Example sentences of "[noun sg] expect [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Engineering Council expects registrants to adhere to good engineering practice wherever and whenever possible and considers that this Code of Professional Practice will assist registrants in achieving this standard . |
| 2 | When we are spending about 6% of our gross national product on health services we have a right to expect improvements in the public health from them , both directly and through the influence of health service staff on health policy . |
| 3 | I AM not worried by the tactics of the Tory Whips during the Maastricht debate because any government has the right to expect members elected on its manifesto to push its business through the House . |
| 4 | InfoCorp expects shipments of multiuser systems with an average selling price between $15,000 and $1m to grow from 509,000 units in 1992 to 643,000 units in 1997 — a compound annual growth rate of 6% . |
| 5 | Many in the trade expect prices to go up further today , and possibly for quite a few auctions to come . |
| 6 | Far too often those in authority expect others to obey and so use formal and even terse language when penning memos . |
| 7 | It was , he said , beyond belief to expect pensioners to chip in to help flood victims . |
| 8 | Quality expects rewards , experience makes comparisons . |
| 9 | And the British Tourist Authority expects figures to rise as our recent warm summers , the effects of the recession and the threat of airport delays encourage more and more people to holiday at home rather than abroad . |
| 10 | That is , I think , the task which the Home Secretary expects judges to perform when he asks for their advice on the requirements of retribution and deterrence , and the task which the judges do perform . |
| 11 | ‘ Society expects children to do something most adults would find terrifying — give details of the most intimate obscenities performed on them in front of court officials , the public and the media and often their abusers . |
| 12 | NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR EXPECTS MARGINS TO IMPROVE |
| 13 | There seemed little reason to expect conditions to be more favourable further east under Mesozoic cover ; few wells enter the thrust sheets which are expected there , and none are deep enough to prove what lies beneath them . |
| 14 | Tournament organisers and the refereeing panel expect competitors to come to the tournament in a fit state to compete , not shrouded in bandages ! |