Example sentences of "[adj] expect [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because of the scale of the need , the limitations of staff and resources and the pressure of other work it is unrealistic to expect that local authorities could provide a comprehensive training programme immediately . |
| 2 | It is , perhaps , unrealistic to expect all these roles and responsibilities to be vested in the one person of the fertility counsellor , who works in an underfunded area of treatment where resources are continually diminishing . |
| 3 | To a modern mind , accustomed to expect that important decisions will be communicated without delay to those whom they concern , such a lack of businesslike habits is almost incredible . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | It will be based in two contrasting urban regions , in that it seems reasonable to expect wide local and regional variations in established working practices and in the pattern of inter-agency linkages . |
| 6 | Whilst not expressly stated here , it is reasonable to expect that MAS will monitor the overall progress of the search initiative and , specifically , will provide informal valuations of potential targets when called upon to do so . |
| 7 | Doubtless these were given too little weight because it was reasonable to expect that tidal forces of the Sun had given Mercury synchronous rotation . |
| 8 | It is reasonable to expect that public attitudes and beliefs about attempted suicide will affect its incidence . |
| 9 | 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- . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Since Middle Devonian shelf-edge reefs with stromataporoids and corals outcrop in Devon ( House et al. 1977 ) , it is reasonable to expect these potential reservoirs to occur in the subsurface of the intervening tract . |
| 12 | Not until the appearance in United Nations World , dated May 1951 , of an article by Professor Hans Thirring , entitled ‘ Is Peron 's A-bomb a swindle ? ’ , was Richter spurred to put pen to paper But his rejoinder , ‘ Argentina has no atom bomb ’ in the July issue of that journal , was a disappointment to those expecting some scientific enlightenment . |
| 13 | It would be unreasonable to expect easy co-operative motion along the entire polymer chain , but as there is normally some degree of flexibility in the chain , local segmental motion can take place more readily . |
| 14 | If a star could collapse to such a small size , it is not unreasonable to expect that other stars could collapse to even smaller size and become black holes . |
| 15 | 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 . |