Example sentences of "[subord] [indef pn] expect " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the annual meeting in March Mr Saatchi warned that profits would fall this year ( although nobody expected they would fall nearly as much as they have done ) and there would be disposals . |
| 2 | After all , this is a heavy , man-sized aircraft , so one expects he-man control forces . |
| 3 | They nearly always hunt in couples , so one expects to find either no horns at all or two horns . |
| 4 | This is not to say that such courses would not also encourage an awareness of wider theoretical implications or the kind of appraisal I have associated with education , but this would be more in the manner of a long-term investment rather than something expected to yield immediate returns , something which might influence attitude rather than instigate action . |
| 5 | This figure , of course , is much higher than one expects for two unrelated spoken languages . |
| 6 | It thus needs to be said that , although one expects that the models described below will apply to the wakes of other obstacles , they are based primarily on observations with circular cylinders . |
| 7 | According to Ian Hawkins : ‘ The recession has tested the ability of management to cope with a period of economic downturn deeper and longer than anyone expected , and the venture capitalists ’ ability to negotiate their way through it . |
| 8 | SOONER than anyone expected , the mayoral contest in New York has shaken down into a re-run of the 1989 race between David Dinkins , now the incumbent , and Rudolph Giuliani , his Republican rival . |
| 9 | Apparently they 're holding their own — and , in fact , doing slightly better than anyone expected . ’ |
| 10 | If , partly because of Europe 's obduracy over the common agricultural policy , the GATT talks break down , the process of disengagement from external responsibilities may move very much faster than anyone expects or hopes , both from Europe and from the west Pacific area . |
| 11 | The Allegri sounded a bit under-nourished against Mr Campbell 's easy delivery , particularly in the second movement , which should have had more force , though if one expects a bracing scherzo-like piece at this point , Bliss surely over-wrote it , producing instead the effect of a finale . |
| 12 | ‘ I found the pressure hard to handle because everyone expects something special from you every single week . |
| 13 | He was not going to get a bike because he would n't be able to reach the pedals , but I would n't have said anything even if I could have , because nobody expects people to tell the truth to women and , besides , that 's what friends are for , as they say . |
| 14 | Marsh accepted his fate honourably , as everyone expected , and the Australians got on with the job of keeping their boot on the Indian throat . |
| 15 | Of course — as Titmuss pointed out — had the Luftwaffe launched an all-out offensive on 3 September 1939 , as everyone expected , this scenario would have come about . |
| 16 | Disaster may not be as imminent as everyone expects and there may still be fat profits to be made by those with good nerves . |
| 17 | Dorothea shook her head , angry with herself , for everyone expected her , rushed to help her , everyone , truly , was so kind and the Rector relied upon her industry . |
| 18 | When everyone expected him to break into a nimble tune , he played a slow air that sounded Irish in the long luxuriant unfolding of each phrase . |
| 19 | It was in 1985 that he won this championship at Dornoch when nobody expected him to , but this time he could start favourite over what he calls ‘ my own private Shangri La ’ . |
| 20 | The point is that tonight — Magnapop 's UK debut — is peppered with punky teenage licks and festering grungy rumbles , yet just as one expects lyrics concerning death , drinking and corporate rock shagging , Linda hops , hiccups and beams , ‘ Wo n't you let me walk you home from school ? /Can I meet you at the pool ? ’ |
| 21 | ‘ It would be better to rest them ( if you do not want to call it dropping them ) and hope that the rest from the pressures and tensions of international cricket will make them eager to come back and perform as one expects them . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ Well , when you and he are married , miss , as everybody expects . |