Example sentences of "expect [art] big [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Certainly we expect the biggest increase to be in long-haul carriage . |
| 2 | Several economists in the City expect a bigger fall , to perhaps 3–4% by mid-1991 , as interest rates start to fall , and the poll tax , the rise in excise duties and the mortgage-rate increase drop out of the figures . |
| 3 | Most City forecasters expect a bigger fall in the current-account deficit . |
| 4 | Retailers expect a bigger improvement in June , but their expectations have proved to be over-optimistic in the past two months . |
| 5 | We certainly expect a big uplift in sales through the group as a result . ’ |
| 6 | Sunderland also expect a big crowd for Friday night 's £5,000 marathon challenge match . |
| 7 | If this latter is important , then we would expect the big rape cases which get a lot of media coverage to be especially important in the formation of beliefs , since they are more likely to be common currency for discussion than the smaller cases . |
| 8 | He says , One might expect a big man to have big bottles , but if you are giving a big dinner party its very practical to have magnums . |
| 9 | Do n't expect a Big Bang . |
| 10 | But Harry can expect a big cake , a pile of cards … and a special phone call from home . |
| 11 | We expected a big postbag but nothing could have prepared us for the fantastic response we received ! |
| 12 | So I 'll be expecting a big pay rise at the end of it . |
| 13 | to the bathroom , you know , expecting a big welcome and there 's ginger lying there , he 's only about ooh of five inches long and he 's only about , weighs less than a , immediately he 's backs arched and he 's hissing away there , his tail came up like you know |
| 14 | Nobody 's expecting a big queue of potential purchasers |