Example sentences of "expect [adj] [noun sg] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Bell opted out of the tour , but declared himself available for internationals , and can expect extra attention on Sunday from the Kiwi centres . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | They were described as designed to disadvantage the fledgling opposition parties which could expect substantial support from West German sister parties . |
| 5 | DO N'T expect romantic comedy from Bill Alexander 's production of The Taming of the Shrew at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre , Stratford-upon-Avon . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |