Example sentences of "[noun sg] expect its [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The council expects its censure or serious criticism ‘ to discredit editors and journalists at whom it is aimed and to be weighed by their employers ’ .
2 The noise of the van receded and Forester expected its place to be taken by the measured squeak and clank of the old machine , a sound that he 'd so far heard only through still air at a distance .
3 It is not , therefore , unreasonable for the Church to expect its musicians to have natural musical talents , some training and an adequate technique .
4 This reversal of earlier antislavery history in which London-based committees had sought to mobilise the provinces from their self-anointed positions of leadership was a sign that an aroused antislavery public expected its demands to override tendencies to parliamentary compromise and to render manoeuvre within virtually irrelevant .
5 Although Concurrent 's Series 3200 proprietary machines provide about two thirds of sales , the company expects its Unix line to take over .
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