Example sentences of "expecting [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since the shift in demand was not predictable , even rational people would not have expected it , and so the typical supplier would be finding the price of the good on her island higher than she was initially expecting the average price to be . |
| 2 | The Russian campaign started , in fact , while most people were still expecting the final show-down with Britain to begin in the near future . |
| 3 | For example , if , despite expecting the aggregate demand curve to be at AD 1 , people in general expected a price level of P , the actual price level will not be P : thus expectations and the model are in conflict . |
| 4 | If Patrick had been expecting the small man to head up Grafton Street , then he was disappointed ; the guide continued on past the bottom of the crowded street , passing Yeates & Son , the opticians with the giant spectacle frame hanging outside the shop , heading into Nassau Street and then he turned right into Dawson Street . |
| 5 | Hutt struck her from behind with some force , expecting the young woman to go down . |
| 6 | James Brown when receiving our first album ‘ Box Frenzy ’ — ‘ I was expecting the first Clash album and got the third Sham 69 album ’ — which we thought was a bit of a compliment . |
| 7 | Earlier we were discussing the fact that at some stages of life we are , unconsciously at least , expecting the imminent demise of someone we love , as in the case of a very elderly parent . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | If the interviewer remains silent then look at her or him as if you are expecting the next move to come from their side . |
| 10 | The area was on a war footing and all was bustle and preparation , expecting the hourly arrival of the enemy . |
| 11 | We were expecting the American model to arrive in Europe with pleasurable anticipation , accepting its inevitability . |
| 12 | He was n't expecting the jarring shock that shot through his other arm but the shortness of the flex prevented him from pulling it more than a few inches off the table . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | It contains an inherent fallacy : you are expecting the silent majority to speak . |
| 15 | He had chosen this woman specifically because she was the sort she was — a simple type , immediately responsive to the baby , no outside involvements , so she was free to give her entire time to him , willing to do without time off while the baby was still on the breast , and not expecting the massive salary most women would want for a job like this . |
| 16 | At this Margery panics , expecting the same fate for herself , and soon begs the old woman to try to find Wilekin and bring him to her . |
| 17 | Moreover , the court should not approach decisions and reasons given by committees of laymen expecting the same accuracy in the use of language which a lawyer might be expected to adopt . |
| 18 | Were you expecting the royal yacht Britannia , complete with resident crew ? ’ |
| 19 | Arrangements for such a meeting clearly presupposed an unusual degree of party collusion , but Baldwin persisted in expecting no new combination . |
| 20 | But Sheffield United skipper Gayle is expecting no easy ride as he makes a comeback from a three-match ban . |
| 21 | But Sheffield United skipper Gayle is expecting no easy ride as he makes a comeback from a three-match ban . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | The custodian of the birds , dozing in the sun and hardly expecting a long-distance message so soon after this morning 's arrival , jerked to his feet and looked up . |
| 24 | Your article , Antenatal Tests , did not mention that mothers expecting a multiple birth are usually advised against having amniocentesis and chorionic villus sampling . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | America 's visible-trade balance is also shrinking , so some forecasters are expecting a current-account deficit as small as $20 billion-30 billion ( 0.3% of GNP ) for 1991 as a whole . |
| 27 | Those people who innocently came to my house this evening , expecting a pleasant dinner , good wine , enjoyable conversation — and instead were treated to a vulgar display ? ’ |
| 28 | Analysts were expecting a good performance from Sainsbury , but at least one is advising investors to look elsewhere . |
| 29 | The auctioneers are expecting a good turn out tommorrow . |
| 30 | 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 . |