Example sentences of "to expect [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | While it may be straightforward to think of school development planning , teacher appraisal , the identifying of remediable faults and the training or retraining of teachers as one set of loosely connected but manageable disciplines , it is less straightforward but equally urgent to expect that other connections should be more systematically organized in order to give assurances of quality . |
| 32 | On the basis of this information , the law of reciprocal proportions tells us to expect that carbon and hydrogen combine in the weight ratio , 12:4 . |
| 33 | If people come to expect that interest rates will normally be higher than they used to be , then any given interest rate will seem lower relative to the ‘ normal ’ rate than it used to be . |
| 34 | " Wasted costs " means any costs incurred by a party as a result of any improper , unreasonable or negligent act or omission on the part of any legal or other representative , including their employees , or any costs which , in the light of any such act or omission occurring after they were incurred , the court considers it is unreasonable to expect that party to pay ( s 51(7) ) . |
| 35 | The factors which the court is to take into account under Sched 2 are : ( a ) the strength of the bargaining positions of the parties relative to each other , taking into account ( among other things ) alternative means by which the customer 's requirements could have been met ; ( b ) whether the customer received an inducement to agree to the term , or in accepting it had an opportunity of entering into a similar contract with other persons , but without having to accept a similar term ; ( c ) whether the customer knew or ought reasonably to have known of the existence and extent of the term ( having regard , among other things , to any custom of the trade and any previous course of dealing between the parties ) ; ( d ) where the term excludes or restricts any relevant liability if some condition is not complied with , whether it was reasonable at the time of the contract to expect that compliance with that condition would be practicable ; ( e ) whether the goods were manufactured , processed or adapted to the special order of the customer . |
| 36 | These guidelines , although not exhaustive of the factors to be considered , include the following : ( a ) the strength of the bargaining positions of the parties relative to each other , taking into account ( among other things ) alternative means by which the customer 's requirements could have been met ; ( b ) whether the customer received an inducement to agree to the term , or in accepting it had an opportunity of entering into a similar contract with other persons , but without having to accept a similar term ; ( c ) whether the customer knew or ought reasonably to have known of the existence and extent of the term ( having regard , among other things , to any custom of the trade and any previous course of dealing between the parties ) ; ( d ) where the term excludes or restricts any relevant liability if some condition is not complied with , whether it was reasonable at the time of the contract to expect that compliance with that condition would be practicable ; ( e ) whether the goods were manufactured , processed or adapted to the special order of the customer . |
| 37 | Right thank you Mr Chairman erm I welcome the report and erm it 's good to see that er the observations of the inspector have been taken on board and professionally addressed , erm I 've come to expect that , take that for granted from er Chief Officers . |
| 38 | ‘ Andy makes crucial saves for us at vital times in matches and we have actually come to expect that of him , ’ said Gough . |
| 39 | People have come to expect that . |
| 40 | As far as I 'm concerned the person paying my salary has a right to expect total loyalty . ’ |
| 41 | If governments acted to remove some of the existing constraints to economic growth in DRAs it would be reasonable to expect private investors to move in from outside to exploit the opportunities thus created . |
| 42 | It is ill-advised to expect high-flying academics alone to provide the necessary raw material in our communications industry . |
| 43 | His lordship had called , indeed bellowed , so often over the last six months that George had come to expect little else . |
| 44 | However , try not to expect unrealistic changes . |
| 45 | ‘ Queen Street has always been one of the main access points to the beach and it is too far to expect old people to walk around the end of the development , ’ she added . |
| 46 | Social workers appear to expect few benefits to accrue from residential care . |
| 47 | Our own experiments with people 's ability to juggle credit-cost options give no reason to expect different results here . |
| 48 | At some level of expenditure it presumably becomes inequitable for a disabled person to expect public support for the more expensive domiciliary care if this means depriving someone else of care of any sort . |
| 49 | With the two crux pitches of VII apparently behind us , it seemed reasonable to expect some hidden jugs , as the guide promised moves of VI- . |
| 50 | But perhaps it is asking too much to expect some sort of articulated political goal — especially of the young adolescents who are responsible for the bulk of working-class crime . |
| 51 | After being taken over by the Catuvellauni they had a right to expect some restoration of their territories . |
| 52 | I had warned Klein to expect some inquisitive visitors either in London or at his home in Lugano where he spent his winters . |
| 53 | So far as adult education is concerned it would seem reasonable to expect some significant response to the women 's movement given the close association between adult education and popular political movements in the formative years , and also because women constitute the majority of students , in current adult education provision . |
| 54 | It would be just like her to expect some recompense for whoever caused the crash . |
| 55 | Does he agree that to stimulate demand within the United Kingdom home market , where problems exist on the retail side , the industry is entitled to expect some special attention from the Chancellor of the Exchequer at the next Budget , which could include a reduction in or the total elimination of the appalling 10 per cent . |
| 56 | Marcus seemed to expect this , though usually he had little to say to Ludens . |
| 57 | There are occasions when you get an odd fish that weighs a couple of pounds more or less than the average on that day , but to expect this to happen is foolhardy . |
| 58 | He seemed to expect this , and merely abused the audience back , spitting at them , skidding over on to his arse once , and drinking and slouching around the stage as if he were in his living room . |
| 59 | Fortunately her mother had been told to expect this and the reason for it was explained . |
| 60 | It would have been unreasonable of the author/translator to expect this item of information to remain in the reader 's consciousness after three intervening pages and an explicitly marked change of scene or topic . |