a third woman to his Cabinet . |
| 41 | It was now Friday , and the first volunteers were expected the following day ! |
| 42 | I had not expected the twentieth century to show such a steep decline both in numbers and in quality , though I was less surprised to see the cultural importance of the nineteenth century . |
| 43 | Moreover , the new credits entailed a transfer from husbands to wives or , as the issue came to be known , from ‘ wallet to purse ’ , and hence one might have expected the male-dominated TUC to be opposed to them . |
| 44 | The news of her latest pregnancy was broken in November , and it is expected the new baby will make a public debut on her Good Morning BBC1 programme , perhaps next week . |
| 45 | It is expected the two incentives will result in £30 million extra for Britain 's trusts and charities . |
| 46 | They rarely had visitors , and if ever anyone was expected the front drawing room in its pale greens and pinks with damp spots over the wall could be aired and dusted . |
| 47 | This appears to be the case even in youth subcultures where one might have expected the greatest changes . |
| 48 | Hardly anyone had expected the Japanese to surrender quite so quickly and , when they did and for the moment , as far as the Allies were concerned , hardly anything happened . |
| 49 | One might possibly have expected the average age of marriage in our sample to fall a little in wartime , but it does not in the recorded cases . |
| 50 | Sabine had expected the civil ceremony conducted by the mayor to be a formal , rather bureaucratic business , but it was very much a family affair , celebrated among neighbours who had known the bride and groom since birth . |
| 51 | As might be expected the temporary workforce was disproportionately concentrated in the service sector , in particular in the distribution , hotels and catering industries and in " other " services , both public and private ( in Britain this includes public administration ) . |
| 52 | One might have expected the intense difficulties confronting British film producers to stimulate discussion ; instead it seems to have narrowed their perspective . |
| 53 | Colin insists that they had expected the ensuing fuss . |
| 54 | She had expected the royal apartments to be brimming with activity . |
| 55 | As may be expected the ohmic voltage drop in the wire will be equal to the induced voltage . |
| 56 | Matt said afterwards he 'd half expected the whole thing would turn out to be a wild goose chase and I told him I thought the same . |
| 57 | With the enclosure of the open fields and the redistribution of the land mostly in compact blocks instead of strips scattered all over the parish , one would have expected the old open-field village to disintegrate as the village farmers built new farmsteads on their allotments . |
| 58 | An announcement , perhaps blessed by Microsoft , is expected the last week in January . |
| 59 | On that occasion he had been treated with a degree of courtesy not far short of deference and he had subconsciously expected the same of his interview with Chief Inspector Golding . |
| 60 | He had n't expected the red carpet to be unrolled for him , but he had thought that at last he would be at work , setting up his meetings , on the move . |