Example sentences of "[be] expect [art] [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Analysts are concerned US shares can not sustain their current levels and they are expecting a sharp fall on Wall Street later . |
| 2 | If we are expecting a good level of practice from proprietors , whether private proprietors or statutory , then we have not to expect them to be out of pocket at the end of the day as a result . |
| 3 | A survey by the Engineering Employers ' Federation into the effects of new anti-pollution legislation has concluded that up to 50 companies may go out of business ; 200 are expecting a serious decline in profitability , and many hundreds more are uncertain about their future . |
| 4 | The Eagles are expecting a 10,000 crowd for the visit of the champions . |
| 5 | Arnold Wilcox-Wood , manager of Clayton Square , says : ‘ We are expecting a high response to this year 's award . |
| 6 | ‘ Even though we are expecting an inflationary increase of 1.9 per cent , our costs have gone up by between 6 per cent and 7 percent . |
| 7 | Many forecasters are expecting an anaemic recovery in the second half . |
| 8 | These parties of mine have become something of an institution , and I am expecting a large number of people to come in and give their comments on the results in various constituencies . |
| 9 | I 'd been expecting a great hall with a giant round table , towering turrets , a moat and a drawbridge , but , of course , it turned out to be a ruin . |
| 10 | Maudie had been expecting a better response from her friends , or at the very least a little sympathy , but they seemed not to care . |
| 11 | She 'd be expecting a full report on Pierremont House and the dear little village , so quiet , so tasteful . |
| 12 | ‘ Shearer is only 21 and Blackburn might not be one of the glamour clubs , but they will be expecting an awful lot from him . ’ |
| 13 | Analysts were expecting a good performance from Sainsbury , but at least one is advising investors to look elsewhere . |
| 14 | THE big boys were expecting an easy day on Sunday . |
| 15 | Many people there were expecting an Israeli attack on Jordan , the aims of which would be to force the Palestinians of the Occupied lands to remain in Jordan , and , in accordance with Israel 's notorious ‘ transfer plan ’ , accommodate the expected arrival in Israel of millions of immigrants from the Soviet Union . |
| 16 | They were expecting the finer points of drama and theatre management … instead they were introduced to the skills of the big top . |
| 17 | An announcement , perhaps blessed by Microsoft , is expected the last week in January . |
| 18 | The speedy ‘ wash-out ’ effect that set in showed clearly how unrealistic it is to expect the developmental course to be changed when just one period is singled out for attention and no effort is made to follow up that experience and integrate it in an individual 's total life pattern . |
| 19 | I think he 's expecting a glorified vacation with a lot of scuba diving and board-sailing , but he does understand that a cruise-cure means giving up drugs . |
| 20 | Nobody 's expecting a big queue of potential purchasers |
| 21 | The Government is to amend the Environment Protection Bill and is expecting a rough passage through the Lords where a select committee is already examining the NCC 's scientific base . |
| 22 | For example , if the current one-year rate is rs 1 = 6.5 per cent and the market is expecting the one-year rate in a year 's time to be = 7.5 per cent , then the market is expecting a 100 investment in two one-year bonds to yield 100 ( 1.065 ) ( 1.075 ) = 114.49 after two years . |
| 23 | It is expecting a great deal of the courts to ask them to review the operational judgment of a chief of police who indicates that he reasonably believes that his forces are insufficient to prevent serious public disorder or serious damage to property . |
| 24 | Whilst this is expecting a great deal for such groups , a measure of personal ministry to the individual plus group ministry to one another would seem to preserve the right balance . |
| 25 | YOUNG mum Angie Wilson is praying for a speedy end to her homeless heartache for she is expecting a third baby in just nine weeks time . |
| 26 | For example , if the current one-year rate is rs 1 = 6.5 per cent and the market is expecting the one-year rate in a year 's time to be = 7.5 per cent , then the market is expecting a 100 investment in two one-year bonds to yield 100 ( 1.065 ) ( 1.075 ) = 114.49 after two years . |
| 27 | A boss who was expecting a quiet birthday with his family at home was taken completely by surprise when his highly desirable secretary invited him back to her home for a drink after work . |