Example sentences of "[adv] expect [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That is to say , for 100 feet of water one could only expect 240 feet of sediment of normal density . |
| 2 | The organisation concerned would normally expect these roles to be occupied by men . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | We once set a case involving a highly seasonal business which ended up with no cash , a big overdraft , lots of creditors and no hope of any more revenue for at least six months : those students who did n't recognize that some pretty drastic immediate action was required ( surprisingly , there were several ) could n't reasonably expect any marks ! |
| 6 | Some 70 per cent of Borders properties can also expect reduced demands for water tax . |
| 7 | 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 ) . |
| 8 | We must therefore expect certain aspects of computer design to reappear throughout the book , to be seen from a slightly different angle each time . |