Example sentences of "expect its [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Soviet leaders have given no indication , moreover , that they are prepared to abandon the PDPA and apparently expect its apparatus to be retained in post-settlement Afghanistan even if its role is reduced and its monopoly of power relinquished . |
| 2 | The noise of the van receded and Forester expected its place to be taken by the measured squeak and clank of the old machine , a sound that he 'd so far heard only through still air at a distance . |
| 3 | Since political bias was so much a characteristic of the press we might expect its influence to be more apparent in terms of attitudes than perceptions , however . |
| 4 | Any society embarked on wholesale transition might expect its progress to be punctuated by intermittent chaos . |
| 5 | Again , we would expect its level of use to be inversely related to the level of union organisation in an establishment . |
| 6 | In between the publication of the White Paper and the passing of the new Act , the government decided that in view of the work required on the hospital services , it could not expect its community care proposals to be ready by the proposed launch date of April 1991 , so in early 1990 it announced a two-year delay in implementation until 1993 . |
| 7 | Pavlov 's dog analogizes to previous occasions when it learns to expect its dinner as before when the bell rings as before , the ape simulates when it ‘ apes ’ . |
| 8 | Investors have been expecting its publication for the last two weeks but are fearful it will be kept back for the week when Parliament goes into the Christmas recess . |
| 9 | It expects its gearing to rise from 10 per cent to 20 per cent . |
| 10 | The council expects its censure or serious criticism ‘ to discredit editors and journalists at whom it is aimed and to be weighed by their employers ’ . |
| 11 | THIS is how Edinburgh expects its windfall to add up : |
| 12 | Mannesmann Mobilfunk GmbH says that it now expects its subscriber base to reach 200,000 next month , ahead of plan , but still expects the level to be between 300,000 and 350,000 by year-end ; it is still looking for profits in 1994-95 . |
| 13 | Although Concurrent 's Series 3200 proprietary machines provide about two thirds of sales , the company expects its Unix line to take over . |
| 14 | Compaq Computer Corp says it expects its move into direct sales to generate up to 10% of its US revenues this year , and may be expanded to some foreign markets later this year : total US sales amounted to about $1,700m in 1992 , Compaq said . |
| 15 | Overall , armed with $500m in new capital from its state-owned shareholders this year and with the renewed growth in the market , SGS-Thomson expects its growth to surpass 20% , said the report in La Tribune . |