Example sentences of "[adv] expect a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Two hundred separate regulations have been introduced since nineteen seventy eight but factory inspectors have been severely cut where the average workplace now can only expect a visit once every eleven years that 's why we 've got ta get a backup service right right for our sa safety representatives . |
| 2 | The brake and clutch are too close together for my modest size sevens , and there 's a huge foot-rest where I would normally expect a clutch pedal . |
| 3 | By contrast one can normally expect a mini to have good on-line facilities . |
| 4 | How could she possibly expect a girl of Cissie 's years to understand how a woman could love so deeply that there seemed no shame in it at all ? |
| 5 | ‘ They ca n't possibly expect an answer . ’ |
| 6 | We would usually expect a book such as Suckers to sell around 1,500 copies , but we now expect it so sell substantially more than that . ’ |
| 7 | If you do decide to stop before this happens , perhaps someone else can put him to bed , so he does n't automatically expect a breastfeed before going to sleep . |
| 8 | In the case of a young man of 25 in a managerial or professional occupation with good job prospects one could reasonably expect a multiplier of 17 or 18 . |
| 9 | Of the higher officers of state in the fourteenth century most were in holy orders and many could reasonably expect a bishopric as the reward of their secular labours . |
| 10 | So , if the rational person thinks that the aggregate demand curve will be at AD 1 he must also expect a price level of P 2 . |
| 11 | But here one may also expect a degree of individual variation . |
| 12 | Additional targets set by Minister for Social Security Peter Lilley include : the identification of at least 40,000 extra self-employed people who should be registered ; a £12m increase in returns from identified Class 1 NI underpayments ; a £13.3m increase in payments of arrears ; and efficiency savings of £2.6m. 95% of customers can also expect a response to their enquiries within 10 working days . |
| 13 | One would also expect a difference in attitudes between general managers of state corporations and those of transnationals . |
| 14 | According to Robert Half and Accountemps , based in the South of England , a newly qualified in Greater London can now expect a starting salary of £28,000 in commerce and industry and up to £26,000 in public practice . |
| 15 | The Old Testament prophet Jeremiah was right when he said of an unlikely event that you might as well expect a leopard to change its spots . |
| 16 | In a declining market one might well expect a business that had earlier established a dominant share position to be able to trade on this position in the short run and increase prices and profits , because rivals are unlikely to come into the market or compete strongly for market share . |
| 17 | ‘ If I had n't replied to a client for five months I would almost expect a visit from them in response to a complaint ! ’ |
| 18 | One would therefore expect a system of massive objects to settle down eventually to a stationary state , because the energy in any movement would be carried away by the emission of gravitational waves . |