Example sentences of "[is] expect a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 Nobody 's expecting a big queue of potential purchasers
3 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 .
4 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 .
5 Whilst this is expecting a great deal for such groups , a measure of personal ministry to the individual plus group ministry to one another would seem to preserve the right balance .
6 It is expecting a great deal of the courts to ask them to review the operational judgment of a chief of police who indicates that he reasonably believes that his forces are insufficient to prevent serious public disorder or serious damage to property .
7 Mr Rorha Arora , manager of the Ritz , is expecting a full restaurant .
8 YOUNG mum Angie Wilson is praying for a speedy end to her homeless heartache for she is expecting a third baby in just nine weeks time .
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