Example sentences of "[modal v] [adv] expect [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We must therefore expect certain aspects of computer design to reappear throughout the book , to be seen from a slightly different angle each time . |
| 2 | They 'll hardly expect separate cards from the two of us , though since you 're likely to be sending them one it would n't hurt to add my name to yours . |
| 3 | Granted the intriguing premise , one might reasonably expect some attempt to probe the morality of a privatised police force , and of a society which allows someone like Kuffs to buy and use firearms as casually as he does here , but no . |
| 4 | We might also expect that , unlike university students , the polytechnic students are given an increased awareness of the social nature of science , as the CNAA has made a ‘ science and society ’ type module compulsory on science courses . |
| 5 | ‘ Then he 'll surely expect some sort of explanation from me , ’ Harry said quietly . |
| 6 | Finally , where there are important divisions between kinds of culture and society , one might well expect systematic differences between the associated languages for example , it is likely that literacy has systematic effects on the lexical , syntactic and semantic structure of languages , even if these have never been spelt out ( see Goody , 1977 ) . |
| 7 | We might then expect that final rather than initial position in the clause is where prominence can be achieved . |
| 8 | We might therefore expect these works to conform in some way to established taste , but it does not follow , as many of Wordsworth 's later disciples were prone to assume that anything in heroic couplets is necessarily bad ; in fact , many passages from these poems compare quite favourably with Wordsworth 's eighteenth-century predecessors . |
| 9 | This Christian Socialist , dedicated to equal shares and to soaking the rich ( who included his own family ) , was accepted and frostily admired as an incorruptible thorn in the nation 's conscience , forever reminding them that there was no jam today and they could only expect some tomorrow if they had earned it . |
| 10 | That is to say , for 100 feet of water one could only expect 240 feet of sediment of normal density . |
| 11 | It is not sufficient that someone had an opportunity to examine the goods , it must be shown that the manufacturer could reasonably expect that person to make an examination . |
| 12 | Mrs Mitchell added : ‘ When you move into a new house you could reasonably expect all the locks to work . |
| 13 | Moscow could also expect Iraqi interest in Brezhnev 's initiative since Baghdad had floated a ‘ Pan-Arab Charter ’ early in 1980 , which inter alia had asserted the need to keep the Gulf free from all superpower bases . |
| 14 | But City law firm Berwin Leighton , acting for the National Union of Journalists and the Graphical Paper and Media Union , said yesterday that all fund members could now expect full payment . |
| 15 | As the number of jobs in manufacturing has fallen , people who could previously expect full-time work have found themselves excluded from paid employment , often for considerable periods . |
| 16 | You may also expect more love and support than of late . |
| 17 | This is not to overlook , however , the fact that the parties to these relationships , may legitimately expect some form of sexual gratification from their partners and should have grounds for complaint if it were denied . |
| 18 | The organisation concerned would normally expect these roles to be occupied by men . |
| 19 | In an interspecies cross like the mule one would always expect marked differences between the two parents ' white cell antigens , and on the analogy with humans , habitual abortions should be rare . |
| 20 | Even if labour moves between firms , they carry with them more skill and experience than a new recruit and may therefore expect this to be rewarded . |
| 21 | So not every teacher was one hundred per cent successful with mixed ability teaching , but I do n't think one can ever expect that with a new method and I think now that the system has been running for a number of years in the school that it 's possible for each department to support new members of staff and introduce them to the appropriate methods and approaches to mixed ability classes . |
| 22 | So , not every teacher was one hundred per cent successful with mixed ability teaching , but I do n't think one can ever expect that with a new method . |
| 23 | If he condemns people who are outperforming his members , he can hardly expect much respect for their standards . |
| 24 | Such a thing is certainly not to be found on this earth ; yet those who pick to pieces the open texture or verbal infelicities of an international Convention rarely pause to consider how , when legislation prepared in a single legal system is generally so verbose , obscure , and generally badly drafted , one can reasonably expect more of the product of many hands drawn from widely differing legal systems with different cultures , legal structures , and methods of legal reasoning and decision-making , entailing maximum flexibility , co-operation , and compromise . |
| 25 | Some 70 per cent of Borders properties can also expect reduced demands for water tax . |
| 26 | Any answer to this question depends very much on how many workers can realistically expect permanent employment and in what sense pay is related to age . |
| 27 | From the heat death of our Universe we can therefore expect another universe to spring . |