Example sentences of "[noun] [modal v] expect [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A child who suffers abuse at the hand of a stranger can expect comfort and protection from his or her family ; incest victims often have no-one to whom to turn — those who should support have been the cause of suffering . ’ |
| 2 | Drivers can expect delays and congestion when the Gateshead viaduct is closed for six months for re-waterproofing . |
| 3 | However , in a special supplement on the impact of the Gulf crisis , published in September 1990 , the IMF suggested that if the price of oil stabilized at $25 a barrel , the industrialized countries could expect growth to be cut by a further 0.25 per cent to 2.5 per cent for 1990 . |
| 4 | But he believed that pacifism could expect support from all the major vested interests in a modern capitalist society . |
| 5 | Commuters can expect delays on the Northern Lane service tonight due to a technical problems at Sandhills and an incident at Moorfields . |
| 6 | So , taking account of the polonium , local people relying mainly on local milk , meat and vegetables could expect doses over a period of a couple of years of about 4 to 15 rems ; more incidentally , than people at Hiroshima within 2 km of the bomb . |
| 7 | Purchaser would expect Vendor to deal in good faith ; failure to notify might amount to fraud and would prejudice Purchaser 's rights of rescission ( if any ) . |
| 8 | Flat rate farmers will not be required to keep detailed records , but Customs would expect paperwork to be available if a check of transactions became necessary . |
| 9 | On the one hand she thought she would possibly enjoy a hour 's gardening when she came home from work and that it would help her unwind , but on the other hand her adult children and her husband would expect tea at 6 p.m . |
| 10 | Last night an executive director of Bond Corp , Peter Lucas , attacked the NAB move : ‘ If that 's the way business can expect bankers to behave , God help Australia . ’ |
| 11 | Men 's movement gurus might expect Lowe to turn on Mom , but he does n't . |
| 12 | Even in a socialist country like Tanzania , however committed one may be to the abolition of privilege in society , there is no arguing with the fact that young people with secondary and higher education can expect life to bring them a richer and more interesting experience than it does to the primary school leaver . |
| 13 | This means that German coal producers can expect DM 550 million as coking coal aid and DM 184 million as investment help in 1984 but the government has expressed a disinclination to subsidise exports , which it plans to phase out . |
| 14 | Also in relation to the United States , Brody ( 1981 ) offers evidence from a three-generation study of women that the youngest generation felt more strongly than the other two about ‘ grandfilial responsibility ’ , three-quarters of them saying that older people should expect help from their grandchildren , whereas less than a quarter of the oldest generation took this view . |
| 15 | This view is hedged about with reservations — and indeed few parents who know both their children 's capacities and their teachers ' helpfulness will expect schools to be measured entirely in this way . |
| 16 | The parishioner could expect relief " in sickness , infirmity and in old age , in unemployment or inadequate wages " . |
| 17 | Similarly , teachers will expect girls to exhibit the demure , ladylike attributes of the female role , and to be interested in boys and fashion , but they castigate overt expressions of femininity or sexual allure , and are quick to label girls ‘ sluts ’ and ‘ bitches ’ . |
| 18 | Boats fishing the Goodwins Sands can expect codling , thornback ray , whiting and dabs . |
| 19 | Gold card insurees can expect cover for : 26 weeks ' hospital and nursing home accommodation ; operating theatre fees , including the surgeon and anaesthetist ; in-patient consultant fees , drugs and dressings ; in and out-patient specialist services ; accommodation for one parent if an insured child is under nine ; home nursing cover ; private ambulance cover ; £30 in daily NHS cash benefits and maternity benefits of £100 . |
| 20 | Landlords of private accommodation may expect rents paid throughout the vacations even if you 're not resident . |
| 21 | Indeed , oftentimes a doctor may expect trust without himself reciprocating , in that , for example , he will choose not to tell his patient certain facts , on the paternalistic premiss that the patient is better off not knowing . |
| 22 | This summer , Mr Clarke will expect Michael Portillo , the Treasury secretary and hatchet-man , and Peter Lilley , the social-security secretary , to set about planning the cuts , along with a drastic revamping of the welfare system . |
| 23 | People with AIDS or HIV infection can expect progress in therapy against HIV and the conditions found in AIDS — anti-viral drugs like Zidovudine are in use . |
| 24 | Tours backed RUGBY UNION : Australia and New Zealand can expect government approval to play against South Africa . |
| 25 | The NCC said that at best one in seven problem debtors can expect help from money advice centres . |
| 26 | Expatriates returning home at the end of their tour of duty can expect payment of travel expenses to their homes and hotel accommodation if necessary . |
| 27 | The Christians were beholden to the Syrians for this service — for the moment at least — and thus the Syrians could expect compliance from them . |