Example sentences of "expect [prep] [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 Unfortunately , the new baronet lived in India and no instructions from him were expected for many months .
2 Several aspects of the reshuffle , which had been expected for several weeks , were attacked by opposition groups who demanded greater reductions .
3 A decision by the Environment Secretary is not expected for several months after the close of the inquiry .
4 Moody and high-strung though Anne was by nature , the girls ' brief quarrels were no more than might be expected between any siblings .
5 Some liquid bowel movements are expected after many types of intestinal perfusion studies and in most of the subjects in this study liquid bowel movements had stopped after 24 hours .
6 Some are further ahead than others , but what will probably be expected of most authorities is some sort of erm perhaps a handbook or certainly some advice to parents about the implications of the new Act .
7 Sharing a common modality may be enough to produce generalization decrement and thus , according to the account presented above , an overshadowing effect might be expected with these stimuli .
8 Does this imply that inferior performance can be expected in these structures ?
9 No information is available about the potential net pay ( i.e. the thickness of rock capable of producing hydrocarbons ) that could be expected in these sediments .
10 Does the right hon. Gentleman recall telling the House that a rise in inflation was expected in these months for what he called ’ technical reasons ’ shortly after the Prime Minister told the country that the Government had inflation licked ?
11 If this treatment changes the fundamental disease process , a prolonged period of remission might be expected in these patients .
12 The growing divide between rich and poor might be expected in those bastions of the New Right , Thatcher 's Britain and Reagan 's US — but Australia ?
13 More torrential rain is forecast tonight with up to four inches of rain expected in some parts of Gloucestershire .
14 This is an area where rapid and big gains are expected in several fields : diagnosing by cheap and standard reagents based upon immunological methods ( eg monoclonal antibodies ) for viral and malignant diseases ; new methods of vaccine production ; the production of genetically engineered organisms to produce human hormones and interferon .
15 Michelin road-maps mark genuinely arduous or dangerous stretches of road with a broken red line , and though the roadways themselves quite often turn out to be less awkward than you expect from such warnings , less awkward does not mean altogether easy .
16 A high but realistic standard of work and behaviour is expected from all pupils , and generally the response is positive .
17 Both of the hypertonic ORS contained higher glucose concentrations and higher water obsorption might have been expected from these solutions because of a greater stimulatory effect on active glucose transport .
18 Leadership can not be expected from those quarters .
19 More problematically , open market areas need not be expected at all sites , because temporary stalls or even trestle tables could have been erected in side-streets , as in some modern towns today .
20 Subservience was expected by all levels of employer , titled or otherwise , and Marie Thwaites was one of a number of young men and women who were packed off to a life which was not only unacceptable by today 's standards , but hardly believable .
21 ‘ However , the recovery in 1992 — expected by most economists and businesses — did not materialise and this year has turned out even more difficult than 1991 . ’
22 Spreads may be expected by some traders , such as those who have views on subsequent movements in relative spot and futures prices but not price levels , to have a superior risk-return performance to single positions in futures .
23 This is only as one might expect -at all times and in all places — for it is always a problem in art history or archaeology to know to what degree certain persons can be held responsible for the appearance of particular aspects of design ( especially where one is dealing with aspects of arrangement , structure , and figural types ) .
24 I knew Ellen hated the cold , and I tried to warn her of the conditions we might expect in those latitudes .
25 Moreover farmers , at least , continue to appreciate the skills of farm workers , so that the latter obtain much higher esteem from their employers than they can expect from many newcomers .
26 If statutory support-services were channelled to those who were the most disabled , one would expect from these results to find that the elderly living with others would obtain more of them than elderly married couples or the elderly living alone .
27 Cezar , Bailey 's Brazilian butler , later recalled that he never knew what to expect in those days .
28 Some of the most exacting university degrees , such as those in the biological and physical sciences demand a level of work load from the conscientious student which is greater than that expected in most occupations .
29 It is an excellent video that does much more than just show the superb display that the public expects from these professionals .
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