Example sentences of "expect [adv] [num] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The US authorities expected about 300,000 applications during that period , but could process only about 350 a day at the Moscow embassy . |
| 2 | British charities could now expect only 5 pence in the pound . |
| 3 | Most professional accountants have been trained to expect only one set of financial accounts for each organization . |
| 4 | ‘ We are expecting about 300 people at the supporters ’ club after the funeral because Dennis was such a character and everybody who went on away matches knew him . ’ |
| 5 | THE Forestry Commission expects about 99,000 hectares of trees to be planted in Britain in the next three years . |