Example sentences of "expect [verb] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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31 Only a depth interview of several hours can be expected to provide a complete picture of overall positive and negative feelings experienced by the housewife in relation to housework .
32 We have already noted that lawyers can be expected to provide a whole range of help which would certainly include information , advice and assistance .
33 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 .
34 The autumn screening of the third series is expected to provide a welcome fillip to the railway 's passenger numbers .
35 Mercury had expected to provide a non-profit service with Cable and Wireless like its morale-booster during the Gulf war .
36 This is expected to provide a considerable boost to BA volumes .
37 This is expected to provide a considerable boost to BA volumes .
38 There is increasing concern among service providers who are being expected to provide an equal standard of service to all their clients without the necessary language facilities .
39 Anyone else looking for commercial privileges would naturally be expected to provide an attractive loan , and in 1698 the new East India Company won the right to the monopoly of Indian trade with Britain by lending £2m. at 8 per cent .
40 We expect to find a guilty incident or relationship because he writes continually of guilt ; we expect to find sin because he speaks of atonement and expiation .
41 Distinction Awards are Postgraduate studentships which are open to students ordinarily resident anywhere in the UK , who hold or expect to obtain a 1st class Honours degree and who have not previously obtained a postgraduate research award .
42 Based on the Teesside Development Corporation 's ‘ renaissance ’ project along the river banks and old docklands , the museum is expected to attract a million visitors a year from its opening in 1995 .
43 ’ I must repeat my warning that the South Wales Constabulary can not be treated like a sponge and continually expected to absorb an ever-increasing workload without an inevitable decline in the quality of the service we provide ’ .
44 The death of Gaviria Rivero was expected to provoke an new upsurge in violence following two weeks of relative calm since the Medellín cartel 's declaration of a unilateral truce on July 27 .
45 In a speech in Gloucester tonight he 's expected to launch a bitter attack on the Government 's failure to deal with the current wave of crime .
46 IBM Corp is expected to launch a full RAID 5 disk array for the RS/6000 using its new 2Gb 3.5 ’ drives — maybe as soon as Tuesday .
47 IBM Corp is expected to launch a full RAID 5 disk array for the RS/6000 using its new 2Gb 3.5″ drives — maybe as soon as Tuesday .
48 Having taken control of Volvo 's 29 per cent Pharmacia stake , which carries nearly half of the voting rights in Sweden 's biggest drugs company , Procordia is expected to launch a full takeover bid of at least £1billion .
49 THE Nicaraguan Government is expected to launch an all-out attempt to secure the demobilisation of the contra rebels when the Central American presidents gather at San Jose in Costa Rica tomorrow for a summit meeting crucial to the future of the peace process .
50 Whoever did the planning on this job could n't have expected to find a second person getting into the car . ’
51 I 'd expected to find a vacuous mess .
52 Although Mr Patten said it was too early to discuss his political future , the Tories are now expected to find a safe seat in which the sitting member can be persuaded to make way for his early return to Westminster .
53 During work experience students are expected to exhibit a high degree of interpersonal skills in initiating and sustaining working relationships .
54 During community involvement students are expected to exhibit a high degree of interpersonal skills in initiating and sustaining working relationships and responding to the needs of others .
55 Although it is not known when he will be able to return to his £350,000-a-year job , he is expected to lead a normal life within three months .
56 Neither the Council of Castile nor the Junta of Government could be expected to lead a hopeless revolt against French garrisons by disobeying Ferdinand 's explicit orders .
57 In other words , Y is expected to pick an intelligent course through a variety of social engagements , to which actors bring something of themselves in exercising their social capacities .
58 Airtours is expected to reflect an improved climate for the holiday business this year when it publishes first half figures on June 28 .
59 The legislation for the new agency was expected to have been introduced into Parliament at the earliest possible opportunity by Secretary of State for the Environment , Michael Heseltine , who is expected to set a firm date for publication of the consultation paper on the new environment agency sometime in October .
60 We had certainly expected to receive a large response , but had not anticipated the near-unanimous chorus of offers to increase your contributions to the lifeboat service .
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