Example sentences of "could expect [to-vb] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Davy at the end of his life remarked that the service of the laboratory was a service of danger ; that few chemists could expect to retain a quick eye and a steady hand for very long , and would have to rely on the hands and eyes of assistants . |
| 2 | They could expect to receive a given level of real resources and plan accordingly for the medium term . |
| 3 | It could expect to defeat a lesser power like Argentina , but taking on Communist China was unthinkable . |
| 4 | Only operators able to fill their trains could expect to make a reasonable profit . |
| 5 | Ministers could expect to have a parliamentary majority whatever they did . |
| 6 | This practice was only varied if there was some known defect in the title , and if that was so , one could expect to find a special condition on the contract , indicating that the buyer would take the title as it stood , and would not raise requisitions after contracts were exchanged . |