Example sentences of "expect a [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Middlesbrough have sold their full 4,000 allocation and Wolves expect a 20,000 crowd . |
| 2 | Having spent £25,775 on computerisation , the doctors might reasonably have expected a 50 per cent . |
| 3 | They boasted that it was the worst they 'd ever known , and could expect a million profit with confidence . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Retailers can expect a 35-38 per cent share of the selling price . |
| 7 | She was told to expect a five hour delay … in the event she endured a nine hour wait … |
| 8 | Returning to the expected tetrahedral form , we can assign the polarized Raman bands to three of the four expected a 1 modes . |
| 9 | BAT Industries was unsettled by news that rival Philip Morris expected a 40 per cent fall in tobacco profits and planned price cuts . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | The waitress counts her tip as if reasonably expecting a million dollars for all the aggravation caused . |
| 12 | As recently as September 1990 it had been expecting a 2.4 per cent growth for 1991 . |
| 13 | They were expecting a three day music festival at this site near Milton Keynes . |
| 14 | The Eagles are expecting a 10,000 crowd for the visit of the champions . |
| 15 | He has lifted his profits forecast for this year slightly to £950 million and expects a 15 per cent rise in the dividend . |
| 16 | House broker County NatWest expects a 36 p.c. rise to £14.4m pre-tax for 1991 and sees £19.3m as attainable this year . |