Example sentences of "we [vb mod] expect a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Realistically we should expect a mixed experience as at the start of all major new programmes . |
2 | Given what we know about the formation of new varieties of English in overseas colonies of Britain , we might expect a similar process to have taken place among Caribbean migrants living in Britain itself . |
3 | We might expect a clear relationship , for example , between the number of school children and the amount of spending on education . |
4 | If we were to express this need openly and directly in social chit-chat we would risk offending others and we could expect a strong reaction in terms of them rejecting , over-powering or accepting us ( in this instance their luck could be in ) . |
5 | Therefore , as Ernest Tuveson points out in Imagination as a Means of Grace : ‘ From the nature of mind as described by Locke we could expect a new poetry to be highly visual in nature , for the faculty of sight came to monopolize the analysis of intellectual activity . ’ |
6 | Therefore we would expect a forward contract and a financial futures contract with the same specifications to have the same price . |
7 | ‘ We would expect a Labour government to sweep away all those laws which conflict with the right to union recognition , which conflict with the social charter , and which conflict with the conventions of the International Labour Organisation , such as banning unions at GCHQ , Cheltenham , and banning collective pay bargaining for teachers . ’ |
8 | If a child is exposed to two languages simultaneously , we would expect a single system at first which gradually becomes divided into two under the influence of linguistic input from two separate systems . |
9 | If we had a large enough sample of observations on Y t , X t and Z t we would expect a linear regression of Y t on X t and Z t to yield the result that the estimates of 1 and 22 were the same — except for sampling variation — if it really is true that . |
10 | Notice in particular that we have not used , anywhere in our analysis , the " shape " of the tubes T and S , so we can expect a similar analysis to hold for all homoclinic orbits to the origin which occur in the Lorenz equations . |
11 | Happily , our foetuses are small , and we can expect a standard termination . |
12 | Consequently , if unemployment and poverty continue to spread into the Wirral population , we can expect a related increase in the number of potential heroin users ( cf. |
13 | However , she warned , " the fact that we are entering the path of economic development does not mean that we can expect a quick jump in living standards " . |
14 | Economy simply relates to the best use of resources and as budgets are delegated we can expect a welcome change in attitudes towards waste . |
15 | Since , in equilibrium , the aggregate demand for goods and services will be equal to the rate of national income ( which measures the total value of goods and services produced in the economy over a given time period ) , we can expect a direct relationship between the aggregate demand for labour and the rate of national income . |