Example sentences of "expect a [adj] [noun sg] of [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Very few professional men then could expect a net income of £2,000 a year by the age of forty . |
| 2 | Why did he expect a good crop of sugarbeet ? |
| 3 | What appalling style , even twenty years ago one could expect a better standard of English . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Do not expect a cast-iron guarantee of success . |