Example sentences of "expect [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Bob Haboldt , who showed a mixture of Italian , French , Dutch and Flemish works mostly priced at FFr 50–150,000 , sold four , but found collectors surprised by the FFr 500,000 ( £51,500 ; $89,700 ) he was asking for a very rare study of deer by Jan Brueghel the Elder and the FFr 400,000 ( £41,200 ; $71,750 ) he expected for a study of standing men by Pietro da Cortona . |
| 3 | SHAW Branch Manager John Powell had to pay up quicker than he expected after promising his staff an expenses-paid outing if they achieved their Royal Scottish leads target . |
| 4 | Fabia was not sure what she expected after that . |
| 5 | With debut goalkeeper Tim Flowers in fine form , England came within 13 minutes of a victory that no one expected after World Cup disasters in Poland and Norway . |
| 6 | The Commerce Department 's index of leading economic indicators fell twice as much as expected during November . |
| 7 | Among the non-negotiable events to be expected during the decade are earthquakes . |
| 8 | Given that pre-trial standards were acceptable , the maintenance of , or an improvement in those standards is to be expected during and at the end of the trial . |
| 9 | But things did n't quite go as expected during filming outside the Daily Mirror building in Holborn , London … |
| 10 | Considerable variability can be expected during spring and from year to year , both because the location of the vortex varies with respect to the observing site , and because of the large horizontal gradient in HNO 3 across the vortex edge . |
| 11 | The decision on this issue is expected during England 's chairmanship of the Community . |
| 12 | In any field of employment a successful application depends to some degree on the applicant 's being seen to say and do what is expected during the selection process , and to this extent conventional selection methods can always be faulted for the way they may presume that words uttered on a form or in an interview are reliable indicators of future performance . |
| 13 | One of the more commonly used methods of sales forecasting is to obtain from salesforce personnel and sales managers their combined view of sales to be expected during the forecast period . |
| 14 | A first planeload of ANC exiles returned home from Zambia on March 7 , and a further 550 were expected during the ensuing weeks . |
| 15 | A decision on Winnie Mandela 's application to appeal was expected during June . |
| 16 | In 1992 the business grew 16 per cent on the previous year and similar growth is expected during 1993 . |
| 17 | A marked contrast in behaviour would be expected during continental collision between the very thick crust of the Andes , where relatively rapid subduction has occurred throughout at least the Cenozoic , and the Alpine region where the closure of the ocean separating North Africa and southern Europe has been more gradual . |
| 18 | Sharp increases are also expected during the 1990s in Europe 's use of motor vehicles , fertilisers and water . |
| 19 | Further loss was expected during October — traditionally the time of the deepest holes . |
| 20 | A General Election was expected during the next two years , but already there were signs that the Peace Alliance was preparing to test its strength among the electorate . |
| 21 | More rain is expected during the night — that 's bad news for families like the Chapmans — flooded for the second time in a year . |
| 22 | Apart from North Sea projects on the drawing board , progress is expected during 1993 towards the development of the huge Mars discovery it shares with Shell in the Gulf of Mexico and the oil reserves it has established by pioneering exploration work in Colombia . |
| 23 | Sixteen cases were expected during 1979-83 but 31 actually occurred . |
| 24 | This further sharp decline in profitability , following on that of earlier years , and taking profits to levels well below those which had come to be expected during the boom , is the key to the sustained sluggishness of accumulation in the latter half of the 1970s and the early 1980s . |
| 25 | Art Market : High price expected for ‘ lost ’ Picasso |
| 26 | WARSAW ( Reuter ) — The Polish Finance Minister , Leszek Balcerowicz , offered Poles a harsh dose of economic austerity yesterday , but said no relief from soaring prices and food queues could be expected for at least a year . |
| 27 | At 194p , down 7p yesterday , the shares stand at a discount of 37.5 per cent to the net asset value expected for the end of this year . |
| 28 | Unfortunately life is never simple — the Stores Platoon confirms that they have no Challenger engines in stock and that the next one is not expected for three or four days ; improvisation will obviously be needed if the Blues and Royals are to have all their tanks working . |
| 29 | The changes also anticipate many of the demands which were expected to be made at opposition rallies tomorrow in Sofia and the provinces where calls are expected for the resignation of many of the figures ousted yesterday . |
| 30 | This is not the support that might have been expected for fellow Germans stuck on the communist side after 1945 . |