Example sentences of "[conj] expect [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was some reason for his bewilderment , for Anselm does not seem to have desired or expected any practical result from this consultation except a possible release from his archbishopric . |
| 2 | Yet even at university , it may well still be a minority of departments that expect all mathematics students to use computers as a matter of course ; indeed , some people fear that higher education will be the phase most resistant to new IT , rather than the one that provides a strong lead . |
| 3 | If demand is greater than expected more shares can be clawed back from allocations earmarked for institutional and overseas investors . |
| 4 | If demand is greater than expected more shares can be clawed back from allocations earmarked for institutional and overseas investors . |
| 5 | The thinning of the ozone layer over Antarctica has been far worse than expected this year . |
| 6 | Yesterday 's statistics suggest the trade gap will be slightly bigger than expected this year , mainly due to recession among some of Britain 's key trading partners , notably Germany . |
| 7 | We needed and expected that money . |
| 8 | There was obviously some sort of sexual element to it but I just did n't know what to do next and expected this man , who was about two or three years older than me , to , in some way , tell me or indicate to me and so I followed him without talking to him . |
| 9 | She knew that he had tried to give her the impression that he was going off on a promiscuous adventure and expected this to arouse in her both admiration and jealousy , but as Lydia 's misdemeanours were more of the spirit than of the flesh she found promiscuity not merely sinful but foolish and disgusting . |
| 10 | They would press for the international allocation of quotas , as well as mail and air freight , and expected some Commonwealth and European support . |
| 11 | There are so many carp anglers , all fishing with high nutritive value ( HNV ) boiled baits , attached to hair- and bolt-rigs , usually at long range , you can not afford to persist with the old baits and rigs and expect much success . |
| 12 | I am sorry to say that I often broke the tenth commandment for I really coveted that model and expect many of my contemporaries were also guilty of that sin . |
| 13 | Getting people to change their approach and expect that with training , expect to have to analyze what they what they thought they 're going to get out of it , why they should be doing it . |
| 14 | We should see what we can do on this matter and expect another report back and then they actually can tell . |
| 15 | The Asia and Pacific Group has prioritised Cambodia for their major campaigning work , and expect this to continue throughout at least 1991 and 1992 . |
| 16 | Managers need to feel , for example , that for teachers , maybe not directly involved but who , perhaps in primary schools , know that parents are aware of TVEI and expect some of their children to benefit from it , nonetheless know about any significant lack of governmental co-ordination . |
| 17 | Jacqueline Sanchez , of the Ministry of Education , also points out that ; ‘ Over the years , since the revolution , many people have become much more demanding as far as education is concerned , and despite all the difficulties , are more critical and expect more of their schools . ’ |
| 18 | Such workers are expensive and in short supply , can not be managed by the old " command and control " hierarchies , and expect more scope for creativity and autonomy in their work . |
| 19 | Although it is not a matter for me , I would hope and expect that Parliament would be similarly sensitive to the need to refrain from trespassing upon the province of the courts . |
| 20 | Bernice waited for the Doctor to continue , but he walked on and then glanced sideways at her as if expecting another question . |
| 21 | Its chairman , Michael Cannon , said yesterday that he relished the challenge of buying between 400 and 600 pubs , mostly in the Midlands and North , from the big brewers for between £250,000 and £300,000 , and expects this to take three months . |
| 22 | ICL also now generates about half its revenues from higher margin non-hardware sales , and expects this to increase to between 55% and 60% over the next few years . |
| 23 | ICL also now generates about half its revenues from higher margin non-hardware sales , and expects this to increase to between 55% and 60% over the next few years . |
| 24 | There are occasions when you get an odd fish that weighs a couple of pounds more or less than the average on that day , but to expect this to happen is foolhardy . |
| 25 | The company hopes for some voluntary redundancy , but expects some will be compulsory . |
| 26 | Suppose a person has an increase in W u , but expects this to be later offset by a reduction , so that Cu is not changed . |
| 27 | As expected both are zero for motion in the absence of any external force . |