Example sentences of "[noun sg] they expect " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , having made an investment they expected it to pay its way and any development towards being a full-time farmer would depend very much on market prices . |
| 2 | When anything like this happens in Waldron City everybody starts shouting for action , and as they have n't much idea just what kind of action they expect they take it out on the administration , and that means Wilson . |
| 3 | Parents vary in the quantity they expect their child to be able to eat so a food diary can help the therapist determine appropriate quantities with the parents . |
| 4 | The four main zaibatsu were more than able to supply the financial needs of the two main political parties , but in return they expected state support to continue . |
| 5 | Equity funding tends to be expensive because shareholders bear a relatively high risk that is reflected in the return they expect on their investment . |
| 6 | When big investors get on the telephone they expect to be put through to the chairman , not ‘ lumbered into a PR-type department ’ . |
| 7 | ‘ You can be certain they hope for that but I do n't believe for a moment they expect it . |
| 8 | In one market , though , western companies have been denied the walk-over they expected : newspapers . |
| 9 | Because social anthropologists take it for granted ( sometimes mistakenly ) that the distinction between true-kin and affines is of absolutely central importance they expect to find that the behaviour that is appropriate between affines will be a kind of coded inversion of the behaviour that is appropriate between true-kin . |
| 10 | Already in October 1953 the British defence chiefs had warned that in a world war they expected the main and first Soviet nuclear assault to be directed against the British Isles . |
| 11 | However as Levi points out , different official agencies use these powers in a manner which is related to the level of tolerance they expect from the media and politicians . |
| 12 | The day they expect me to pay for it , I shall retire . |
| 13 | ‘ The other board members will expect to have their say , but at the end of the day they expect , and accept , that the chairman should decide . ’ |
| 14 | Her brother he had met before and the two men talked about the year 's haysaving and the price they expected for sheep and wool and cattle . |
| 15 | Firms base their production plans for period t on the price they expect to prevail in t , this expectation being formed , as before , in the light of information available at the end of period t - 1 . |
| 16 | Ministers said last night they expected market pressures would force Ford to scrap their price rises within a few months , or they could be forced to discount their prices very heavily . |
| 17 | The Franks were also worried about how ‘ tough ’ Carter appeared — before they toured with the duo they expected Jim Bob and Fruitbat to beat them up . |
| 18 | This morning they expect to hear if they 'll be offered professional terms . |
| 19 | Instead of the evil-looking robber they expected to see , the two ladies found only a pale , thin child , lying peacefully asleep . |
| 20 | They will be different in terms of the sort of interaction they expect to have with computer depending on whether they 're data entry people or management users and maybe some of our users are people in the street , our customers er who who will increasingly become users of systems themselves . |
| 21 | That £150 million will be reduced after the liquidators have handed over the money they expect to recover ( at least £60 mil lion ) and possibly more if other claims are pursued by the DTI . |
| 22 | Many large companies , including Merrill Lynch , Shearson Lehman , and Bear Stearns , have allowed employees to take at least part of the bonus money they expect to earn before December 31 . |
| 23 | Er when we have erm when you come down for , you know if if if we decide that this is for you , er when you come down for a training course they expect to see a car . |
| 24 | Only by enabling those with disabilities to contribute , if they wish , through independent living and paid employment , will the increased percentage of ageing people be able to receive the support they expect and need . |
| 25 | And with letters of authentication they expect international interest . |
| 26 | Sadly many of them did not show quite the high standard of dress they expect of their pupils . |
| 27 | The disbelief round the table was sudden ; it was the last thing they expected to hear . |
| 28 | The three men got away with six times the amount they expected from the raid on a West Auckland Post Office . |
| 29 | He was smiling widely at her now , saying , ‘ I had to tell nurse not to say they were n't coming in to see the doctor they expected . |
| 30 | It 's all down to hard work at every level of the sport , but anytime Kilkenny get to a final they expect to win . |