Example sentences of "expect [verb] [adj] [noun] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Britain Lord Clarendon in the 1860s seems to have been the first foreign secretary to apply systematically the principle of seniority in the appointment of attachés ; and from that decade onwards heads of British missions abroad were expected to report each year on the conduct and abilites of those under their control . |
| 2 | The band are expected to perform two sets on the night and a number of special guests will be announced in the coming weeks . |
| 3 | Following that up when , when can your long suffering shareholders er , expect to see any return on the B Sky B stake and a follow up on that ? |
| 4 | The International Monetary Fund and the World Bank are expected to impose strict conditions on any aid . |
| 5 | A new satellite launched by India is expected to provide additional information on the country 's natural resources . |
| 6 | Accurate sequencing of the related genes and further X-ray studies are expected to generate additional information on the origin and evolution of bacterial DHFR genes . |
| 7 | States are expected to submit annual reports on issues such as pollution control , biodiversity conservation , trends in health , poverty and population . |
| 8 | Spanish and Portuguese membership came only after long talks , and was expected to put greater pressures on the Social and Regional Funds , as well as increasing the costs of the CAP . |
| 9 | HSBC , which is expected to release good profits on Monday , still fell 38p to 603p , reflecting the 200-point drop in the Hang Seng index after the Hong Kong governor 's decision to proceed with plans for partial democracy in the colony in the teeth of Chinese hostility . |
| 10 | Iraq 's invasion in August of Kuwait , and the Saudi Arabian government 's subsequent decision to invite coalition forces to defend the kingdom was expected to have profound effects on internal political and economic affairs . |
| 11 | Or could it be that one was from March 24–26 and the other from April 6–9 when politicians of all parties confidently expect to have other things on their minds ? |
| 12 | She is expected to place great emphasis on Britain 's contribution to controlling the hole in the ozone layer and global warming . |
| 13 | President René 's SPPF won 58.4 per cent of votes cast and was expected to take 14 seats on the commission to draft a constitution in advance of presidential and legislative elections scheduled to take place in December . |
| 14 | In addition they are expected to spend more time on Art and Design History and Theory and on Management and Administration . |
| 15 | The ( re ) privatisation of agriculture is a major development in much of eastern Europe and the ex-Soviet Union , and the study is expected to throw valuable light on this development . |
| 16 | The Democratic Party , led by Mancham , with 33.7 per cent of the votes was expected to occupy eight seats on the commission . |
| 17 | Furthermore , graduates can be expected to make fewer demands on the public purse in later life . |
| 18 | Wirral are strong and the other boroughs are expected to show considerable improvement on 12 months ago . |
| 19 | Thus one would expect to observe negative coefficients on the current and lagged . |
| 20 | 10 Who would you expect to sell most bananas on the Monday of the following week ? |
| 21 | Middlesbrough Council expects to have 1,000 firms on the register by May 1 . |
| 22 | Intel Corp says it will ship 60 versions of the 80486 this year , with clock speeds ranging from 25MHz to 100MHz , senior vice-president Paul Otellini told the Hambrecht & Quist conference in San Francisco : ‘ We now have the capacity to build some 30m 80486s in 1993 , ’ Otellini said , and he expects Intel to sell some 100m 80486 chips after 1993 ; Intel expects to spend some $900m on research and development this year , up from $780m in 1992 , he declared , and would do 1m Pentiums in 1994 . |