Example sentences of "expect [adj] [noun] [prep] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many workers said they 'd expected another round of closures despite the earlier announcement of a reprieve for some of the collieries . |
| 2 | Maude 's telegram from the Queen was also expected this morning at Trees Park Village , near Middleton St George , where she has lived for the last seven years . |
| 3 | They had expected some throwing of stones and worse from whatever straggle of peasants ventured down from the hills to the banks , and that they received . |
| 4 | You expect such tactics with cars nearing the end of their life , not with models just months old . |
| 5 | In the country , they hope they will work in co-operatives , share the work and the produce , find a new sense of community in their lives , They expect immediate gains in terms of agrarian reform , medical services , greater opportunities to attend school , a literacy campaign . |
| 6 | Expect several hours of points of order , disruption and bad tempers galore this afternoon and evening . |
| 7 | Where it is not supported , the reason is often , as suggested by Rundquist ( 1980 , 1983 ) , because the spending patterns are already set by the geography of demands ( one would not expect large spending on subsidies for cotton farmers in New Hampshire , for example ) and the goal of the pork barrellers is rather to get plenty of money for the programme than to direct it to certain areas rather than others . |
| 8 | ‘ We would expect more equity for unions in terms of employment . |
| 9 | Abolitionists did not expect immediate conversion by slaveholders ; it was not necessary in so far as they were sure planters could not for long resist the economic imperatives . |
| 10 | In the fruit line , you can expect small helpings of peaches and pears . |
| 11 | As for other sectors , retailers can expect attractive deals from landlords throughout the country ; exactly the same goes for industrialists leasing premises either on the less prestigious business parks or run-of-the-mill estates . |
| 12 | The prime movers in developing this structure have been larger firms who can expect favoured treatment in times of expansion , and can transfer adjustment burdens along a chain of subcontractors in recessions . |
| 13 | The report also warns drinkers to expect big differences in prices between locals in the same town , with upmarket pubs in prime locations charging more than a no-frills bar on the outskirts . |
| 14 | The shadow employment secretary Frank Dobson said : ‘ It is unfair to expect vital people like nurses and teachers to accept a pay settlement less than the rate of inflation , a lot less then settlements outside , and less than what the Government are likely to give the judges . ’ |
| 15 | Almond and Verba , for example , found that an overwhelming majority of Britons expected equal treatment from politicians and from bureaucrats . |
| 16 | College Principal Clive Brain says there 's a growing demand for technological education and he 's expecting large numbers of applicants . |
| 17 | It does n't help that the band are grumpy bastards , expecting monkish silence during songs , and Bros-like adulation afterwards . |
| 18 | It does n't help that the band are grumpy bastards , expecting monkish silence during songs , and Bros-like adulation afterwards . |
| 19 | The public expects high-quality care for wounds from health-care professionals . |