Example sentences of "[modal v] expect [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where management rewards in publicly owned concerns are institutionally determined , we should expect such concerns to perform less well than privately owned firms in which salaries relate to performance . |
| 2 | The evidence presented in Tables 9.3 and 9.4 lends weight to the statement that being less risky we should expect less return from fixed interest investments whichever country is being considered . |
| 3 | Without bitterness , but with five years ' experience , Lord Wilson said yesterday : ‘ No Governor should expect this job to be a bed of roses or to get plaudits or easy popularity . |
| 4 | It seems we should expect another DEC Alpha AXP box in between Jensen and Triumph : this one 's code named Morgan , after still another English sports car . |
| 5 | We must expect another visit fast . |
| 6 | First that , in the absence of special strengths , and on the basis of external restraints , we might expect such companies to perform worse than a plc . |
| 7 | Having seen that there is an a priori case for some governmental interference , we will pass on in chapter 3 to applications of the theory of the firm to regulated situations — how we might expect such firms to behave . |
| 8 | However , one might expect such opportunities to become more widespread as the number of such children supported in mainstream continues to grow . |
| 9 | If , however , the vertical axis is defined as attainable competitive strength , then one might expect most investment to take place in the top left corner . |
| 10 | The use of inappropriate forms of assessment to grade and rank-order pupils ' work for the purpose of making comparisons or to achieve so-called ‘ unified standards ’ is illustrated by the worst abuses of norm-referencing , which has been roundly and justifiably criticized by many writers , even in those areas of the curriculum where one might expect this system to be welcomed . |
| 11 | Examples are too numerous to list , but a particularly telling one from members of our own profession , where one might expect some awareness , can serve . |
| 12 | Though you might expect some echoes of a Telecaster or a Les Paul Junior , it actually sounds like neither . |
| 13 | Not surprisingly these features are principally confined to the cities of the province , though we might expect some form of provision at those sites where water transport clearly played a part in moving bulky products like building stone or pottery ( p. 43 ) . |
| 14 | Thus , using a plural in a continuation based on the verb + with conditions , where we might expect some sort of strain , does indeed produce a reliably higher number of continuations using both . |
| 15 | Coming from the lead guitarist in a band who 've only just released their second single , you 'd expect such remarks to be taken with a hefty pinch of salt . |
| 16 | Normally we 'd expect these buoys to move west in the south equatorial current under the influence of the south easterly trade winds but during alminio winds become weak and westerly and buoys putting off the coast of Peru seemed to wander about aimlessly . |
| 17 | It does n't have error correction or data compression and for £249 , I 'd expect these features to be standard . |
| 18 | Sukarno and his associates could expect little sympathy from the returning Allies ; surely then the Dutch would be restored ? |
| 19 | This reading of silences depends on the argument that the companionate ideal of marriage developed first among the privileged classes , and that in the eighteenth century lower class women could expect little affection in marriage . |
| 20 | Nicholson wondered , if the snow came , what he could expect this time . |
| 21 | Another Friday 13th was approaching so I was certain we could expect another move , maybe the big one . |
| 22 | As for Mark Crowe , the Argus sport and nature ramble hack , well , I thought I could expect some loyalty there . |
| 23 | Clearly , we could expect some sort of boundary indication , such as a pause , to occur long before the end of this utterance . |
| 24 | One would expect such energy to earn him the approval of the Nazarean hierarchy in Jerusalem . |
| 25 | One would expect such issues to be handled in the training , both pre- and in-service , of all teachers , but our collective experiences and the responses received to the main LITE questionnaire suggest that they are not . |
| 26 | Erm I , I just get this feeling , you know one would expect that year eleven is a reasonable way of working out what the , the sort of workload is , and you would think that special needs would actually be something that really related quite nicely |
| 27 | The programme never described him as such , though he certainly wields the authority you would expect that title would give him . |
| 28 | Our farm has shown growth right from grandfather 's day in 1921 and I would expect that growth would continue . |
| 29 | Now we would expect that justification to emerge from this examination and in due course to be embodied in the er lower case script for the alteration itself . |
| 30 | One would expect some cases to get widespread coverage , especially when there is serious re-offending after a previous life sentence . |