Example sentences of "[noun] expected [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These companies expected Speywood to spend their £4 million investment on perfecting and marketing blood proteins from conventional technology — not funding new biotechnology projects . |
| 2 | The fact that a significant number of the independents who were elected were DLP sympathizers who had failed to secure party endorsement as candidates , meant that most observers expected Roh to be able to construct a working majority within the new Assembly . |
| 3 | Marshall expected Wickham to draw back , let Pascoe 's temper subside and then wheedle the truth . |
| 4 | Nor had he for one moment expected Wang to offer another shipment . |
| 5 | That was sufficient because the early Christians expected Jesus to return immediately and set up the reign of God on earth . |
| 6 | The Qatar News Agency quoted an unidentified Islamic Jihad spokesman as saying that his group expected Israel " to reciprocate by releasing another group of Arab prisoners " . |
| 7 | The group expected Charman to be upset but they were taken aback at his extreme response . |
| 8 | That was the rarest of murders and Rain expected Maurin knew it , too . |
| 9 | Player A's expected payoff in each period will therefore tend to a value which is less than that received by the dominant strategy type for any positive rate of discount . |
| 10 | This explains the curious fact that so few people expected de Gaulle to return before May , but , once he had returned , so many placed their confidence in him . |
| 11 | The Chancellor said the European Commission expected Britain to be the fastest growing of all the major European economies , this year and next . |
| 12 | Athelstan expected Cranston to mount his horse and ride back to Cheapside but the coroner shook his head . |
| 13 | Technically because 1 granule is only diluted in 5ml of water and alcohol the ‘ strength ’ of the remedy is much greater than Hahnemann expected patients to be able to withstand . |
| 14 | Stage : Pre Draft Deposit consultation expected June/July 1992 . |
| 15 | ‘ Some people I spoke to during the summer expected New Zealand and Australia to be beaten , then France twice and finally us . |
| 16 | For some reason , the public expected Diana to be with him wherever he went . |
| 17 | But at least one minister expected Hunt to take a different line . |
| 18 | During the meeting with the dialogue partners , as it became clear that the USA expected Pacific countries to meet some of the costs involved in such an initiative , this initial enthusiasm waned . |
| 19 | Fact Two : Colonel Smith expected gun-runners . |
| 20 | As we have seen , Ezekiel and Jeremiah expected God to change men in the days of the New Covenant by putting his Spirit within them , so that they should walk in his ways and keep his commandments : after Pentecost the Holy Spirit begins to produce holiness in God 's people . |
| 21 | Duke Robert of Burgundy expected Gilly , an estate of St Germain-des-Prés , to provide food for his dogs as well as lodging for his horses and their grooms . |