Example sentences of "it expect [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Habitat decided to launch its incredibly successful range of glass tableware in the US , it expected to take the American market by storm . |
| 2 | Therefore in considering the degree to which any er area can assimilate a new settlement , the size which it must reach subsequent to two thousand and six , should be considered in addition to the size it expected to reach by that date . |
| 3 | Supermarket chain Gateway Foodmarkets announced it was switching its 1,100 cars to diesel six months ago and said it expected to save around £400,000 a year on fuel alone . |
| 4 | The EC stated in the final declaration that it expected to implement an offer to remove or reduce duties on tropical products " once a satisfactory balanced conclusion has been reached in the Uruguay Round " . |
| 5 | The main opposition group , the National League for Democracy , said it expected to have an absolute majority when the final results are compiled in about three weeks . |
| 6 | But if as soon as the beam starts its journey I accelerate , then … by the time the beam arrives at the point where it expected to meet up with me … why , of course ! |
| 7 | He said the emphasis on staff training meant that in May it expected to gain the prestigious BS5750 award for the quality of care it provides . |
| 8 | In August it expected to make about A$20m from the sale . |
| 9 | Cummins now says it expects to return to profit this year despite no foreseeable upturn in its markets . |
| 10 | In the past year 3i , the venture capital company , has invested £30m in the leisure industry and it expects to spend more in the future despite the recession . |
| 11 | Intel Corp says it expects to spend about $2,500m on capital expenditures and research and development in 1993 , an increase of 25% on estimated 1992 spending of about $2m , saying that the expenditures , unusually high as a percentage of sales even for a high technology company , are needed to address the increasing complexity of microprocessors and the high cost of chip plants ; the company has started paying a dividend , making its shares attractive to a wider range of institutions , and the expectation is that it will tap the market for new funds . |
| 12 | The Westborough , Massachusetts-based company that says these will be the last to incorporate Motorola 's current 88100 RISC — it expects to move up to Motorola 's next-generation 88110 processor by the end of the year ( UX No 389 ) . |
| 13 | Milpitas-based Adaptec Inc is making hay with its disk controllers from the boom in personal computer sales generated by the price war , and says it expects to report net profit of about $50m , 1.90 per share for its fiscal year to March 31 1993 , on sales more than double last year 's $150.3m . |
| 14 | Borland International Inc reports ‘ strong initial reception ’ to its long-delayed Windows version of Paradox , and says it expects to report profits of 10 cents a share for its fourth quarter to March 31 , double the average analyst forecast ; Microsoft Corp said it had sold about 700,000 copies of its new Access database program , and Borland says that its Paradox for Windows has done about as well . |
| 15 | KnowledgeWare Inc , Atlanta warns that it expects to report non-recurring charges of $20m for its fiscal third quarter to March 31 from acquisitions and restructuring and expansion of product lines , and that this will lead to a loss for the quarter and for the year ; it also says that lower revenues combined with operating costs associated with the acquisitions are expected to contribute to a third quarter operating loss ; it looks for growth in European revenues . |
| 16 | Radius Inc warns that it expects to report a second quarter operating loss larger than its first quarter operating loss , and that second quarter revenues to March 31 will be below the $36.9m reported for the first quarter , when it lost $0.05 per share or $713,000 ; it has seen slowing demand for its Macintosh enhancement products in Europe and to a lesser extent in the US . |
| 17 | San Diego-based GTI Corp , majority owned by Telemetrix Plc , responded to a $1.50 fall in its share price to $21.75 on Friday by saying it saw no fundamental reason for it , adding that it expects to report ‘ continuing positive results ’ this quarter after four quarters of increases of 100% or more . |
| 18 | Vienna , Virginia-based Legent Corp warns that it expects to report net profit of about $18.4m or $0.52 per share for the second quarter ended Aprch 31 , compared with the $0.44 before charges that it reported last year ; turnover will be about flat with the $102.5m a year ago : the news caused a bloodbath in the Legent share price , which slumped 16% , $6.125 , to land up at $33.25 . |
| 19 | San Jose , California-based Conner Peripherals Inc warns that it expects to report a loss from operations for the second quarter ending June 30 , adding that the expected loss reflects ongoing price competition , excess capacity and a transition in product demand to 200Mb and higher capacity drives ; a continuation of factors affecting the second quarter , as well as a seasonal slowdown in the summer , could also lead to operating losses in the third quarter , the firm said . |
| 20 | Having got rid of its international stores chain with the spin-off of InterTan Inc , Tandy Corp is heading back into the international market again and says it expects to open a second SuperCenter store in Stockholm , Sweden in the third quarter ; the company already operates a third SuperCenter in Copenhagen . |
| 21 | It expects to release a total two or three products this year , but O'Connell reckons that the company 's entire range should be covered within about three years . |
| 22 | It expects to sell , in two or three years , intelligent robots capable of limited judgement . |
| 23 | Apple Computer Inc yesterday took the new PowerCD CD-ROM product , announced at Hannover last week , to the US market , saying that it expects to sell 1.5m of the things by the end of this year ; it also said it has shipped more than 1m copies of its QuickTime multimedia software since its launch in January 1992 , and has formed a new unit , New Media to increase market access to multimedia technologies , expand multimedia content and develop new markets for Mac technology ; the PowerCD comes with AppleDesign Powered Speakers claimed to deliver high-quality sound at half the price of similar stereo speakers . |
| 24 | Microsoft Corp is spraying statistics in all directions to try and convince the industry of NT 's success : 60,000 software development kits have been sent out , it says , 25,000 dealers and the like should be trained before the launch , and it has commitments from developers that over 500 applications will be ready by the autumn — however it absolutely refuses to comment on how many copies it expects to sell . |
| 25 | Fujitsu says it expects to sell 100,000 units per month . |
| 26 | Separately , Advanced Micro Devices Inc said it expects to sell some 8m to 10m Am386 chips in 1993 , on par with the 9.5m sold last year . |
| 27 | Microsoft Corp is spraying statistics in all directions to try and convince the industry of NT 's success : 60,000 software development kits have been sent out , it says , 25,000 dealers and the like should be trained before the launch , and it has commitments from developers that over 500 applications will be ready by the autumn — however it absolutely refuses to comment on how many copies it expects to sell . |
| 28 | Elonex Plc is to contract manufacturing of its personal computers to Cordata Ltd , described as a new company and not related to the Cor-data Technologies owned by Daewoo Electronics Co : this Cordata is building a £5.5m contract manufacturing plant in Cumbernauld , Scotland , where it expects to create 175 new jobs and make 100,000 personal computers a year , and Elonex will turn its North London plant over to final assembly and testing . |
| 29 | It expects to conclude with recommendations for managing the process of market-orientated change . |
| 30 | The company remains committed to worldwide annual spending of about $5 billion in 1993 and 1994 on projects which it expects to yield good returns in future , even if present lacklustre oil market conditions persist . |