Example sentences of "expect [art] [adj] return " in BNC.
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1 | Such a policy of extensification would avoid food mountains and ensure that our land was properly looked after by farmers who want to work and who expect a reasonable return for their efforts . |
2 | Just as investors expect a high return for their capital , we should expect working people to receive a fair return for their labour . |
3 | In long-run equilibrium , we would expect the real return on a firm 's investments to equal its cost of capital , i.e. r= p . |
4 | They generally do not expect a short-term return . |
5 | Therefore , a record company has to sell a large quantity of LPs before it can expect a substantial return on its investment . |
6 | Hence , given that they are held to bear less risk , we should expect a lower return . |
7 | While this is good news for millions of borrowers and mortgage holders , it is not such a rosy picture for those people who have come to expect a healthy return from their savings accounts . |
8 | However often he and his ministers warned the population not to expect an overnight return to prewar prosperity , the head of the government was naturally held accountable for the persistence of food and fuel shortages , black marketeering , and bread rationing . |
9 | Even rewards such as these were a shade oblique for those who expected a direct return upon money invested . |
10 | His great Council had been held at Michaelmas 1102 ; by April of the following year he was once more abroad expecting a speedy return , but , as we have seen , he did not return until the end of 1106 . |
11 | The company adds that it is already benefiting from increased efficiency and expects a large return on its financial investment in Weldon . |