Example sentences of "it be [adj] expect [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In our view it 's reasonable to expect an individual who is conducting an audit , to consider information relevant to an audit which is obtained in the course of other work for the same client . |
| 2 | It 's absurd to expect a heron to behave like a blackbird ! " |
| 3 | And containing it is extremely expensive and I personally feel that it 's wrong to expect the community at large to go on paying week after week , month after month , year after year er in order to contain a problem which through no fault of its own belongs to the soccer . |
| 4 | In fact once it reaches a large size , or starts to breed , territoriality will almost certainly make private quarters a necessity — it is relatively peaceful in relation to its size , but — and this applies to many other Central American substrate spawners — it is unreasonable to expect a fish with a natural breeding territory of 10 or more feet in diameter to share a tank with anything else . |
| 5 | It is unreasonable to expect a piece of software to turn you and your computer into their equal in a matter of weeks or even months . |
| 6 | ‘ … considered that a casual with a skilled trade may have his efficiency seriously impaired by being required to break stones and may , in order to avoid this task , feel compelled to sleep out or to commit some other offence against the law ; that it is impossible to expect the officer in charge of a casual ward to discriminate between men for whom the task would or would not be suitable , and that this would lay him open to accusations of favouritism or vindictiveness ; that the task could rarely be made a profitable one , and is repugnant to the class of workers most liable to unemployment , being looked upon by them as having penal associations and as entirely deterrent . ’ ) |
| 7 | It is reasonable to expect a line ferret to make a steady rather than spectacular rate of progress . |
| 8 | Where perishable goods are to be despatched to the buyer by carrier , it is reasonable to expect the goods to be of such a quality as to be able to withstand a normal journey — Mash & murrell v. Joseph Emmanuel ( 1961 Q.B. ) . |
| 9 | I would expect someone who claimed to believe in ghosts to give some evidence for their existence , and it is reasonable to expect the theist to give evidence for God 's existence . |
| 10 | Where the manufacturer has issued a warning that tests should be carried out before use , it is reasonable to expect an examination . |
| 11 | We believe that , where a request for information has been inadequately answered , it is insufficient to expect the applicant to ‘ seek a remedy through the usual democratic channels or through a judicial review ’ . |
| 12 | Certainly , it is ridiculous to expect a minister to resign because a civil servant makes a mistake , even if the error be very serious . |
| 13 | In the end , it is naïve to expect the media to single-handedly change centuries of established ways of thinking about the role of the individual/citizen/consumer in the political and social system . |
| 14 | It is unfair to expect an adult dog to appreciate that such actions are no longer welcomed if you have allowed them since it was a puppy . |
| 15 | Government departments are now so vast that it is unrealistic to expect a minister to know all about matters of administration . |
| 16 | In the case of a young child it is unrealistic to expect the child to comply with the supervisor 's directions without the co-operation and commitment of the person caring for him . |
| 17 | Here again it is unrealistic to expect the law of any state to list modes of service which are not allowed ; the policy of the authors of the draft that only a positive prohibition should ‘ stand in the way of granting a request for service ’ gives inadequate weight to the interests of the state of destination . |
| 18 | I believe it is unrealistic to expect the community care reforms to transform services according to the wishes of service users . |
| 19 | The Court of Appeal supported this view , Lord Justice Purchas saying that it was ‘ clearly established ’ that the circumstances in which the court would intervene by judicial review were ‘ severely circumscribed ’ , though remitting the cases to the local authority for them to state correctly their reasons for determining that it was reasonable to expect the applicants to continue to occupy their settled accommodation in Bangladesh . |