Example sentences of "few expect [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Few expected this year 's spring sales at Sotheby 's and Christie 's to do much to revive spirits , or prices . |
| 2 | In early October , as Mrs Thatcher — flanked by her Cabinet — received a nine-minute standing ovation at the close of a successful party conference , few expected any challenge to her in the leadership election which had to be held within 28 days of the start of the new parliamentary session , due to open on 7 November . |
| 3 | Japan 's real GDP shrank 0.1% in the fourth quarter of last year and few expect much of a recovery before the end of this year . |
| 4 | Two and a half months of a ‘ non-campaign ’ had changed nothing , and few expect much to change after the election either . |
| 5 | However , City economists expect Britain 's trade deficit to improve , but with few expecting next year 's trade gap to be better than the £15 billion figure forecast by Mr Major in his autumn statement . |