Example sentences of "can expect a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He can expect a rough welcome . |
| 2 | Guests can expect a fantastic standard of both accommodation and service , and we think the food 's pretty good as well ! |
| 3 | If you go to a fancy-dress party as a Turkish dancer , you can expect a good time ; if you travel on public transport late at night in such a get-up it will probably cause nothing but trouble . |
| 4 | Birmingham 's opponents tonight , Bari , can expect a frenzied greeting and their former midfield ace , David Platt , pinpointed the Midland club 's way to victory . |
| 5 | Happily , our foetuses are small , and we can expect a standard termination . |
| 6 | In other areas farmers can expect a second rate or near nonexistent service . |
| 7 | Tourists too can expect a right Royal welcome , for the traditional friendliness of the islanders makes everyone feel at home . |
| 8 | THE BBC can expect a cool reception when it visits Stockton next week . |
| 9 | If brought to trial , she can expect a long prison sentence , followed by ‘ re-education through labour ’ in a camp in Qinghai — ‘ China 's Siberia ’ — an Area like the Sahara desert , in the west of the country , where the climate is notorious for its boiling heat in summer and freezing temperatures in winter . |
| 10 | A new dinghy class with an official imprimatur can expect a long and lucrative life . |
| 11 | You can expect a long and happy life if you give up serious music . |
| 12 | As long as he keeps out of the washing machine , the vet says Pristine Priskin can expect a long and happy life . |
| 13 | With these photographs as a reference point we can expect a traditional Gandini shape when we see the car on 15 September next year , the 110th anniversary of Ettore Bugatti 's birth . |
| 14 | There 's a weekly farewell dinner and you can expect a welcoming drink on arrival . |
| 15 | Therefore , a record company has to sell a large quantity of LPs before it can expect a substantial return on its investment . |
| 16 | Their results suggest Europe can expect a greater frequency of blocking anti-cyclones which will lead to warmer summers but cooler winters , a greater frequency of severe winters , drier springs and summers , wetter autumns and winters , and an increased growing season . |
| 17 | The ambitious soldier can expect a similar progression , from Commander of the Bath when he becomes brigadier , to KCB when he reaches lieutenant-general and GCB when he eventually storms the summit of military life . |
| 18 | Notice in particular that we have not used , anywhere in our analysis , the " shape " of the tubes T and S , so we can expect a similar analysis to hold for all homoclinic orbits to the origin which occur in the Lorenz equations . |
| 19 | For heterosexuals up to 1991 , the peak of HIV infection had yet to be reached and so one can expect a continued rise in the annual incidence of AIDS cases for some time to come . |
| 20 | Guests staying in either the main building or the annexe , just 15 yards away , can expect a comfortable bedroom with telephone and , for a small extra fee , satellite TV can be installed . |
| 21 | You can expect a few difficulties and the occasional setback . |
| 22 | You can expect a few aches tomorrow , as new exercises usually cause our muscles to respond 48 hours after we do them . |
| 23 | If they decide to put some financial weight behind his thinking , Britain 's research in medicine and health can expect a gigantic shot in the arm . |
| 24 | Economy simply relates to the best use of resources and as budgets are delegated we can expect a welcome change in attitudes towards waste . |
| 25 | And if Jesus is consubstantial with God , the Kingdom of Heaven need not be something that will be inaugurated on earth in the immediate future , but something external — another realm , another dimension , in which one can expect a welcome and a reserved place on one 's death . |
| 26 | WHOEVER wins the qualifying game between Belfast 's Alan McMullan and the Provincial 's Ian McClure can expect a tough battle in the opening quarter-final of the Flogas Causeway Coast Masters in Ballymoney on October 9-10 . |
| 27 | WHOEVER wins the qualifying game between Belfast 's Alan McMullan and the Provincial 's Ian McClure can expect a tough battle in the opening quarter-final of the Flogas Causeway Coast Masters in Ballymoney on October 9–10 . |
| 28 | Retailers can expect a 35-38 per cent share of the selling price . |
| 29 | Since , in equilibrium , the aggregate demand for goods and services will be equal to the rate of national income ( which measures the total value of goods and services produced in the economy over a given time period ) , we can expect a direct relationship between the aggregate demand for labour and the rate of national income . |
| 30 | However , she warned , " the fact that we are entering the path of economic development does not mean that we can expect a quick jump in living standards " . |