Example sentences of "[pron] expect [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It is simply that I expected better service , ’ he snapped . |
| 2 | I set off again , maintaining for some reason — perhaps because I expected further farm creatures to wander across my path — my slow speed of before . |
| 3 | I expect further applications to come in during the next year and , with time , a growing number of applications as the benefits are seen to come through . |
| 4 | If you expect larger numbers of simultaneous QA activities , increase this parameter before running CREFDL . |
| 5 | We expect further guidance will be necessary in relation to the treatment of surpluses in pension funds , though recently considerable uncertainties have arisen in this area about the cost of pension provision as a result of the European Court judgment , often referred to as the ‘ Barber Case ’ . |
| 6 | After all , one expects better value for money for one 's computer time . |
| 7 | Everyone expects better results in the next quarter . |
| 8 | Den Bosch , Netherlands-based Tulip Computers NV reported a loss — the first in its history — of about $8m for 1992 , and said it is cutting out the dividend , but the shares improved about 8% after the company said that it expected better 1993 results — and the loss was not as bad as had been feared : analysts had seen a loss of as much as $13m . |
| 9 | John always remained very concerned about the designing of his own ballets but was never specifically credited with responsibility for their designs , preferring to collaborate with an artist to whom he could explain his ideas and from whom he expected further ideas to enhance the final outcome . |
| 10 | Hundreds of the hostel residents had been questioned , the Commissioner said ; six had been arrested , and he expected further arrests following the result of forensic tests of bloodstained weapons found at the hostel . |
| 11 | Though he expects lower cereal crop yields after he completes the conversion , there is a saving of £70 an acre in the cost of pesticides and herbicides . |
| 12 | It expects lower extraordinary spending this year , since it has taken charges for job cuts as well as depreciation already . |
| 13 | Dallas , Texas-based NetWorth Inc warns that it expects lower than expected sales and net profit for its third quarter to March 31 — turnover will be about flat with the $4.4m of the second quarter , and profits down about breakeven ; the company blames the fact that it is converting an element of its Series 4000 products to a new Ethernet implementation and is experiencing unforeseen limitations of critical sole-source components . |
| 14 | It expects lower extraordinary spending this year , since it has taken charges for job cuts as well as depreciation already . |
| 15 | And by the end of the year , it expects further sites to be fully operational in Spain and Italy . |