Example sentences of "[noun] expect [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | MIDDLESBROUGH expect 10,000 season ticket holders to back their Premier League campaign . |
| 2 | Most researchers expect global temperatures to have experienced about half the predicted equilibrium temperature by the 2030s , that is , 1–2 C warmer than it is now . |
| 3 | Normally , however , ordinary shareholders expect lower yields than preference shareholders and loan stock holders because of their participation rights . |
| 4 | COMPUTERVISION EXPECT CONTINUED GROWTH |
| 5 | The predictions co-incided with a survey by the recruitment firm , Manpower , which shows that Scotland — along with the west of England , Yorkshire and Humberside — is one of the few areas where employers expect better job prospects in the spring . |
| 6 | These transformations of legal systems do not necessarily represent an insidious increase in the growth of a hidden power elite , although radical authors expect this result . |
| 7 | Pluralists and some Marxists expect such institutions to indoctrinate policy-influentials with the need to perform their organizationally defined roles . |
| 8 | Clients expect high-level advice and in a constantly evolving technical profession , training is a prerequisite for competence . |
| 9 | ‘ I 'm sure the All Blacks expect six games against Welsh clubs culminating in an international at the Arms Park to be a hard tour . |
| 10 | All instructors expect this , because the student has grown used to performing the basic techniques in a linear movement . |
| 11 | ‘ Today folk expect luxurious accommodation with all the facilities . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ Few shopkeepers expect any upturn in the next few months , ’ said a CBI spokesman . |
| 13 | And the management team expect all staff to be equally committed . |
| 14 | The Durham Cathedral players will only function as protectors of the cathedral and of refugees seeking asylum in so far as others in the drama expect that function from them . |
| 15 | And as the salon in Susan 's home town of Bristol was part of a reputable chain , she did n't for a moment expect any problems . |
| 16 | The organisers expect 500,000 spectators to line the route from Blackheath to Westminster Bridge . |
| 17 | This year 's five-day fair is the biggest so far , with 8,189 exhibitors from 93 countries ; the organisers expect 220,000 visitors . |
| 18 | Woking expect 4,000 fans to travel to what should be Brighton 's biggest gate of the season . |
| 19 | Hit by relentless price competition and slumping business conditions , Fujitsu Ltd on Friday forecast that for fiscal 1993 to March 31 , it would report its first loss since it was first listed in Tokyo in 1949 : it sees a group net loss of $322m and a current loss of $169m for the year , against net profit of $103m and current profit of $437m last fiscal — current profit includes gains and losses made on investments in stocks and bonds and sundry profits and losses from other non-operating activities ; ‘ Customers expect lower prices , ’ said Mike Beirne , a Fujitsu spokesman — ‘ the price competition goes from the price war in personal computers right up to mainframes ; ’ the company acknowledges that losses are likely to continue into the first six months of its new year . |
| 20 | Close all taps expect one HOT water tap |
| 21 | Andrew Mills and Brian Sturgess at Barclays de Zoete Wedd expect full-year profits to fall from £75m to £70m . |
| 22 | He did n't for one minute expect that sort of treatment in Gloucester , but that was how he would spend this afternoon . |
| 23 | In this research , the investigator plans to study the possibility that adults on occasion expect young children to behave as if they already have an accurate conception of the process of communication , and that as a result of being expected to behave in this more mature way they come to realise why that behaviour is appropriate . |
| 24 | At present theoretical physicists expect other new heavy particles that could decay in a similar way , such as the so called ‘ top ’ quark . |
| 25 | However , if investors expect short-term interest rates to fall in the future they will wish to buy long-dated bonds today , thereby locking themselves into today 's long rates . |
| 26 | The risk will grow if any of the following should happen : a spike in interest rates ( forward rates already indicate that investors expect higher rates by the end of the year ) ; an unexpected collapse of the dollar ( the Federal Reserve , at the Treasury 's direction , was intervening furiously last week to prevent the already weak currency from sinking further ) ; or , let's face it , if Washington proves itself unable to wrestle down the budget deficit . |
| 27 | It 's always slightly daunting at this particular time because you 're introduced as some sort of guru and people expect great things . |
| 28 | Nowadays people expect cosmic significance from The Shamen . |
| 29 | There is very strong feeling about this issue and , although the Government are urgently considering the matter that has recently arisen , the vast majority of people expect those who are supposed to pay the community charge to do so . |
| 30 | Many people expect this of The Smiths . |