Example sentences of "what they [modal v] expect " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although at the moment it is up to you to decide what form of updating you would like to undertake , it would be useful to look at any developments in your area aimed at your special interest , and to find out from employers what they might expect from you in advance of offering you a job . |
| 2 | A programme of speakers for a general election was also ready by 1913 , with both constituencies and politicians told in advance what they might expect . |
| 3 | Floy had asked about dangers and what they might expect to encounter , but Fenella did not think it looked especially dangerous . |
| 4 | As the stray bullets whistled across no-man's-land , Charlie fell on his knees and crawled back to the reserve trenches , to brief his section on what they might expect once they were pushed forward another hundred yards . |
| 5 | However , some radiation will still find its way around even these substantial barriers , increasing the exposure to the workforce above what they would expect from the ‘ natural ’ radiation given off by the sun or the earth . |
| 6 | A simple test for ambiguity in the two lists can be made by asking a number of people to say , separately , what they would expect to see , if they were asked to mark students showing the capabilities given in the two lists . |
| 7 | My work was during my student days , when much hampered with other cares , and I can excuse them for not thinking it what they would expect from their future minister . |
| 8 | That was what they would expect him to do . |
| 9 | Businesses will be asked for their views on liquidity , the need for a second market and what they would expect from having some marketability . |
| 10 | As the Warriors moved on , the section commanders continued to tell their men over the vehicle briefing system what they were to do and what they should expect . |
| 11 | When Mrs Reynolds came to visit her husband , the staff nurse spent some time with them both explaining what they should expect immediately after the operation and she arranged for Mrs Reynolds to telephone the ward the following afternoon . |
| 12 | Could you write an article for somebody in the top year of your last school , about English A Level , and what they should be able to , what they should expect ? |
| 13 | They should n't grass , if they grass that 's what they should expect |
| 14 | A special spinners ' mat was laid down at pre-tour net sessions at Lilleshall in an effort to prepare England 's batsmen for what they could expect to face on dusty Indian pitches . |
| 15 | It 's what they 'd expect . ’ |
| 16 | Dingwall , in another context , calls these stories ‘ atrocity stories ’ ( 1977 ) , and Richman shows how they feature prominently in the discourse of traffic wardens , in an attempt to socialize new recruits into what they can expect , as well as being a means of stressing the moral worth of traffic wardens : a concern which was high on the priorities of such a stigmatized occupational group ( Richman 1983 : 115 ) . |
| 17 | Public confidence in the police is enhanced when people know what they can expect from their local police force , and when outsiders are let into the process of inspecting how they work . |
| 18 | These are important opportunities to tell staff what is expected of them , as well as old people what they can expect . |
| 19 | Be decided from the outset — they prefer that , then they know what they can expect from you . |
| 20 | See-through : Try a bit harder — or you may not be able to hold up your head when your children ask what they can expect from the future . |