Example sentences of "[noun] expect [prep] be able " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've known many British historians who have an adequate reading knowledge of German , erm who go into the archives expecting to be able to read the documents , and what they do n't realise in advance is that the handwriting is actually Gothic script . |
| 2 | Actual quantities , which exceed internal expectations of only a month ago , boil down to between 100,000 and 200,000 units a quarter , which in turn means that by the end of the current quarter Sun expects to be able to fill all the back orders it has for Model 41 Sparcstation 10s plus the orders it receives in the intervening weeks . |
| 3 | Actual quantities , which exceed internal expectations of only a month ago , boil down to between 100,000 and 200,000 units a quarter which in turn means that by the end of the current quarter Sun expects to be able to fill all the back orders it has for Model 41 Sparcstation 10s plus the orders they get in the intervening weeks . |
| 4 | Because most of the closest-fought states are in the Eastern Time zone , American TV networks expect to be able to forecast the final result from 2am on Wednesday . |
| 5 | He said the gross cost of the scheme would be £150million , but the liquidators expected to be able to return over £60million and the net cost would be reduced still further if sums were received from third parties . |
| 6 | Finally , a life history which encourages people to expect to be able to control the sources of suffering and nurturance in their lives should be protective against depression ( Abramson et al. , 1978 ) . |
| 7 | The new breed of skier expects to be able to ski from day two . |
| 8 | UniSoft expects to be able to carry on making money out of contracts to port the various flavours of Unix — and their associated testing mechanisms — to and from different architectures as companies come and go and change development strategies . |
| 9 | ICI expects to be able to resume production of Alloprene at the site , even though the fire affected all five storeys of the building containing the drying oven at the centre of the blaze . |
| 10 | The size of the device — which Faris expects to be able to scale down to 0.1 micrometres across — makes it suitable for use in very and ultra-large scale integrated circuits . |
| 11 | A UNCP press release said that the leaders of the Marxist-Leninist and Marxist factions , after several days of intense negotiations , had decided to merge " in accordance with the aspirations of the people " and that the new party expected to be able to form a government after a general election due by May 1991 . |
| 12 | Turning now to his own responsibilities , when does the Leader of the House expect to be able to make a statement on expanding the provisions of communication between Members of this House and the institutions of the European Community ? |