Example sentences of "expect [adj] [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | I expected this place to be in chaos — instead , it 's an oasis of calm . |
| 2 | Not only that but we expect that reward to be a fair and just one . |
| 3 | Pavlov ( 1927 ) expressed the view that the OR evoked by a novel stimulus constituted an ‘ obstacle ’ to conditioning ; and indeed , if conditioning is seen as a process in which the OR comes to be replaced by the CR , it might be expected that pre-exposure to the CS would facilitate this process . |
| 4 | The tension drifted from Blufton 's eyes , as if he had expected another challenge to his veracity . |
| 5 | We expect this exhibition to be of particular interest to sports administrators and physiotherapists . |
| 6 | Adjournment is discretional , and whilst this must , of course , be exercised judicially , courts in general expect good reason to be shown before an adjournment will be granted , and will , in particular , consider if the opponent to an application will be prejudiced . |
| 7 | ‘ I expect underlying inflation to be 3.75 per cent at the end of this year , close to the top of its target range . |
| 8 | I expect next week to be your last chance to register before the shut-off date . |
| 9 | Because three-quarters of women with gonorrhoea will have the infection in the urethra , one might expect urethral discharge to be a common finding in infected women . |
| 10 | The West should not expect outstanding interest to be paid off before 1993 . |
| 11 | The use of inappropriate forms of assessment to grade and rank-order pupils ' work for the purpose of making comparisons or to achieve so-called ‘ unified standards ’ is illustrated by the worst abuses of norm-referencing , which has been roundly and justifiably criticized by many writers , even in those areas of the curriculum where one might expect this system to be welcomed . |
| 12 | I would not expect this work to be on a contingency basis and would expect the fees to fall in the range of £ [ ] — £ [ ] per hour . |
| 13 | Without bitterness , but with five years ' experience , Lord Wilson said yesterday : ‘ No Governor should expect this job to be a bed of roses or to get plaudits or easy popularity . |
| 14 | Obviously cold injury is far more common when would you expect cold injury to be common ? |
| 15 | One can not prove a personal judgment of this kind , and I do not expect immediate assent to it . |
| 16 | The representation is , of course , implicit and we would not expect any child to be able to state explicitly the phrase structure rules and transformations generating the sentences of his language . |
| 17 | The vendor will , however , expect any estimate to be reasonably accurate and may ask for our fees to be capped at a certain level . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | It is not reasonable to expect one person to be solely responsible for fundraising , campaigning or recruitment work . |
| 20 | Second , although there is no reason to expect any model to be other than linear and additive , there is an argument , presented by Flowerdew ( 1988 ) , which says that since the response variable compromises count data , the appropriate regression model should combine a Poisson error distribution with an identity link function ( see Aitkin et al. 1989 ; 217 ) . |
| 21 | ‘ Until last October authorities were expecting this money to be ringfenced so did not consider this client group when they were consulting and drawing up their assessment models , ’ he said . |
| 22 | The last ten days gradually it has been coming back since the really trough period in late January with the war and the snow , etc. , and in fact this week erm we 're expecting this week to probably do double the level of bookings that we did last week , and that 's on overseas holidays for summer and winter . |
| 23 | These are good reasons for expecting psychological well-being to be at risk . |
| 24 | It was as if he were always expecting bad news to be relayed to him . |
| 25 | In early October , as Mrs Thatcher — flanked by her Cabinet — received a nine-minute standing ovation at the close of a successful party conference , few expected any challenge to her in the leadership election which had to be held within 28 days of the start of the new parliamentary session , due to open on 7 November . |
| 26 | Anyone who is offering a proposal that requires a " yes " effort should be clear as to why he expects that effort to be made . |
| 27 | Harris Corp 's current mix of home-grown to purchased products is around 80:20 but over the next three to five years , O'Donnell expects this ratio to be reversed . |
| 28 | anyone who expects this book to be a treatise on the history of landscape painting will be disappointed … in spite of copious rewriting , lectures these pages remain . |
| 29 | If he expects immediate reaction to this suggestion his child is contaminating his adult . |
| 30 | One expects military sculpture to be massive and crude , and this is very true of a Hercules scene from Corbridge from the Chapel of the Standards in the western principia ( Site xiv ) . |