Example sentences of "[pers pn] expect [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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61 When does the right hon. Gentleman expect the next tranche of type 23 orders , to which he did not refer in his statement , to be in the pipeline and when can we expect the next round of tendering to start for those ?
62 Last night the grieving couple were still baffled by the tragedy that struck down six-year-old Elizabeth a week after doctors said they expected a full recovery from a brain tumour .
63 The reaction of local farmers to this disruption of their normal farming activity was to wait the situation out , as they expected a high price for their lands .
64 And what is true for you would be true for every other supplier : they too will supply more than the natural level if the price on their island is above what they expected the average price to be , and less if it is below .
65 Delegates indicated that the next full CODESA meeting would be held in April ( rather than in March as originally intended ) , when they expected the working groups to have made substantive progress .
66 But as I watched him pick his way along the lifeless paths , I understood how much of him expected the whole world to be mournful now that Montaine had abandoned it .
67 ‘ All the independent analysts are now backing their words with money that they expect a gentle recovery to take root next year . ’
68 They expect a Genoese ship ?
69 But as the subject develops we can expect researchers to be more explicit about exactly how they expect a pragmatic theory to be formulated .
70 Union leaders say they expect an overwhelming call for industrial action in an imminent ballot , after employers refused to improve a 4.8 per cent offer on Monday .
71 They expect the average tariff for an air trip to be £64.00 ( at 1987 prices ) in 1993 compared with £39.90 for a through rail trip .
72 Alternatively speculators might think that the exchange value of the domestic currency will fall even further in the future , perhaps because they expect the current account deficit to become permanent , and so capital inflows will decrease and capital outflows decrease accordingly .
73 They expect the growing season for crops to be short .
74 They expect the year-end result to crash from £211m to about £160m to £170m .
75 Why may they expect a better future ?
76 Forecasting nil growth in the market this year , the company said it expected a slight upturn in the final quarter of 1993 but its total truck sales would not exceed last year 's 32,000 .
77 It expected the initial ratio would be 1:1 during development , building to five clients to every server during deployment later on .
78 He said he expected a substantial part of that money to be used as a ‘ starter ’ sum for Darlington schools St Augustines and St Bedes .
79 He expected a celebratory meal on re-entry into this life , and a litre of his own wine from the most recent good vintage .
80 When told it could , Postelnicu made it clear that he expected a regular supply of Scotch to be discreetly deposited there .
81 Mr Ebbert warned that the company would have to continue operating at reduced output levels for the immediate future , even though he expected a modest improvement in total UK new car sales this year — a rise of perhaps about 7 per cent to 1.7 million .
82 Prost said he expected a tough race but was satisfied with the performance of his car .
83 Akashi , during a visit to Japan on March 11 , said that he expected the Japanese government to contribute a third of UNTAC 's estimated total cost of US$1,900 million .
84 On July 21 the Finance Minister , Nasir Abdel allah al Rawdan indicated that the government did not intend to borrow the entire sum authorized by the decree ; he expected the actual amount borrowed to be less than $24,000 million .
85 A United Kingdom Foreign Office spokesman welcomed the development and said that he expected the European Communities ( EC ) to move " swiftly " to lift its bans on the import of South African iron , steel and of gold coins .
86 He expected the full year contribution to be unchanged from £143m .
87 As England 's most capped cricketer , he expected an early telephone call once the team was finalised on Friday .
88 Why did he expect a good crop of sugarbeet ?
89 He expects a similar situation with Alpha , but says the company has just signed its first large contract in the US .
90 He wants to come in , but a glance up to the bridge tells me he expects a vast crowd to appear out of nowhere , the minute he strips naked .
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