Example sentences of "expected [verb] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The IMF , however , taking into account another failure in the June test , suspended further drawdowns and negotiations commenced on the conditions for further assistance , expected to include a further devaluation . |
| 2 | She is a woman indeed ! — in mind , I mean , & heart-for her person is such , that if you expected to see a pretty woman , you would think her ordinary — if you expected to find an ordinary woman , you would think her pretty ! — But her manners are simple , ardent , impressive … |
| 3 | The line to Bathgate , reopened to passengers on 24 March 1986 ( including two new stations at Uphall and Livingston ) at a cost of £1.5million shared by six public bodies expected to see a top figure of 400,000 passengers annually . |
| 4 | I expected to see a huge hound , but not a creature like this . |
| 5 | The £8m first phase of the Darlington Cross Town Route , expected to attract a European grant of £2m. ; |
| 6 | I expected to find a privileged crew , tolerating me for some positive press . |
| 7 | Leonel Alvarez , rated at about £1 million and expected to play a major part in his country 's World Cup campaign , had been lined up initially on loan , but Derby 's manager Arthur Cox said : ‘ We explored the situation , but it was n't possible . ’ |
| 8 | Dulles diplomatically expressed sympathy for their point of view only to warn that such a strategy was unlikely to succeed unless the United States expected to win a general war . |
| 9 | At the meeting donors pledged a total of $865,000,000 in grants and concessionary loans towards the government 's $1,300 million financing requirement for 1990 ; the government expected to cover a further $200,000,000 through private transfers and the remainder through debt rescheduling . |
| 10 | The hearing , expected to last a full day , was originally scheduled for the end of the month but had to be brought forward because of Mr McTear 's worsening condition . |
| 11 | However , directors of the 60 per cent-owned member of Robert Maxwell 's stable of companies , said they expected to maintain a final year dividend of 3p ‘ in view of the satisfactory progress ’ of Pergamon 's £90m-plus disposal programme . |
| 12 | Mr Jimmy Airlie , secretary of the Ford union side , said : ‘ We expected to get a favourable majority . |
| 13 | The main points were ( i ) a tax of 0.3 per cent on financial transactions ( ITMF ) , in force until 1994 , but not applying to wage cheques , pension payments and popular savings accounts ; ( ii ) to fight tax evasion an instruction to banks to report in specific cases and at the Finance Minister 's request all movements of individuals ' and companies ' accounts ; ( iii ) the simplification of the tax system with the elimination of three social contributions and their replacement by valued added tax ( VAT ) of between 7 and 10 per cent ; ( iv ) the elimination of taxes on manufactured products , fuel sales and additional income , and their replacement by a selective tax ( the rate of which had yet to be specified ) on cars , alcoholic drinks , fuels , electricity and telecommunications ; ( v ) the elimination of the separate collection of taxes by state and municipal governments and another by municipal government , so that all taxes ( except the ITMF ) would be collected by the federal government and shared with the states and municipalities , expected to produce a real increase in their revenues of 9 and 17 per cent respectively ; and ( vi ) a ban on the contracting of fresh debts by the Federal District , states and the municipalities until the year 2000 . |
| 14 | He invented the morning press conference for the purpose of calling an afternoon press conference to say he expected to make a shattering announcement later in the day . ’ |