Example sentences of "we expect [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We expected sabotage from the Labour extremists and hired two 100,000 watt generators in case the electrical sub-station was cut off . |
| 2 | We expected people to just come and go , but most did n't — they had a great get together . ’ |
| 3 | We expect inflation to be higher as a result of the pound 's fall , which threatens to erode the initial competitiveness benefit as UK prices rise faster than those elsewhere and the real exchange rate rises again . |
| 4 | Again , I urge the House to consider the fact that we expect inspections of individual schools to take place on a four to five-yearly basis . |
| 5 | Unfortunately , we expect communication to be verbalised , and preferably in English ! |
| 6 | We expect Jesus to be in the right place at the right time , therefore his choosing of male apostles was quite deliberate , which must have theological significance and definite implications for the ministry today . |
| 7 | We expect surgeries to be open certain hours , and for you to undertake certain preventative health measures for all your patients whether they normally come to the surgery or not . |
| 8 | The measure of 1932 , which marked profoundly the discussions leading up to the Act of 1944 , was bitterly resisted ( especially in Wales ) and led the president of the Board of Education to argue in the Commons that secondary education should be reserved for ‘ selected children , the gifted and the intellectual ’ from whom ‘ we expect leaders of industry and commerce in the coming generation ’ . |
| 9 | This will be the reason for the oddity of ( 54 ) where one such basic property is related to its noun through assignment , by contrast with the normality of ( 55 ) where it is given as one of the initial identifying properties of the subject entity ( there is obviously no difference of truth-value between the two ) : ( 54 ) ? a ladle which was heavy came down on his skull ( 55 ) a heavy ladle came down on his skull Thus , other things being equal we expect properties of such basic sorts to be used predominantly for identification by ordinary qualification . |
| 10 | We impose heavy loads on those with both brain and brawn , and we expect saintliness from them as well . |
| 11 | We expect heating of the ambient ionospheric electron gas in response to the precipitation of solar wind plasma , and the plasma density data ( not shown ) reveal that weak density increases emerge within the events late in their lifetime , at the highest latitudes . |
| 12 | How can we expect people from developing nations to make sacrifices for the good of mankind , while we continue to squander and pollute ? |
| 13 | However , it would be naive of us to expect repercussions for both subject content and pedagogic style ’ . |