Example sentences of "we [vb mod] expect the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps , as with the Atlantic and the Mediterranean , this is where we may expect the next rifting , though I doubt if it will happen soon enough to substantiate my idea . |
| 2 | Of course the parallel between ontogeny and phylogeny can not be carried the whole way through — prehistoric human beings did not look like newborn babies — but there are various reasons why we might expect the early stages of embryonic development to have some relation to the early stages of our evolution . |
| 3 | Alternatively , we might expect the predation- pattern to show a form of apostatic selection ( Clarke , 1962 ) : the dog-whelks choosing the most frequently encountered of the potential prey species . |
| 4 | If there is any truth in the observation that , in many things , Britain tends to follow one step behind the United States , then we might expect the single interest group to have a real impact in this country in the future . |
| 5 | In long-run equilibrium , we would expect the real return on a firm 's investments to equal its cost of capital , i.e. r= p . |
| 6 | Whichever of the possibilities is realised in practice , we would expect the two languages — Creole and unrelated Standard — to retain their integrity as languages and not to converge linguistically to any great extent , except in terms of vocabulary : in other words , they are likely to remain fundamentally dissimilar in their grammar and phonology . |
| 7 | We would expect the best response from people who are re-evaluating their lives — a change of work , home or relationship — allowing their beliefs to be re-considered , ’ says Henry . |
| 8 | Coun Scott , who is also a Tory member of Darlington Council , said : ‘ The plans for the unit are proceeding as expected and we would expect the tender documents to be in within a few days . ’ |
| 9 | In such a situation we would expect the Scottish bus passengers ' consultative committee to step in and examine the proposals . |
| 10 | But he adds : ‘ We would expect the French economy to remain relatively weak for at least the next year because its main trading partner , Germany , is itself entering what is likely to be quite a painful economic slowdown , brought about by the very high interest rates . ’ |
| 11 | But in a society where the official rate of unemployment doubled between 1979 and 1981 , from 5.3 per cent to 10.4 per cent and reached over 3.5 million or nearly 15 per cent during 1986 , where the Government , in the name of the market , is committed to weakening the ability of workers to defend their jobs , where the Government , in its desire to break what it sees as the ‘ dependency culture ’ , has systematically set about dismantling the welfare provisions which protected the poorest and weakest in society , where the Government , as part of its programme to establish a new thrusting entrepreneurial society , has encouraged a widening of differentials in income and wealth , we would expect the societal tensions produced to be expressed in , among other things , rising levels of crime . |
| 12 | Even so , we would expect the resulting market valuation to pay some attention to the underlying assets since the reason for buying investment trust shares is to participate in the income and capital gains resulting from the managers ' investment performance . |
| 13 | If the restrictions are valid we would expect the generalized variance from the restricted and unrestricted models to be approximately the same . |
| 14 | We would expect the slow migration of hot-spot swells across continental interiors to have a significant impact on landscape development through , for instance , the disruption and diversion of drainage systems . |
| 15 | If this latter is important , then we would expect the big rape cases which get a lot of media coverage to be especially important in the formation of beliefs , since they are more likely to be common currency for discussion than the smaller cases . |
| 16 | Eventually we can expect the central mark ( which tells us which region we are in at the moment ) to have moved to parts of the two sequences which are quite different . |
| 17 | For the economy as a whole , we can expect the total demand for money for transactions purposes to depend directly on money national income . |
| 18 | What it means is that we reduce our service , and we take , we can , we can , we can expect the independent sector to fill that gap for us . |