Example sentences of "[vb mod] expect [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Time was when such books could expect reasonable sales . |
| 32 | Their resources were considerable ; not only did they have vast incomes from taxation and from their own estates , but also they could expect considerable quantities of tribute from the subject peoples east of the Rhine and elsewhere . |
| 33 | Although we could expect considerable improvement in front-end processing , we were unlikely ever to have a phoneme lattice which reflected exactly both what the speaker said and the pronunciations in the lexicon . |
| 34 | She made Johnson feel doubly at home , as she had ‘ lived many years in England ’ , therefore he could expect English manners and sense of comfort . |
| 35 | One would expect existing sentence patterns to be stabilised in use , and to be only minimally disturbed upon being combined to form more complex syntactic units . |
| 36 | If the contention of Pollak and others is correct that the roles of women reduce the public display of deviance , then it is indeed in such ‘ private ’ areas that one would expect female forms of deviance to be located . |
| 37 | This is reasonable , as one would expect deaf people in the USA to have been using some sign language before the imported use of FSL . |
| 38 | If interest is earned in a separate account from the cheque account I would expect automatic transfers to keep the cheque account at an agreed limit . |
| 39 | We would expect temporary workers employed on open-ended contracts to do so as well . |
| 40 | It is , however , because religion is about the archaic heritage of humanity , and involves relations with parent figures , particularly the father , that one would expect emotional reactions to the subject ; either religion is the most important part of life , and immune to scientific investigation for that reason , or it is too trivial to be worth a working scientist 's time . |
| 41 | It said in a statement that ’ in future , if any any competitor is found to have traces of Clenbuterol in his urine , we would expect disciplinary action by the weighlifter 's association . ’ |
| 42 | He pointed out that Mr Evans ' salary was many times higher than that of the Prime Minister and that massive increases meant others would expect similar rises . |
| 43 | Although the blood groups of the parents are almost certainly incompatible , one would expect diseased foals to be very exceptional because the first offspring is rarely affected . |
| 44 | Similarly , if score A has a positive Z score then we would expect variable B to have a variable Z score . |
| 45 | From what we know about their audience and their content , we would expect major differences between the influence of television and the influence of the press , and major differences also between the influence of highbrow and lowbrow sources . |
| 46 | Where hedges become very interesting , and suggest a huge meadow of fresh research , is when they appear in contexts where a priori we would expect total precision , such as in scientific lectures . |
| 47 | Williams , who saw his initial Derby prospect , Pond Tornado , eliminated , said : ‘ I would expect New Level to win his heat but Pond Pavarotti is on a wing and a prayer . |
| 48 | One would expect extra income to matter more as the unemployment spell lengthens and benefits get reduced . |
| 49 | Just how that 's going to be accomplished we do n't know , we 're not party to the discussions , we understand that the Greater York authorities do plan to meet shortly after the end of this examination , but just what further work is necessary before they then get onto the location aspects we do n't know about that , all I would say is that we would expect final plan to have the general location of a new settlement embodied in in that plan before it is approved . |
| 50 | One would expect self-selected leisure activities to be different from and complementary to those at work . |
| 51 | If the two sets of scores are positively correlated , then we would expect positive Z scores to occur together and similarly negative Z scores should be paired . |
| 52 | One would expect natural selection to have eliminated the characteristic . |
| 53 | Even against the estate , the ride/handling/steering/braking package is by far the most convincing , as you would expect given SVE 's involvement . |
| 54 | But we would expect potential partners to be sympathetic , because surely healthy and sustainable stocks are to the advantage of everyone with a long-term interest in Namibia 's fisheries . ’ |
| 55 | We would expect different groups involved in the policy process to have power on different issues . |
| 56 | In newer areas one would expect main roads to form boundaries , yet residential areas in the past were often arranged around the town centre along major roads , so that in older areas a distributor with shops on either side may even form the centre of a residential district . |
| 57 | In drawing these three threads together , it is fair to say that if , as we have shown , the Spirit is the Spirit of Jesus , we shall expect similar marks in the Church of our age and every age as the Spirit displayed in the life of our Lord . |
| 58 | Hello darling , come on I said to her when she goes back to Tumbletots I shall expect big things of her . |
| 59 | It is generally assumed that ‘ control ’ is a desirable feature and therefore has an additional premium value , ie purchasers will pay extra to acquire control and vendors will expect extra money to relinquish control . |
| 60 | This view of the role of voluntary organisations and of their relationships with local authorities is endorsed in the White Paper which states that the government ‘ will expect public funding agencies to develop an increasingly contractual relationship with the voluntary bodies they fund ’ . |