Example sentences of "expect [adj] [noun pl] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It had always been generous in terms of sick pay and sympathetic and understanding towards employees with family problems , though it expected high standards of dress and deportment and lateness , absenteeism and incivility were not tolerated . |
| 2 | They expect high levels of performance . |
| 3 | You expect such tactics with cars nearing the end of their life , not with models just months old . |
| 4 | Somehow she had expected six inches of semi-darkness , and half a face enquiring suspiciously what her business might be at this hour . |
| 5 | Analysts expect full-year profits of £250m compared with Pounds 222m . |
| 6 | Expect flat figures from South West Water and Welsh Water on Thursday . |
| 7 | Expect good figures on Wednesday from hotel and brewing group Bass , booking in for profits at around £530m , up 23%. , helped by better news on the hotel front . |
| 8 | A perfect illustration of his balanced theology was given in the memorable sub-division of his sermon ; ‘ Expect great things from God : attempt great things for God . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ We expect sweeping changes at IBM to be announced shortly and we believe that if possible , IBM will introduce changes in equity ownership , ’ Merrill Lynch & Co analyst Dan Mandresh told investment clients in a report . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Expect several hours of points of order , disruption and bad tempers galore this afternoon and evening . |
| 12 | I never see why people should expect interesting preachers in Lent . ’ |
| 13 | We should not expect three classes of behaviour corresponding to the three processes of adaptation . |
| 14 | Sentencing , Judge David Bryant told the gang : ‘ Dishonest people like you who choose to make your living out of stealing , transforming and selling other people 's motor cars can expect substantial sentences of imprisonment . ’ |
| 15 | Their resources were considerable ; not only did they have vast incomes from taxation and from their own estates , but also they could expect considerable quantities of tribute from the subject peoples east of the Rhine and elsewhere . |
| 16 | Some 70 per cent of Borders properties can also expect reduced demands for water tax . |
| 17 | The county council says it hopes to give residents a choice on where they 'll be moved to and does n't expect compulsory redundancies among care staff . |
| 18 | In the fruit line , you can expect small helpings of peaches and pears . |
| 19 | JS advertisements made it clear to customers they could expect higher standards from Sainsbury 's . |
| 20 | I ca n't expect any favours from Graham Gooch in that direction . |
| 21 | That is to say , for 100 feet of water one could only expect 240 feet of sediment of normal density . |
| 22 | We must therefore expect certain aspects of computer design to reappear throughout the book , to be seen from a slightly different angle each time . |
| 23 | If the contention of Pollak and others is correct that the roles of women reduce the public display of deviance , then it is indeed in such ‘ private ’ areas that one would expect female forms of deviance to be located . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | You are fully entitled to expect these reports on progress regularly . |
| 26 | Despite Clinton 's hopes for action within the first 100 days of his administration , it is more realistic to expect legislative hearings during March and April and the earliest Congressional action on any legislation in May or early June . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | ‘ While in times past a royal wife would be expected simply to put up with a situation no matter how desperate , the Princess of Wales belongs to a generation that has come to expect greater things from life and certainly from relationships , ’ she wrote . |
| 29 | College Principal Clive Brain says there 's a growing demand for technological education and he 's expecting large numbers of applicants . |
| 30 | The company said last October that it was expecting 20,000 subscribers by year-end , but at the start of March it had signed just 8,500 to the service . |