Example sentences of "expected [art] [adj] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The bishops expected the hallowed Authorized Version to maintain its mastery because it was sanctified in everyone 's affections and moral sentiments . |
| 2 | Whoever expected the little grey devils I had been assaulting with white arrows and rolling with white healing balls to reappear in my lung ? |
| 3 | In the long run Dulles expected the superior economic strength of the United States to ensure its success against the USSR . |
| 4 | The nation expected a radical new impetus from Mrs Thatcher in May 1979 , but it was curiously long in coming . |
| 5 | In the past most white-collar workers , and particularly those belonging to ‘ professional ’ occupations , expected a long-term stable employment pattern , often with the one employer for a large part of their working life . |
| 6 | Philip Henry expected a late-Victorian respectable pattern of behaviour from his sons . |
| 7 | The government expected an overall current-account deficit of at least $1,500 million in 1991 as compared with a deficit of $2,300 million in 1990 . |