Example sentences of "[noun sg] expect [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Zeppelin told PHIL KING their next game was on ice , the rotund reviewer expected a long delay ! |
| 2 | The preamble to the rule advises the industry to expect an additional review of genetically engineered pesticides and the commercialization and marketing of foods . |
| 3 | The department expects a general location for the new settlement to be included in the approved plan . |
| 4 | If the Chancellor expects the private sector to lead the economy out of recession , then I 'm afraid he 's going to be disappointed . |
| 5 | Hence the Council expects a significant proportion of staff involved in teaching of courses leading to its awards to be engaged in research ; moreover , colleges are expected to provide a high standard of specialized accommodation , library provision , academic , technical and administrative staff and good working conditions generally . |
| 6 | Even homeless people have a right to expect a reasonable standard of accomodation . |
| 7 | The level of tuition fees charged to students gives them the right to expect a professional standard of service , particularly with regard to test-marking ; the Education Service is judged , to a considerable extent , by that criterion . |
| 8 | Not the time or the place to expect a violent gang attack on a pensioner . |
| 9 | Sales have already been made to Abu Dhabi and Egypt and for several other projects in Saudi Arabia , and ESP expects the Middle East to be an increasingly important market for their products and services in the future . |
| 10 | Noone knew what had happened cos noone expected a free kick in the first place let alone expected them to take it like that . |
| 11 | The government expected the Soviet Union to remain Czechoslovakia 's most important trading partner . |
| 12 | Their vision expected the civil service ‘ to know more and do less than any other body in public life . |
| 13 | Yesterday the National Farmers ' Union of Scotland put its pennyworth in when Alex Brown , the milk committee convener , said the union expected a reasoned decision from the secretary of state . |
| 14 | Given that the typical firm expects the aggregate demand curve to be AD , it follows that the general level of prices set at period t - 1 for period t will be P . |
| 15 | The union expects a white paper to propose that association activities be split , with all students having automatic access only to publicly-funded core services . |
| 16 | The union expects a white paper to propose that association activities be split , with all students having automatic access only to publicly-funded core services . |
| 17 | Communications company and networker Relcom expects the Sequent machine to give the node four times the power . |
| 18 | British Rail expects a marked increase in Railfreight services to and from the Continent after the Tunnel opens and extensive alterations to the Willesden/Wembley Freight Complex are underway to marshal trains from the South East and other parts of the Country . |
| 19 | The board expects a similar percentage increase in next year 's interim dividend from 6.75p to 7p . |
| 20 | The finance ministry expects a federal budget deficit this year of nearly DM70 billion , about 60% more than it forecast in November . |
| 21 | In that case , there is no reason to expect a general form of explanation linking our cognitive faculties to the truth , explaining the reliability of our natural abductive sense . |
| 22 | Bush had every reason to expect an easy victory , the ultimate Christmas gift to an adoring American public , who have granted him a record approval rating in the opinion polls . |
| 23 | In other words , considerations of generalization decrement give reason to expect an overshadowing effect in flavour-aversion experiments but not in the conditioned suppression experiments . |
| 24 | THE International Monetary Fund expects the industrial world to achieve 3¼ p.c. economic growth in 1993 after 2 p.c. in 1992 . |
| 25 | Could a member of the public expect a professional response , or one based on superstition and prejudice ? |
| 26 | Frankly , it 's a tall order to expect a major character to have depth when played by a series of unknown kids . |
| 27 | Modern surveys have revealed the extent to which the public expects the Royal Family to earn its privileged position . |
| 28 | The company expects a steady flow of orders follow ing recent decisions by the West German government to participate in various space efforts and several European military-aircraft projects . |
| 29 | Random House expected a modest début for the novel , even deciding against a publicity tour . |
| 30 | This time , the ITB expects the participating firms to score at least £5m in direct sales . |