Example sentences of "[indef pn] expect a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean there 's no reason because we have n't got men 's issues , because all issues are men 's issues , nobody expects a male Prime Minister to go for any particular issue , but why should we expect a woman Prime Minister to go particularly for certain issues ? |
| 2 | It 's opening leads one to expect a knowing , ‘ insider ’ political novel , but it turns out to be the story of a destructive sexual passion , complete with purple passages , the saga of a successful man who becomes obsessed with his son 's mistress , who is only too willing to oblige . |
| 3 | When they left their stalls at the end of Lauds , and approached the night stairs to return to their beds , a slight , habited figure arose from its knees to confront them , stepping into what light there was very gingerly , but with resigned resolution , like one expecting a bleak welcome , but braced to endure and survive it . |
| 4 | The Allegri sounded a bit under-nourished against Mr Campbell 's easy delivery , particularly in the second movement , which should have had more force , though if one expects a bracing scherzo-like piece at this point , Bliss surely over-wrote it , producing instead the effect of a finale . |
| 5 | No one expects an economic system to produce absolute justice . |
| 6 | But no-one expects a quick rally , and forecasts for 1993 growth range from 0.2 per cent to 2.0 , with underlying inflation ranging from 3.1 per cent to 4.8 per cent , base rates between 4.5 per cent and 6 per cent , and the PSBR anywhere from £40 billion to £55 billion . |
| 7 | No-one expects a 36-hour strike to deter him . |