Example sentences of "expected [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The group expected economic recovery in 1993 . |
| 2 | Looking ahead , Dr Ryan expected economic recovery , together with the cutback in production of aircraft and the retirement of old equipment to bring supply and demand back into balance . |
| 3 | If Krupp commanded his armies of workers , Richard Wagner expected total subservience from his audience . |
| 4 | Jimmy Davidson , coach to the highly successful Ulster side , was given the job and everybody expected serious improvement . |
| 5 | IF THE Chancellor expected consistent advice backed by irresistible logic from the first submission from his seven wise men , he will have been disappointed by their 80-page text plus statistical appendix yesterday . |
| 6 | By 1875 politics in the Czech countryside was conducted in more sophisticated terms , and those who expected national salvation from supposed kinsmen of ‘ people 's emperors ’ , ancient or modern , would probably feel a little embarrassed to admit it . |
| 7 | They also wished and expected charitable effort to grow . |
| 8 | He expected good behaviour and his rather grim glance in her direction did more to motivate her into action than any coaxing . |
| 9 | The company expected legal action , and it got it . |
| 10 | Almond and Verba , for example , found that an overwhelming majority of Britons expected equal treatment from politicians and from bureaucrats . |
| 11 | He expected limitless serenity of a man half Indian , and indeed Thomas had sustained the expectation for twenty years or more . |
| 12 | I expected ecological debate , the odd clash over vegetarianism and a hint of hippiness . |
| 13 | The most optimistic forecast severely reduced activity in residential property ; others expected static house sales until the end of the year . |
| 14 | I expected blue murder but , to my delight , he was very proud . ’ |
| 15 | I expected new information . |