Sentence examples for are reckoning on from inspiring English sources

Super Bock, the local brewers, are reckoning on selling an extra 650,000 gallons of beer during the football tournament, although that figure may have to be revised downwards after the early elimination of England (along with France, Germany, Italy and Spain).

It has reaped incalculable marketing gains from the 500m spectators around the world who are reckoned on average to have tuned in to watch each of the 64 matches.

The England midfielder has claimed he faces a three-month lay-off, while manager Arsene Wenger is reckoning on being without the 20-year-old for "at least six weeks".

In his press conference Mr Bernanke clarified what that meant: a drop in the unemployment rate to about 7%.Some market participants were reckoning on a more ambitious definition of "substantially".

Obviously I am reckoning on teams of undergraduates to have passed the odd exam in their lives – and certainly to have wasted an inordinate amount of their growing-up absorbing trivia.

Robin Thicke faced global controversy over the ostensibly misogynistic content of his hit song Blurred Lines, but it's unlikely the singer was reckoning on the righteous might of the Macrobert panto.

If, as many are suggesting, Yeltsin was reckoning on a short, sharp Falklands-style war to boost his authority and popularity, he has misjudged, and now risks igniting the North Caucasian region and provoking a clash between Orthodox and Muslim.

He is not sure how much the project will cost, but is reckoning on a payback period of around five years.But European emissions overall are not falling, which suggests there may not be as much switching out of coal, or as much technological innovation, as had been hoped.

Or perhaps they thought they were safe because the Maoists are reckoned to be on the defensive.The mine hit the vehicle with most occupants: 12 men died instantly and another 28 were injured.

In January VAT will rise again, to 20%, an increase that is expected to be passed through in full to prices, whereas only half of its preceding fall and rise are reckoned to have been passed on.

A trivial £600m is reckoned to go on business ventures.