Example sentences of "expects a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Extending this principle a little further , each one of these types expects a certain reaction from their chosen victim — perhaps terror , disgust , humiliation or just stunned silence . |
| 2 | They include a responsibility to staff who depend on their employers for a decent standard of living and a responsibility to the customer who expects a decent service . |
| 3 | The department expects a general location for the new settlement to be included in the approved plan . |
| 4 | The finance ministry expects a federal budget deficit this year of nearly DM70 billion , about 60% more than it forecast in November . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | It expects a non-Russian contractor to be commissioned soon to construct an international terminal at Domodeovo . |
| 7 | The reader for whom the new novelist is writing , in other words , is not the traditionally passive figure who is content to accept and , indeed , expects a straightforward narrative expounding a clear-cut view of the world , but an accomplice who will collaborate with the author in the search for a deeper understanding of a complex and confusing world . |
| 8 | He expects a similar situation with Alpha , but says the company has just signed its first large contract in the US . |
| 9 | The board expects a similar percentage increase in next year 's interim dividend from 6.75p to 7p . |
| 10 | I mean there 's no reason because we have n't got men 's issues , because all issues are men 's issues , nobody expects a male Prime Minister to go for any particular issue , but why should we expect a woman Prime Minister to go particularly for certain issues ? |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | He has lifted his profits forecast for this year slightly to £950 million and expects a 15 per cent rise in the dividend . |
| 13 | ‘ He says the whole army is unsettled because it 's known that Famagusta will never give up while it expects a relieving ship to arrive . |
| 14 | UI expects a fully-converged ABI to result over time , which will eventually include some form of requirement for a common development environment . |
| 15 | One half expects a ruffled , doubleted figure to emerge from its grand doorway . |
| 16 | But no-one expects a quick rally , and forecasts for 1993 growth range from 0.2 per cent to 2.0 , with underlying inflation ranging from 3.1 per cent to 4.8 per cent , base rates between 4.5 per cent and 6 per cent , and the PSBR anywhere from £40 billion to £55 billion . |
| 17 | Given what seems to be an insatiable demand — with simultaneous booms in office and factory automation , fuelled by the development of new Japanese language processing systems — Mizuno expects a steady stream of new entrants into the software service business during the coming five years . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | The company adds that it is already benefiting from increased efficiency and expects a large return on its financial investment in Weldon . |
| 21 | No-one expects a 36-hour strike to deter him . |
| 22 | It expects a further 29 tonnes on completion of the CEGB/SSEB Magnox programme plus an additional 34 tonnes of plutonium from the existing and committed AGR programme . |
| 23 | After a long ( 20-year ) gilt in March and a short ( five-year ) one in April , the market expects a medium-term issue in May . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | The promoter Barry Hearn , expects a full house of 2,500 when Carlos DeLeon of Puerto Rico defends his World Boxing Council title against Nelson at Sheffield City Hall on January 27 . |
| 27 | So , next Tuesday and Wednesday , Christie 's in Amsterdam expects a full turnout of buyers when it sells 28,000 pieces of Chinese porcelain from a burnt-out junk shipwrecked around 1690 off Con Dao Island , Vietnam . |
| 28 | Leading scorer Paul Wilkinson expects a tough match against his first professional club . |
| 29 | THE Home Secretary has told colleagues that he expects a fresh Commons debate on the death penalty before the next election and that he would speak and vote for its restoration as a deterrent for some murders . |
| 30 | It expects a slow take-up of server versions of the operating system , and forecasts NT will take a 6.5% share of all server systems sold in Europe by 1996 . |