Example sentences of "[pron] expect [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Instead for many , many years there has been in Channel 4 a culture , which allowed you to expect these matters to be dealt with properly , without being made to feel that you were being perverse in raising the issue yet again or that you were making a point or a special case . |
| 32 | Are you expecting any violence ? |
| 33 | anyone who expects this book to be a treatise on the history of landscape painting will be disappointed … in spite of copious rewriting , lectures these pages remain . |
| 34 | We expected little advertising support for the first effort in our new format but it came anyway on the strength of our description . |
| 35 | From what we already knew about its audiences and programme content , we expected that television would have a stronger influence on public information and perceptions than on public attitudes and choices ; while the press , particularly the mass-selling tabloids , would have a stronger influence on public attitudes and choices than on public information and perceptions . |
| 36 | Anyway , at Stevenage Town Hall we told Ralph that we expected some money for these . |
| 37 | We expect all horses that are well looked after to be cheerful , but like people , some display it more than others . |
| 38 | We expect all parents to support our aims fully and to uphold our Catholic ethos . |
| 39 | Not only that but we expect that reward to be a fair and just one . |
| 40 | As the contraction programmes already announced take effect , we expect that employee numbers will continue to fall . |
| 41 | If we work extra hard for our employers we expect some kind of reward in return . |
| 42 | We expect some account of Sicilian civilization and resources , some description of the fortifications of Syracuse , the temples ( an index of prosperity ) of Akragas , or the revenues derived from the subjugated interior ; something , in fact , like Herodotus book ii , about Egypt , which introduced the invasion by the Persian king Kambyses . |
| 43 | ‘ We 're now asking them to accept a revised model and we expect some opposition . ’ |
| 44 | ‘ A number of distinguished engineers have been Whitworth Scholars , and we expect this year 's award winners to be high achievers in their subsequent careers , ’ he said . |
| 45 | How do you know whether anything has been a success , or whether you 're doing anything right , unless you ask , and we expect this rationale to follow through into our community investment programme . |
| 46 | We expect this exhibition to be of particular interest to sports administrators and physiotherapists . |
| 47 | It 's a wonderful place to work , and we expect more surprises . ’ |
| 48 | I confirm that there is still time for organisations to respond to our proposals and we expect more representations during the consultation period . |
| 49 | Hence , if the neutral theory is true , we expect those proteins with the most complex and precise functions to evolve slowest . |
| 50 | Should the ensuing insomnia mean dropping off during the day , then again you will be awakened , this time by real Hercules transport planes — Elveden Forest , being in East Anglia , is very close to numerous air-bases and so many jets scream overhead that one expects any minute to bump into a tight-lipped Kate Adie dressed in camouflage fatigues . |
| 51 | If one buys a house near a railway line , one expects some disturbance from it , and that is a factor which will no doubt be reflected in the price . |
| 52 | No one expects this rump of a service to be viable . |
| 53 | Here they expect that coal will be available nearby for long into the future . |
| 54 | In the case of major company resources it is fair to say that the very large companies invest millions in their computer systems and they expect these systems to have a life span of at least a decade . |
| 55 | But if they do n't , if they break it or that then er they expect some trouble . |
| 56 | It would be just like her to expect some recompense for whoever caused the crash . |
| 57 | In a budget report presented in mid-1990 , the Minister of Finance , Kinza Clodumar , said that he expected that phosphate royalties would drop by A$10,000,000 from the 1989-90 figure of A$25,000,000 . |
| 58 | Dr Neil was not in any way surprised at McAllister 's reaction to his lovemaking ; he expected such modesty from a well brought up young girl , and her arms around his neck , her timid responses , fluttering though they were , told him that she felt for him what he felt for her , and further inflamed his own passion , while warning him to go gently . |
| 59 | Bolger took office on Oct. 28 and announced his new 18-member Cabinet on Nov. 1 , using the occasion to stress that he expected all Ministers to observe the tradition of collective responsibility . |
| 60 | After a meeting with umpires Steve Randell and Terry Prue , Subba Row said in a statement that he expected all players to adhere to proper standards of behaviour . |