Example sentences of "[conj] expect [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is no classical explanation for the slowing down ; however , the rate of energy loss is exactly that expected via gravitational radiation . |
| 2 | Inevitably this procedure , in the early years , worked less than smoothly , with budgets drawn up hurriedly under the pressure of reorganisation , and the Ministry being quite glad on occasion if they were exceeded , since this simply meant that the industry had achieved more than expected with limited physical resources . |
| 3 | President Bush has won the New Hampshire Republican primary by a narrower margin than expected after tough competition from the Right-winger , Pat Buchanan . |
| 4 | On the one hand , the laity would not understand the complexity of the issues because of their poor understanding of Christian doctrine and the intricacies of morality ; on the other , the area of the sacred in the political arena was clearly defined , and clear guidance from the clerical church was both necessary and expected by good Christian politicians . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | It is a possibility which should always be borne in mind when neck spasm is being treated , particularly if it does not respond as expected to tension-release techniques . |
| 7 | A sequential connectivity pathway is observed between aromatic and H1' protons , and between aromatic and H2' , H2 protons ( data not shown ) as expected for right-handed helical DNA . |
| 8 | CONTROLS on imported fish will be enforced more strictly , the European Commission confirmed yesterday in Brussels , as expected after recent protests by Scottish , Welsh , English and French fishermen against cheap imports , mainly from Russian ships . |