Example sentences of "[vb mod] expect [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The evidence presented in Tables 9.3 and 9.4 lends weight to the statement that being less risky we should expect less return from fixed interest investments whichever country is being considered . |
| 2 | Without bitterness , but with five years ' experience , Lord Wilson said yesterday : ‘ No Governor should expect this job to be a bed of roses or to get plaudits or easy popularity . |
| 3 | We must expect another visit fast . |
| 4 | If , however , the vertical axis is defined as attainable competitive strength , then one might expect most investment to take place in the top left corner . |
| 5 | The use of inappropriate forms of assessment to grade and rank-order pupils ' work for the purpose of making comparisons or to achieve so-called ‘ unified standards ’ is illustrated by the worst abuses of norm-referencing , which has been roundly and justifiably criticized by many writers , even in those areas of the curriculum where one might expect this system to be welcomed . |
| 6 | Examples are too numerous to list , but a particularly telling one from members of our own profession , where one might expect some awareness , can serve . |
| 7 | Not surprisingly these features are principally confined to the cities of the province , though we might expect some form of provision at those sites where water transport clearly played a part in moving bulky products like building stone or pottery ( p. 43 ) . |
| 8 | Thus , using a plural in a continuation based on the verb + with conditions , where we might expect some sort of strain , does indeed produce a reliably higher number of continuations using both . |
| 9 | Sukarno and his associates could expect little sympathy from the returning Allies ; surely then the Dutch would be restored ? |
| 10 | This reading of silences depends on the argument that the companionate ideal of marriage developed first among the privileged classes , and that in the eighteenth century lower class women could expect little affection in marriage . |
| 11 | Nicholson wondered , if the snow came , what he could expect this time . |
| 12 | Another Friday 13th was approaching so I was certain we could expect another move , maybe the big one . |
| 13 | As for Mark Crowe , the Argus sport and nature ramble hack , well , I thought I could expect some loyalty there . |
| 14 | Clearly , we could expect some sort of boundary indication , such as a pause , to occur long before the end of this utterance . |
| 15 | One would expect such energy to earn him the approval of the Nazarean hierarchy in Jerusalem . |
| 16 | Erm I , I just get this feeling , you know one would expect that year eleven is a reasonable way of working out what the , the sort of workload is , and you would think that special needs would actually be something that really related quite nicely |
| 17 | The programme never described him as such , though he certainly wields the authority you would expect that title would give him . |
| 18 | Our farm has shown growth right from grandfather 's day in 1921 and I would expect that growth would continue . |
| 19 | Now we would expect that justification to emerge from this examination and in due course to be embodied in the er lower case script for the alteration itself . |
| 20 | If the explanation of a high standards and routines specification as symptomatic of the desire to be satisfied is correct , one would expect some relationship between this measure and answers to the ‘ Do you like housework ? ’ question . |
| 21 | Had the two interests been hostile , one would expect some evidence of local friction , but there is none . |
| 22 | Had the two interests been hostile , one would expect some evidence of local friction , but there is none . |
| 23 | ‘ We would expect more equity for unions in terms of employment . |
| 24 | Certainly this policy is not intended in any way to erm prevent what P P G seven actually seeks er to promote in in the open countryside , ie outside the areas which we would expect most development to take place in . |
| 25 | ‘ It is the last place you would expect this kind of thing to happen . |
| 26 | Of course , you get what you pay for , and no-one in his right mind would expect this garment to wear or wash as long , or as well as , a fleece jacket of double the price . |
| 27 | Now all retinal ganglion cells have , somewhere within the visual field , a region called the receptive field where light causes a change in the number of impulses , and as you would expect this region is situated within the field of view of the eye at the position where a light spot illuminates the retina underlying the ganglion cell . |
| 28 | I use the term " child " here in contradistinction to " parent " — not all incest involves juveniles — but one would expect any effect to be more marked the younger the child concerned . |
| 29 | Furthermore , we would expect any doctor , not just our own , to behave in the ‘ proper ’ manner , in the same way that we expect the same sort of behaviour from all shop assistants , or all priests , or all fathers . |
| 30 | Frequently the local authority will expect some form of planning gain using a planning agreement made under section 52 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1971 . |