Sentence examples for expected consolidation from inspiring English sources

It is possible these latest allegations could consolidate that support even more, but it is a part of an expected consolidation trend that occurs close to Election Day.

Sir Martin was more confident about the structural trends within the industry, saying he expected consolidation to continue.

The top 10 builders account for 17percentt of the United States market, double the share eight years ago, and Mr. Stanley said he expected consolidation to continue.

But Liberty said on Thursday it expected consolidation in Germany's cable companies, while it had earlier indicated the bid for Virgin would not rule out further deals.

It's at least evidence that investors expected consolidation to be a boon for all the companies' bottom lines, meaning they saw renewed pricing power.

"The political will to support mergers is higher than it has ever been," said Katharina Barten, a senior analyst at Moody's Investors Service, who added that she expected consolidation to take several years.

In the United States, investors can expect consolidation in the financial sector to lead the merger wave.

"We didn't expect consolidation in this industry to happen for 12 to 18 months," Mr. Bracelin said.

'In the short term, we would expect consolidation to come from within the UK,' says Numis's Hitchcock.

"We wouldn't expect consolidation to take place at the company level," said one analyst who asked not to be identified.

Already, Italy's Fiat plans to build many models from a single chassis and sell them to developing countries from Bolivia to Bangladesh.The second reason to expect consolidation is the industry's persistent and profit-crushing over-capacity.