Example sentences of "[adv] expect a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The less expected a choice , the more marked it is and the more meaning it carries ; the more expected , the less marked it is and the less significance it will have . |
| 2 | Tae kwon do is the Korean art of self-defence and Britain 's rather good at it , so expect a lot of that on your screens . |
| 3 | On the other hand , people naturally expected a return to prewar " normality " — prewar living standards , the old way of life , and elements , at least , of the old political system . |
| 4 | Two hundred separate regulations have been introduced since nineteen seventy eight but factory inspectors have been severely cut where the average workplace now can only expect a visit once every eleven years that 's why we 've got ta get a backup service right right for our sa safety representatives . |
| 5 | ‘ Well , one naturally expects a cattery to be more austere , ’ said Mark . |
| 6 | It is important not to be brutal in this respect : one can not expect a puppy to go all through the night and be clean in the morning — it is physically impossible . |
| 7 | We would therefore not expect a yield curve to be constructed using both government and corporate bonds , since these would be from different risk classes . |
| 8 | You can not expect a reference book to be quite as gripping as an adventure novel , but all the same I read it cover to cover . |
| 9 | Normally you 'd not expect a problem in those circumstances . |
| 10 | Viktor Chernomyrdin , the prime minister and leading Gosplanner , said before the referendum that he did not expect a majority to support Mr Yeltsin 's economic policies . |
| 11 | The mind does not expect a swallow until after a chew so now I chew a small piece of biscuit and then pop in the Paracetamol and swallow without difficulty . |
| 12 | With goals so limited , one should not expect a revolution in residential environments to emerge from current British research . |
| 13 | He said that one would not expect a person found guilty of treating their own child cruelly to be allowed their liberty at once . |
| 14 | But if expectations are rationally formed , the government can not expect a policy of linking the change in the money supply to the previous price level to succeed , for people will not be fooled by it . |
| 15 | If you have had a weight problem for a long time , do not expect a miracle in a few weeks . |
| 16 | In Lamb , above , the accused pulled the trigger of a gun and killed his best friend , but there was no assault because both did not expect a bullet to come out of the barrel . |
| 17 | Since the subjects in Study 2 did not expect a recognition phase it was clearly not sufficient to simply repeat the study without subjects making any judgments , instead judgment tasks had to be found that were not related to risk and were still sufficiently engaging for subjects not to suspect a memory test afterwards . |
| 18 | In the Muslim republics , nationalism was espoused first and foremost by fundamentalist religious groups from which the urban population did not expect a market economy and democracy . |
| 19 | Officials insisted they did not expect a Cabinet reshuffle . |
| 20 | I would not expect an angler to hit , or even see , every bite he has on a swing-tip the first time he uses one . |
| 21 | Clearly it is not every year that the government introduces massive changes to social security legislation and the IPG would not expect an exercise of this size again for many years . |
| 22 | He could not see me behind the curtains , and clearly did not expect an answer . |
| 23 | A rhetorical question is a question you ask in order to create an effect ; you do not expect an answer and instead offer one yourself . |
| 24 | The brake and clutch are too close together for my modest size sevens , and there 's a huge foot-rest where I would normally expect a clutch pedal . |
| 25 | By contrast one can normally expect a mini to have good on-line facilities . |
| 26 | Taxi drivers on the resort island of Jerba , close to the Libyan border , are already expecting a windfall from the transit of foreigners working in Libya . |
| 27 | It therefore makes sense to use kicks judiciously only when there is a clear opening and the opponent is not expecting a kick . |
| 28 | " You are not expecting a child by any chance , are you ? " |
| 29 | ‘ Or does , whoever the person in question is — of course , I 'm not expecting a name — reciprocate the passion ? ’ |
| 30 | ‘ I was not expecting a visitor ! ’ |