Example sentences of "expect [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Seven out of 10 expect Labour to be the biggest party and on average they predict the FT-SE 100 index will be almost 80 points lower than last night 's close of 2393.2 if Neil Kinnock is in Downing Street tomorrow . |
| 2 | ‘ I expect that to be the same this time , but a fortnight away from Russia is a long time and things change so quickly , ’ said the bespectacled runner . |
| 3 | At present , other matters are proceeding , but I can tell the hon. Gentleman — I am grateful to him for seeking clarification — that in respect of a further order for type 23s , I expect that to be at a broadly similar interval comparing this with the previous order that was placed . |
| 4 | After today 's announcement , the miners there now expect that to be done . |
| 5 | If they 're used to working long hours , they expect that off you . |
| 6 | Getting people to change their approach and expect that with training , expect to have to analyze what they what they thought they 're going to get out of it , why they should be doing it . |
| 7 | Expect 1993 to be the year of the pen . |
| 8 | ‘ People expect this to be a male-dominated field and female accountants are expected to be dreary number-shufflers . |
| 9 | ‘ Let us just say that we expect this to be your only half-witted jape for the entire term . |
| 10 | ‘ We expect this to be treated as a separate case of possession of heroin for personal use , ’ she said . |
| 11 | Many people expect this of The Smiths . |
| 12 | They only expect 12 around the dinner table these days at the family home at Stanton Harcourt . |
| 13 | I expect some of us will be moving off soon , going to the places where summer work 's to be found . |
| 14 | Managers need to feel , for example , that for teachers , maybe not directly involved but who , perhaps in primary schools , know that parents are aware of TVEI and expect some of their children to benefit from it , nonetheless know about any significant lack of governmental co-ordination . |
| 15 | I expect some of those boys in the village have probably been shooting vermin . |
| 16 | ‘ I expect 85 to 90 per cent of our business to be corporate , ’ says Mr Nitschke , ‘ which is a very demanding market , so it is important that we are able to meet all its requirements . ’ |
| 17 | And we expect hundreds of people queueing today in person . ’ |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | They expect 1929 to be the best year ever for rubber production . |
| 20 | I am sorry to say that I often broke the tenth commandment for I really coveted that model and expect many of my contemporaries were also guilty of that sin . |
| 21 | We should also remember that we expect many of the elderly to function under circumstances of stress which would strain people of any age : bereavement , repeated as contemporaries gradually die , worry about money , fear of increasing infirmity , isolation and death . |
| 22 | Women born in 1945–59 expected 2.27 children ; women born in 1960–4 expect 2.33 on average . |
| 23 | Jacqueline Sanchez , of the Ministry of Education , also points out that ; ‘ Over the years , since the revolution , many people have become much more demanding as far as education is concerned , and despite all the difficulties , are more critical and expect more of their schools . ’ |
| 24 | I expect one of the old ladies was up there and dropped a fag end or something , and just forgot it . |
| 25 | We have invited six major consultancies to submit proposals and expect one of these to be selected , and work to begin , in January . |
| 26 | , I expect one of those will be alright , were they stripy ones we saw the other day ? |
| 27 | From the moment I could understand the human voice 1 — and I expect most of my generation — was told to be ‘ seen and not heard ’ … ‘ consider others before yourself ’ … ‘ never complain' and if you were a boy child , then you were exhorted to be a man , to show no emotion , and not to be a sissy . |
| 28 | I expect most of my wheat will be destroyed in this rain . ’ |
| 29 | First of all , I expect most of you have heard that the proposed holiday to Torbay has had to be cancelled cos we did n't have enough support . |
| 30 | I c I , I tell this story cos I think it illustrates it very much , I expect most of you have er if you have n't been you 've heard of Dale in Derbyshire , and it 's this river with a , a lovely walk either side of the river , you walk along the side and then you come to the point where there 's a bend in the river and there 's these gorgeous great enormous stepping stones . |