Example sentences of "expect [verb] [adj] [noun] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | The first tranche of these sanctions , affecting imports worth US$300,000,000 , was due to take effect on Dec. 5 and was expected to affect French wine and food products , since the USA held France responsible for the deadlock . |
| 2 | They expect to attract other PTTs and RBOCs . |
| 3 | Roads built to service the project are expected to attract slash-and-burn settlers and , possibly , illegal loggers . |
| 4 | Plateau production from Piper and Saltire is expected to reach 83,000 boepd and 57,000 boepd respectively . |
| 5 | The second shake-up in the past 12 months is expected to streamline internal services and review some of the marketing structures . |
| 6 | Producer Texas Instruments Inc , is expected to announce immediate availability and it 's bound to show up in portables and X terminals down the road . |
| 7 | The trial is expected to last several weeks and began under heavy security in a city within range of Serb heavy artillery . |
| 8 | The largely ceremonial meetings which began in Madrid on Oct. 30 were expected to last three days and were intended merely to initiate a wider negotiating process . |
| 9 | Students following the MA(Honours) course are expected to study Islamic History and the Modern History of the Middle East during two of their four years . |
| 10 | Despite this diplomatic isolation , an estimated 40 per cent rise in oil revenues due to the Gulf crisis ( which prompted November forecasts of a current-account surplus of US$2,650 million instead of a feared deficit of $950 million ) was expected to accelerate international investment and involvement in the development of the country 's hydrocarbon sector . |
| 11 | Repairs were expected to cost 100,000,000 roubles and to take six months . |
| 12 | Despite problems with a solar panel and with high-gain radio antennae , the 11-tonne telescope , with a planned life-span of 15 years , was expected to revolutionize optical astronomy and to advance current understanding on the origin , evolution and structure of the universe . |
| 13 | An agreement reached with the International Monetary Fund ( IMF ) announced on May 10 was expected to release new credits and to create conditions for the rescheduling of the US$50,000 million debt [ see p. 37222 ] . |
| 14 | You will probably be relieved to hear that you 're not expected to memorize that table and to regurgitate it in the exam . |
| 15 | inspectors are expected to have intimate knowledge and continuing experience of the classroom ; |
| 16 | PROPERTY to be made available for a would-be council tenant is expected to raise some interest and a few eyebrows . |
| 17 | Throughout his life the uncle is expected to display particular care and attention towards his sister 's son . |
| 18 | FT-Actuaries World Indices are now produced and we are currently reviewing the operation of these indices and expect to produce revised rules and methods during the current year . |
| 19 | However , the government round it more difficult than expected to cut public expenditure and this , coupled with a desire to reduce taxation in order to increase incentives , meant that the PSBR targets could not be met without an extra source of revenue . |
| 20 | If he gets the job , Lust can be expected to follow German policy and steer the agency towards scientific and technical research rather than commercial projects , such as the development of communications satellites . |
| 21 | Other items of stonework and white marble figures are expected to bring five-figure sums and a total of £50,000 or more is hoped for when they go under the hammer on the 27th and 28th of this month . |
| 22 | Without a market for externalities the price system can not be expected to bring marginal costs and marginal benefits of these externalities into line . |
| 23 | ‘ We expect to achieve 20 mpg and possibly even 25 mpg , ’ says automotive manager Peter Harris . |
| 24 | Construction is expected to begin next year and the first experiments could be under way as early as 1998 . |
| 25 | The latest talks , which began with a meeting planned between the flight attendants union and management on Wednesday to discuss a new labour contract are not expected to produce firm proposals and the next bid for United Airlines may not get off the ground until well into 1990 . |
| 26 | He , then the most powerful and feared man in western Europe , was being pressured by someone who was the less-than-firmly-established leader of one of the poorest , weakest states in Europe ; who considered Nationalist Spain had done the Axis a great favour in beating communism in the Civil War ; who appeared to have forgotten the extent of German aid in achieving that victory ; who offered to contribute next to nothing to the German war effort ; and who , to crown everything , expected to receive military supplies and territory in return , at best , for vague promises . |
| 27 | As a country , how can we expect to attract inward investment and have the confidence of overseas investors if we hear such remarks from Labour Members ? |
| 28 | If it were closed down suppose 750 of the men would not expect to find another job and would have to live off social security payments . |
| 29 | ARIES — A YEAR dominated by Uranus , Neptune , Saturn and Pluto can not be easy , and Arieans must expect to face some difficulties and setbacks somewhere along the line . |
| 30 | One great comber filled the canoe before she shook free from the cascading crests ; now they could not expect to make much headway and had to fight even harder to avoid broaching-to . |