Example sentences of "expects [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When children die , allegedly at the hands of parents or those responsible for their care , society expects responsibility to be allocated , and penalties paid . |
| 2 | To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when he expects TASM to be in service ; and where they will be based . |
| 3 | What I do n't want is a man who takes me out for a meal , buys a bottle of cheap plonk and expects payment in the form of instant sex , either in the back of his car , or if he gets really lucky , in my flat . |
| 4 | That may be true in general , but the other side of the coin is that Britain expects change in return , and puts on tremendous pressure to get that change , ’ one official said . |
| 5 | Based on current business levels and industry conditions , it expects turnover for the 1993 fiscal year to June 30 to be be between $1,250m and $1,300m . |
| 6 | Nobody expects Brigadoon with tartan-skirted villagers singing softly as they fill your arms with sweet heather and invite you in to their fireside . |
| 7 | PARALLAN COMPUTER EXPECTS FALL IN SHIPMENTS |
| 8 | One expects durability to be a hallmark of highly specific assets . |
| 9 | New hope as cult ‘ expects sign from God' |
| 10 | By contrast , the panel expects output in continental Europe to tumble by 1% this year . |
| 11 | No one seriously expects revolution in East Germany from below . |
| 12 | For example , women have described to researchers how it is difficult to cut down on food when cooking for a partner who expects meat with his main meal ( Charles and Kerr , 1986 ) . |
| 13 | SIEMENS EXPECTS PROFIT FROM SEMICONDUCTOR DIVISION IN 1995-1996 |
| 14 | Gergiev has nurtured a new generation of young singers in the Kirov — notably the sopranos Galina Gorchakova and Yelena Prokina , the mezzo Olga Borodina , the tenors Gegam Gregorian and Yuri Marusin — but he expects loyalty from them . |
| 15 | It also assumes a drop out rate somewhat higher than that used by its predecessor and , unlike that body , expects growth in the number of general practitioners to continue after 2000 rather than tail off . |
| 16 | In other words , hopefully , expects punctuation to be the case anyway . |
| 17 | No one expects limousine-comfort from a 137mph coupe but , even so , you do n't get much ride absorbency with either car . |