Example sentences of "[adj] expect [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Japan 's real GDP shrank 0.1% in the fourth quarter of last year and few expect much of a recovery before the end of this year . |
| 2 | Two and a half months of a ‘ non-campaign ’ had changed nothing , and few expect much to change after the election either . |
| 3 | Women born in 1945–59 expected 2.27 children ; women born in 1960–4 expect 2.33 on average . |
| 4 | Seven out of 10 expect Labour to be the biggest party and on average they predict the FT-SE 100 index will be almost 80 points lower than last night 's close of 2393.2 if Neil Kinnock is in Downing Street tomorrow . |
| 5 | Adjournment is discretional , and whilst this must , of course , be exercised judicially , courts in general expect good reason to be shown before an adjournment will be granted , and will , in particular , consider if the opponent to an application will be prejudiced . |