Example sentences of "[adv] expect [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Worst affected is your love life , so expect dates to be cancelled or romantic liaisons to be put on ice . |
| 2 | He says there is flu in the community at this time of year so expect children to have flu symptoms . |
| 3 | He says there is flu in the community at this time of year so expect children to have flu symptoms . |
| 4 | Just wanted to clarify that little point , so you know the organs that make up the circulatory system , you know how to check it , you know the one slight difference than what you normally expect veins and arteries to be doing okay ? |
| 5 | Almost all the words which have both a strong and weak form belong to a category that may be called function words — words that do not have a dictionary meaning in the way that we normally expect nouns , verbs , adjectives and adverbs to have . |
| 6 | ‘ In a bear market you normally expect shares to drop 15 to 25 per cent over 18 months . |
| 7 | We are not used to long poems these days , and we no longer expect poetry to do the work of history , psychology and the novel , or to find ‘ the spirit of the age ’ expressed in poetic medium . |
| 8 | They just expect software and networking capabilities added in . |
| 9 | Only Prof Congdon thinks the Chancellor should raise taxes next month to balance a loose monetary policy , and the other six advise against a rise , though all agree the Chancellor needs to explain his strategy clearly and three more expect tax increases in 1994 . |
| 10 | I still expect Italy to win this group . |
| 11 | Most forecasters still expect GNP growth of 3–3.5% this year , down from an estimated 4.6% in 1990 . |
| 12 | While teachers would presumably like a class of thirty hermaphroditic paragons , they nonetheless expect pupils to ‘ deviate ’ from this — and on sex-differentiated lines . |
| 13 | Sotheby 's confidently expect bids of over $10 million ( £6.6 million ) . |
| 14 | The Martin Pipe camp believe that they would have beaten Morley Street granted a faster pace in the Elite Hurdle here last month , but I doubt it and confidently expect Toby Balding 's star to confirm his superiority on 6lb better terms . |
| 15 | But some foreign bankers also expect South Korea to develop into a regional financial centre second only to Hong Kong on the Asian mainland . |
| 16 | They still want value for their money — but they also expect quality and style . |
| 17 | We also expect marketing margins to be weaker in the first quarter because of the effect on demand of the generally mild weather . |
| 18 | Brokers Peter Joseph of Smith New Court and Paul Heath of UBS Phillips & Drew both expect profits to rise to £125m this time . |
| 19 | And how can gay priests reasonably expect acceptance when celibacy is demanded of heterosexuals ? |
| 20 | As one senior manager said : ‘ Employees now expect managers to take decisions on a commercial basis and recognize that their interests as employees — and in many cases shareholders — demand it . |
| 21 | Some now expect £673m against £521m . |
| 22 | We now expect protest , more dialogue . |
| 23 | Audiences today expect choreographers to satisfy current demands . |
| 24 | Even accounting for Spartak 's counter-attacking skills , I fully expect Liverpool to reach the quarter-finals , especially if Russian keeper Stanislav Cherchesov has one of his unconvincing nights . |
| 25 | Even accounting for Spartak 's counterattacking skills , I fully expect Liverpool to reach the quarter-finals , especially if Russian keeper Stanislav Cherchesov has one of his unconvincing nights . |
| 26 | If there is a new vibe — a reiteration of yesterday 's values attuned to today 's desires , erupting into the voids that the synthetic world of vinyl and plastic just ca n't fill — then expect Stone Grove to be up there , recycling nothing but what was once called soul . |
| 27 | You sometimes expect MPs ' houses to be reeking of power but this was a nice family house with lots of bicycles around the place . |
| 28 | That fund is set to increase by a further £1 million next year , and I certainly expect motor projects to figure significantly within that increased expenditure . |