11.   A verdict is not expected before late December.

12.   A verdict is expected later this month.

13.   A verdict is expected quickly.

14.   But the companies, which have been expecting the verdict, are betting that they can persuade the chancellor and his economics minister to override the regulators.

15.   Cogdell said the verdict was expected and Graham was prepared for it.

16.   Conviction of treason carries a mandatory death sentence in Turkey, so the verdict was widely expected.

17.   I expected the verdict.

18.   Prosecutor Greg Jacobs expects a verdict within three months of opening arguments.