Example sentences of "[adv] expect the [adj] [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Ukraine , which announced the competition , apparently expects the international community to foot the bill for the construction of the winning project ( at least 30 large companies from the United States , France , Canada , Italy and Germany have submitted entries ) . |
| 2 | We had not expected the Prime Minister to look at her watch and say , ‘ I see it 's only eleven , so we have half an hour in hand . |
| 3 | I had not expected the twentieth century to show such a steep decline both in numbers and in quality , though I was less surprised to see the cultural importance of the nineteenth century . |
| 4 | Since the Soviet Union had no forces in the region , or only token forces in the 1950s and 1960s it is likely that Soviet leaders did not expect the Western allies to take these early proposals altogether seriously . |
| 5 | The issues raised by this and subsequent questions go to the heart of the debate on the Compensation Fund , and it is apparent that many of those who answered negatively felt to varying degrees that in the present commercial climate the public could no longer expect the entire profession to compensate them for any losses they suffered at the hands of a tiny minority of errant solicitors — particularly as no comparable compensation was available from the providers of other professional services . |
| 6 | ‘ Now you leave Yugoslavia and still expect the Yugoslav Army to protect you . ’ |
| 7 | The analysts have now downgraded their inflation forecasts for the rest of this year , but many are still expecting the underlying rate to creep back up to the top of the Chancellor 's target range of 4 per cent and above this summer . |
| 8 | The board also expects the quarrying side to pick up . |
| 9 | Police committee Chairman Colin Hay said he does n't expect the new man to come up with instant solutions to the problem of rising crime : |
| 10 | But do n't expect the unassuming islander to back you up on that view . |
| 11 | He does n't expect us to succeed , but on the other hand he does n't expect the German attack to succeed , either . |
| 12 | West European governments never expected the Final Act to work an instant revolution in international affairs and it was always understood that many questions lay beyond its scope . |
| 13 | So entranced was he by all this technology that he half expected the same voice to thank him . |
| 14 | Whether anyone in Berlin seriously expected the French government to believe this is certainly open to question in view of the preceding events . |