Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] as expect " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I am to be questioned and interfered with and hounded , not to be left , doing a job of work the way I choose , a necessary job , a job our sister has made tediously inevitable , a job the result of which may save us from potential disgrace , even if we can not go so far as to expect it to improve our situation out of all recognition . |
| 2 | Studies previous to the Sadler/Spencer survey have concentrated , for the most part , on attitudes to domestic energy conservation , in an attempt to discover why programmes aimed at promoting conservation have not been taken up as widely as expected and hoped . |
| 3 | The early months were marred by the failure of the economy to pick up as quickly as expected after the election . |
| 4 | New captain Terry Moncur and Alabaster both won in the afternoon singles , though not as handsomely as expected , but only Kenny Breeze managed to score points thereafter . |
| 5 | This sector of the market has not expanded as rapidly as expected . |
| 6 | To start with , some of the power stations have significantly failed to operate as efficiently as expected . |
| 7 | Policies in Botswana have not worked out as smoothly as expected . |
| 8 | Thames Water says demand for supplies is n't growing as fast as expected . |
| 9 | High average wind speeds tend to stunt the upward growth of plants and encourage the lateral growth of dwarf forms , e.g. of Calluna vulgaris or Juniperus communis , though prostrate forms of the former are not encountered as frequently as expected on exposed mountain plateaux . |