Example sentences of "would expect [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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31 One would expect self-selected leisure activities to be different from and complementary to those at work .
32 If the two sets of scores are positively correlated , then we would expect positive Z scores to occur together and similarly negative Z scores should be paired .
33 One would expect natural selection to have eliminated the characteristic .
34 Even against the estate , the ride/handling/steering/braking package is by far the most convincing , as you would expect given SVE 's involvement .
35 One would expect some cases to get widespread coverage , especially when there is serious re-offending after a previous life sentence .
36 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 .
37 Had the two interests been hostile , one would expect some evidence of local friction , but there is none .
38 Had the two interests been hostile , one would expect some evidence of local friction , but there is none .
39 But we would expect potential partners to be sympathetic , because surely healthy and sustainable stocks are to the advantage of everyone with a long-term interest in Namibia 's fisheries . ’
40 ‘ We would expect more equity for unions in terms of employment .
41 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 .
42 We would expect different groups involved in the policy process to have power on different issues .
43 In newer areas one would expect main roads to form boundaries , yet residential areas in the past were often arranged around the town centre along major roads , so that in older areas a distributor with shops on either side may even form the centre of a residential district .
44 ‘ It is the last place you would expect this kind of thing to happen .
45 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 .
46 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 .
47 If lifetime employment is common in Japan we would expect longer periods to be spent with particular firms and less mobility between firms .
48 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 .
49 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 .
50 We would expect these figures to be much lower for a randomly diversified portfolio with more than 10 — 15 shares ( see Chapter 5 ) .
51 He would expect older children to master basic harmony — ‘ grammar and syntax , we can not communicate sensibly without .
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