Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [pers pn] expect " in BNC.
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| 1 | If whatever pattern of cues he is emitting happens to affect the subject 's response , so that the experimenter obtains the response he expected to obtain , that pattern of cues may be more likely to recur with the next subject . |
| 2 | Only by enabling those with disabilities to contribute , if they wish , through independent living and paid employment , will the increased percentage of ageing people be able to receive the support they expect and need . |
| 3 | That £150 million will be reduced after the liquidators have handed over the money they expect to recover ( at least £60 mil lion ) and possibly more if other claims are pursued by the DTI . |
| 4 | The laird of Lethem 's motive , as interpreted by Lord Elphinstone , was to serve his own interest , for it appeared that Aucheneen was ‘ a bankrupt maltman who broke sixty pounds in Mr. Dundas 's debt , & by getting Mr. Buchanan chosen collector of the cess he expects to opperate his payment ’ . |
| 5 | Bernard was at the least reckoning an ambitious yeoman , the kind we expect to find purchasing land , like the Chibnalls of Sherington , not selling — unless , of course , he had done so in order to finance the purchase of his lease , or to stock the new and very much bigger farm ; but this is pure speculation . |
| 6 | Some of them are below the level you expect and below the standards we want to provide , ’ it says . |
| 7 | ‘ Have you finished ? ’ they ask as you lie gasping , and when they switch on the light you expect to see a sign over the bed , NOW WASH YOUR HANDS . |
| 8 | The Discovery is the first ever gas cooker to have a hotplate with ‘ Gas Powered Discs ’ a revolutionary new concept developed by Moffat that actually places a Disc above the flame to give you the controllability you expect from gas plus an unheard of level of cleanability . |
| 9 | I 'm so glad you did n't disappoint me — just the greeting I expected . |
| 10 | Now , when p of the individuals are hawks , an individual receives the pay-off it expects against a hawk p times , and the pay-off it expects against a dove ( 1 - p ) times . |
| 11 | Now , when p of the individuals are hawks , an individual receives the pay-off it expects against a hawk p times , and the pay-off it expects against a dove ( 1 - p ) times . |
| 12 | Next day we found a good army doctor who examined Rachel and said with care she would soon be well , the M & B had done its work , and then to add to our trouble you all went down with scarlet fever — caught on the boat I expect . |
| 13 | When big investors get on the telephone they expect to be put through to the chairman , not ‘ lumbered into a PR-type department ’ . |
| 14 | Although a verbal apology would probably fit the bill , the offender may feel constrained to act the fool he expects to be accused of being . |
| 15 | Equity funding tends to be expensive because shareholders bear a relatively high risk that is reflected in the return they expect on their investment . |
| 16 | Parents vary in the quantity they expect their child to be able to eat so a food diary can help the therapist determine appropriate quantities with the parents . |
| 17 | ‘ Because , as it turns out , you 've developed the intelligence I expected of you , and I suppose there 's some excuse for what you were at nineteen . |
| 18 | sold in the shop I expect . |
| 19 | This is not to say that we did n't experience all the anguish you expect in your schooldays , the pains of unpopularity or difficulties with hated subjects . |
| 20 | In one market , though , western companies have been denied the walk-over they expected : newspapers . |
| 21 | If for example I am pursuing X in the expectation of enjoying it , but when I get it am disappointed , or seem to enjoy it yet afterwards come to recognize that only habit or a false idea of myself or susceptibility to persuasion made me suppose I was enjoying myself , then I was mistaken in doing Y. Every choice of means , however well argued , proves groundless with the discrediting of the end , yet that I did not have the fun I expected is itself no more than a fact . |
| 22 | Oh , it 's two more grains in it more than the other I expect ! |
| 23 | Reviewers would put ‘ When I first heard the name I expected four guys in Factory haircuts ’ . |
| 24 | On the whole we expect opportunities to start paying off very quickly . |
| 25 | Her brother he had met before and the two men talked about the year 's haysaving and the price they expected for sheep and wool and cattle . |
| 26 | Firms base their production plans for period t on the price they expect to prevail in t , this expectation being formed , as before , in the light of information available at the end of period t - 1 . |
| 27 | The day they expect me to pay for it , I shall retire . |
| 28 | ‘ The other board members will expect to have their say , but at the end of the day they expect , and accept , that the chairman should decide . ’ |
| 29 | The Franks were also worried about how ‘ tough ’ Carter appeared — before they toured with the duo they expected Jim Bob and Fruitbat to beat them up . |
| 30 | Well that is the trouble I expect you see |