Example sentences of "[be] [adj] expect [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was accepted from the outset of the study that it would be unrealistic to expect changes to be made overnight , and that a gradual evolution to the desired state would be necessary . |
| 2 | Thus , it would be unrealistic to expect officials to be responsive to the market when their traditional activity has been conditioned by the need to follow statutes . |
| 3 | While it would be wrong to expect inspectors to use observation schedules ( on the grounds that they do not allow the inspectors to keep an open mind on what they observe ) , it is quite reasonable to ask that they be explicit about the evidence collected and its basis . |
| 4 | We would be foolish to expect leaders not to make any mistakes . |
| 5 | If the Revenue is unwilling to publish an annual list , the only practicable alternative is to base the charge on the cost of the car , since it would be burdensome to expect employers to work out this information for themselves . |
| 6 | Unfortunately , it would be unwise to expect managers of publicly owned firms to act in the selfless way modelled above . |
| 7 | You ca n't expect ordinary people in this situation to live like hermits , and it would be unreasonable to expect Charles and Diana to live like hermits . |
| 8 | In many instances , however , it would be unreasonable to expect people to be readily able to articulate the rules which guide their behaviour . |
| 9 | It would n't be realistic to expect Christmas to make up for three flat years , ’ commented Sue Butterworth at Silver Moon Bookshop on the Charing Cross Road . |
| 10 | The 3.1 million electors who gave those votes were entitled to expect representation , and they got it , in the form of 42 MdBs . |
| 11 | It may be that with a rent well into six figures it is unrealistic to expect directors to give guarantees and therefore the following amendment may be considered appropriate : |
| 12 | For example , although most retail grocery advertising in the UK used to consist of lists of prices , and consumers tended to expect it to do so , it is unrealistic to expect advertising to do the major job of communicating large numbers of prices , especially promotional prices , when this can be done far better by window bills and in-store display : there are few shoppers who analyse every available grocery ad before deciding where to shop . |
| 13 | It is unrealistic to expect Novell to spend money to develop Unix for the good of everybody at the expense of their own company . |
| 14 | It is unrealistic to expect Novell to spend money to develop Unix for the good of everybody at the expense of their own company . ’ |
| 15 | Nevertheless , it is unrealistic to expect clients always to seek advice on these matters from sources other than the building designer , and a basic knowledge of planning law , compensation and the individual vagaries in attitudes of planning authorities is often the basis of releasing latent development value which is of tangible benefit and for which the client is prepared to pay high rewards . |
| 16 | It is unrealistic to expect GPs to fund such studies , although some have been undertaken by central government ( Anderson , 1989 ) . |
| 17 | If the utilitarian looks at it in this way , he takes it as a criterion for an acceptable use of ethical words , and way of understanding moral judgement , that it should give them a factual content which is the only one which it is sensible to expect people in general to endorse as a sensible guide to acceptable conduct . |
| 18 | Nor would such a study have been given permission by the RUC , for it is utopian to expect police authorities in divided societies to open up these sections of their force to scrutiny and observation by outsiders . |
| 19 | He said : ‘ It is atrocious to expect businesses and parents to bail out schools . |
| 20 | However , I agree that it 's unreasonable to expect people to pay good money for a forecast that is no longer relevant and we shall look at ways of eliminating this problem . |
| 21 | It is ridiculous to expect people to put on hard hats to walk through the countryside . |
| 22 | He is , however , prepared to recognize that it is unreasonable to expect McDonald 's to make one p.p.m . |
| 23 | But even if that does not arise , it is unreasonable to expect care workers to accept without anxious questioning standards which fall far below those normally required . |
| 24 | The crowd is entitled to expect Ipswich to do well at home . |
| 25 | Lord Hope , the Lord Justice-General , said : ‘ Banks in this country and their employees are entitled to expect support from the court and they will receive that support . |
| 26 | Other actors are entitled to expect Y to live up to them , even if they would be wise not to count on it when temptations arise . |
| 27 | ( iv ) Time limits.In assessing the reasonableness of clauses which require compliance with procedural requirements , such as imposing time limits on notification of claims , the court will consider whether , at the time the contract was made , it was reasonable to expect compliance with the term . |
| 28 | Discouraged , Jinny bent to her picking , telling herself that she was stupid to expect faces at the window or dramatic voices calling . |
| 29 | There were , however , some times of the year when it was unreasonable to expect farmers to leave the farm work for training courses . |
| 30 | Democrats , whilst welcoming Bush 's retreat on the tax issue , argued that it was unreasonable to expect Democrats to associate themselves with spending cuts and tax increases , if they could not be certain that the President could hold his own party to such a deal . |