Example sentences of "one [modal v] expect a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nevertheless , one may expect a greater similarity between two geometrically similar points than between two geometrically dissimilar points . |
| 2 | Thus , one might expect a similar kind of opening of the iron-free structure to expose charged ligands and to allow entrance of ferrous ions . |
| 3 | He says , One might expect a big man to have big bottles , but if you are giving a big dinner party its very practical to have magnums . |
| 4 | As with chimneys , so with synapses ; if they are constructed — or even reconstructed — during learning , one might expect a brief increase in the rate of synthesis of proteins over the time when an animal was being trained and memory was being formed . |
| 5 | Or one might expect an aggressive horse to be mean and uncooperative , but this is not necessarily true either . |
| 6 | What is reading ? — a simple question to which one would expect a simple answer . |
| 7 | Complete fluency in the first and second languages is taken as prerequisite for training ( and one would expect a working interpreter to command at least four or five languages ) . |
| 8 | I feel that once parents begin to become too aware of norms , they worry , and therefore unless a child is grossly out of sync , if you like , with their peers , I would n't say it would matter , but yes , one would expect a three year old to be talking at one extreme . |
| 9 | I feel that once parents begin to become too aware of norms , they worry , and therefore unless a child is grossly out of sync , if you like , with their peers , I would n't say it would matter , but yes , one would expect a three year old to be talking at one extreme . |
| 10 | one would expect a large variation in the fluency with which teachers can instruct in sign language ; many would have had no more than a relatively short course . |
| 11 | Thus , where one would expect a large basin to have been made from sheet metal , it was instead cast with walls of amazing thinness . |
| 12 | From the marked rise in the electrical conductivity of these saturated carbon-bearing samples as temperature and pressure increase , one would expect a high sample conductivity under lower-crustal conditions . |
| 13 | In fact , one would expect a public authority always to be inclined to search for a way to reach the same decision legally the second time round , if only to save face ; and the incentive to do so would be even greater if it were likely to be required to pay damages should it decide that its earlier loss-causing decision ought to be changed . |
| 14 | Using high copy number Long transgenics , one would expect a copy-dependent signal in the DNase I hypersensitivity assay . |
| 15 | In view of the fact that eradication of H pylori infection noticeably lowers postprandial G17 concentrations , one would expect an accompanying decrease in meal stimulated acid secretion . |
| 16 | For heterosexuals up to 1991 , the peak of HIV infection had yet to be reached and so one can expect a continued rise in the annual incidence of AIDS cases for some time to come . |
| 17 | For example , scales a tritone or a semitone apart have only two notes in common ; all other notes are different , and so one can expect a considerable degree of conflict unless ( as in the Bartók example ) adequate vertical consonance can be maintained . |