Example sentences of "expect [adj] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As readers we expect such a persona to describe a scene , dramatise some situation , and express feelings . |
| 2 | Chief coach Rod Carr could hardly have expected such a position at this stage of the Olympic run-up and it is a justification of the Richard Ellis elite squad system under which financial and training assistance has been concentrated on a small number of the best sailors in each class . |
| 3 | Whether or not the Communist Party leaders expected such a letter to have anything more than a propaganda appeal they can hardly have been surprised by the Labour Party reply on 27 January 1936 which rejected the application and outlined the history of relations between the two parties , particularly during the social fascist " period . |
| 4 | ‘ I might have expected such an answer from you , McAllister ; it fits in with the general picture , ’ said Dr Neil angrily , picking up his cane . |
| 5 | I will say , however , that I expect all the countries that we assist to make further progress towards democracy and increased accountability : we consider that vital . |
| 6 | And I expect all the other 's are dead ! |
| 7 | Other organisations designate a press officer within the PR office and others simply expect all the PR staff to act as press officers as the need arises . |
| 8 | ‘ Oh , I expect all the others are out , ’ Merrill said idly , ‘ and I garage my car further down the avenue . |
| 9 | I expect all the Dogs Today staff are much too young to remember the Tail-waggers Club but perhaps some readers may . |
| 10 | But when I 've paid for a newspaper I expect all the pieces that I 've paid for . |
| 11 | ‘ I had n't expected all the containers in here to be emptied out , too ! ’ |
| 12 | It 's expected all the redundancies will be achieved voluntarily . |
| 13 | ‘ But he must expect that every week now . |
| 14 | If the DNA-dependent phosphorylation of c-Jun is of physiological significance then one might expect that the presence of Jun binding sites ( FSEs ; refs. 24 and 25 ) within the activating DNA would increase kinase efficiency . |
| 15 | We might expect such a king to have been beatified upon his death ( his ancestor had been St Arnulf ) but Charles ' indifference to Christian morality prevented this . |
| 16 | I guess that one would not normally expect such a work to plumb the depths , or explore an emotional range equivalent to a full-scale symphony . |
| 17 | We might expect such a recognition to be especially difficult in strong cultures , where investment of self in the work of the firm is most profound . |
| 18 | As the canvas documents , including the notification of banding , will be issued by the Finance Department I would expect all the enquiries during December 1992 to April 1993 , and probably after April 1993 , to be directed at the Finance Department . |
| 19 | Mrs Mitchell added : ‘ When you move into a new house you could reasonably expect all the locks to work . |
| 20 | There is a strong tradition in the sociological literature which would lead us to expect such a change of direction . |
| 21 | We had been led to expect all the guillemots , but there were no black guillemots either on the ledges or in the sea . |
| 22 | ‘ We expected all the equipment to be up to Olympic standard . |
| 23 | Like , if he takes you to some crap trattoria , he 's only expecting half an hour of the missionary position . |
| 24 | Kintsch and Bates ( 1977 ) tested students on their memory for classroom lectures several days after the lecture , when the students were not expecting such a test . |
| 25 | I must admit we were certainly not expecting such an abundance of fish , nor such a diversity of species , from such a small pool . |