Example sentences of "expect a [adj -er] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most City forecasters expect a bigger fall in the current-account deficit . |
| 2 | Retailers expect a bigger improvement in June , but their expectations have proved to be over-optimistic in the past two months . |
| 3 | We expect a further reduction in 1993 . |
| 4 | Over the next twelve months we expect a further increase in those needing our Home Care service to enable them to live and die at home . |
| 5 | I had expected a sharper tongue in the office , a brisker and more brittle approach to the anarchic thoughtlessness of the girls . |
| 6 | Robert did not like to think of himself as a snob , but , had he been in charge of the Independent Wimbledon Day Islamic Boys ’ School , he would have expected a higher standard of civility from the cleaning staff . |
| 7 | The fall in seasonally adjusted unemployment of 22,000 last month was even more of a surprise , at a time when forecasters had expected a further rise of 35,000 . |
| 8 | What appalling style , even twenty years ago one could expect a better standard of English . |
| 9 | The question is how this expansion can be paid for , given that the new Secretary of State has said quite candidly that his present view is that higher education can not expect a higher share of public spending than it currently receives . |
| 10 | Their results suggest Europe can expect a greater frequency of blocking anti-cyclones which will lead to warmer summers but cooler winters , a greater frequency of severe winters , drier springs and summers , wetter autumns and winters , and an increased growing season . |
| 11 | Looking after the status quo is rather more their tendency , so we can perhaps expect a greater emphasis on defence with rather less activity from the operatives up front — the strikers . |
| 12 | ‘ If Clinton can not get the economy started and has trouble financing his ambitious spending programme , you may expect a greater withdrawal from foreign commitments , trade sanctions — whatever he thinks it will take , ’ said one analyst . |
| 13 | But if he killed Harry , would n't you expect a greater amount of soaking ? ’ |
| 14 | Nevertheless , one may expect a greater similarity between two geometrically similar points than between two geometrically dissimilar points . |
| 15 | Mariot capped this by suggesting that , since the Earl Patrick would presumably intend to yield that castle should Berwick town fall to King Edward , he could expect a greater reward from that monarch if the castle was nominally his own , not just a crown possession . |
| 16 | It is also possible that late nineteenth and early twentieth-century working class women expected a greater degree of drunkenness and violence on the part of husbands than would be tolerated today . |
| 17 | Maudie had been expecting a better response from her friends , or at the very least a little sympathy , but they seemed not to care . |
| 18 | In the final , expecting a tougher time against Norfolk , they ran out 7–0 winners with Old Loughts ' Ian Barker and Krishnan both notching hat-tricks and Chelmsford 's Phil Benton adding the other . |
| 19 | Caretaker manager Malcolm Crosby expects a tougher game against bottom-of-the-table Plymouth at Roker Park tonight than the clash with runaway Second Division leaders Ipswich Town . |