Example sentences of "expect [adj] [noun sg] in [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In seemed that the Minister expected little opposition in Parliament , where all MPs were members of TANU . |
| 2 | Wholesalers reported an increase in sales compared with last year , reversing the previous trend , and they also expect strong growth in sales in February . |
| 3 | This reading of silences depends on the argument that the companionate ideal of marriage developed first among the privileged classes , and that in the eighteenth century lower class women could expect little affection in marriage . |
| 4 | Moscow could also expect Iraqi interest in Brezhnev 's initiative since Baghdad had floated a ‘ Pan-Arab Charter ’ early in 1980 , which inter alia had asserted the need to keep the Gulf free from all superpower bases . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Civil rights were to include the freedom to join labour unions , the right to strike and the right to expect equal opportunity in employment irrespective of gender , race or creed . |
| 7 | Mum Fran , who is expecting another baby in January , added : ‘ We have been very fortunate . |
| 8 | We are , however , expecting healthy growth in home and export markets . |