Example sentences of "[pron] expect [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Reviewers would put ‘ When I first heard the name I expected four guys in Factory haircuts ’ . |
| 2 | This is version one of what promises to be one of the leading packages in this field , and , given that that is the case , I expect future versions to add greatly to its functionality . |
| 3 | But I expect many others to work on them after me and analyse them in their turn . |
| 4 | I expect many mothers have had the experience of standing at the sink washing and re-washing dishes because a teenage son or daughter is standing in the kitchen talking about something important , and once the dish-washing is over , he or she will go away . |
| 5 | TECs will have responsibility for the initiative , and I expect many bids . |
| 6 | I expect amazing revelations — a scoop ! ’ |
| 7 | I expect six hours |
| 8 | I expect most women of your age have had lovers ; not so many would admit it . ’ |
| 9 | His vision of the future also included a reduction in university support services for authors ; fewer editors working on more books ; cheaper typesetting and data processing costs ; significantly reduced print runs ( ‘ I expect 50 copies will be considered a large run for some titles ’ ) ; electronic customer catalogues ; improved customer service ; a merging of the jobs of copy editor , designer and production controller ; and dramatically improved distribution ( ‘ the 10 minute book run off locally in the shop could soon be a reality ’ ) . |
| 10 | I expect further applications to come in during the next year and , with time , a growing number of applications as the benefits are seen to come through . |
| 11 | Anyway , why should n't I expect high standards from them ? |
| 12 | Words to be underlined are " bracketed " with ∘S The program produces an output file suitable for a printer which expects such words to be bracketed by ∘Y . |
| 13 | Fifty thousand went to America last year , the stricter regulations there have switched attention to Israel , which expects three quarters of a million in the next five years . |
| 14 | Since their work on cats had conditioned them to expect all parts of the visual cortex to contain orientation selective cells this oversight is , perhaps , understandable . |
| 15 | ‘ We are going to Liverpool at just the right time and there 's no reason for them to expect any favours from us . ’ |
| 16 | The price of this pragmatism has been to disappoint those who expected radical changes after Independence . |
| 17 | You expect such tactics with cars nearing the end of their life , not with models just months old . |
| 18 | When you plug in a Ricky you expect certain things — not too much power but tons of friendly jangle and loads of character . |
| 19 | If you expect larger numbers of simultaneous QA activities , increase this parameter before running CREFDL . |
| 20 | It is a tough game , you expect these things . |
| 21 | Secretary or even Chairman before you expect these distinctions . |
| 22 | You expect most candidates to make you offers and promises — that would be the old way . |
| 23 | Using the information above , for what purposes would you expect particular lorries and cars to be travelling on the M8 , either way between Glasgow and Livingston ? |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | We expect great things of you . ’ |
| 26 | We expect all horses that are well looked after to be cheerful , but like people , some display it more than others . |
| 27 | We expect all parents to support our aims fully and to uphold our Catholic ethos . |
| 28 | We must start to define where we expect genuine refugees to come from . |
| 29 | It 's a wonderful place to work , and we expect more surprises . ’ |
| 30 | I confirm that there is still time for organisations to respond to our proposals and we expect more representations during the consultation period . |