Example sentences of "expect from [noun] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ The service exceeds by a wide margin the standards we expect from UK broadcasters and I see no reason why material of this sort should be available in the UK simply because it is broadcast from overseas . ’
2 The proposals in the consultation document will go a long way towards improving the facilities and the standards that drivers expect from motorway service areas .
3 Matches at neutral venues , on the other hand , often have charged atmospheres as the contesting clubs bring along five or six thousand supporters and create the sort of scene we expect from cup semi-finals .
4 It also allows all the fading and mixing features you normally expect from broadcast television .
5 General practitioner fundholders already use contracts to spell out what they expect from hospital services .
6 It is what they expect from Robyn Penrose , and even the rugby-playing boys in the back row would be mildly disappointed if she did n't produce this kind of observation from time to time .
7 The base was run in the manner expected from Nigel Clogstoun-Willmott , with no concessions to careless habits or moments of inattention which could cost lives on a beach .
8 Even the fishing fleet came down the harbour as expected from intelligence reports , and might have choked the narrow 100 yards wide entrance if a burst of tracer from a destroyer had not turned them aside as they grasped the situation .
9 In addition to relief forms , which he described as in no way different from those which might have been expected from water action , there are great waste fans at the foot of the Andes in the desert .
10 He finished his lunch , went back to his office , gave a bemused Müller a stern warning about the standards expected from state officials , buckled into a solid afternoon 's work and , when the working day was over , carried a bulging briefcase home .
11 It was not the sort of gag one would have expected from Lord King , and it set a certain tone …
12 The theorems indicate that the results to be expected from bargaining sessions depend heavily on the institutions which govern the manner in which the bargaining takes place .
13 This was so unexpected … the very last thing she 'd have expected from Guy Sterne
14 While I accept that , I have to say that we expect those undertaking the review to have complete power to look into all areas and , specifically , to consider whether safety representatives who are not backed by a trade union are in a position to give the same kind of expert advice as would be expected from safety representatives appointed by a trade union .
15 Encouraging profit increases are also expected from Wessex Water and Yorkshire Electricity , which both report interim figures on Thursday .
16 Opposition to the regulation considered here was to be expected from property owners … since it intruded on their interests not only directly , but also indirectly through the additional taxation necessary to finance its implementation .
17 A comparison of the 52 estimates of annual lampsilis growth that were with the 247 estimates of measurement error shows that shell shrinkage is much greater than would be expected from measurement errors alone ( n=299 , P<0.0001 ) .
18 But heavy buying could be expected from Wood Gundy , which is handling the issue in Canada , and Credit Suisse First Boston , issue co-ordinator for the European markets .
19 But heavy buying could be expected from Wood Gundy , which is handling the issue in Canada , and Credit Suisse First Boston , issue co-ordinator for the European markets .
20 The MLA produces two leaflets which are available free of charge : Take a closer look at your master locksmith , which outlines the various services you can expect from master locksmiths , and The guide to home protection , which offers invaluable advice on how to protect your home .
21 ‘ Well produced and excellent value for money , it has the professional look you would expect from crack North-East journalist Mike Amos . ’
22 ‘ A book that is as rich and funny as you would expect from Mary Wesley
23 We need to start somewhere in an analysis and it might be useful to review the rate of penetration of another , related consumer electronics platform in recent years and to use this as some guide to the penetration we might expect from multimedia platforms .
24 JULIA FORDHAM Porcelain ( Circa 10 ) ‘ You make me feel vulnerable and totally exposed , ’ is not a lyric you would expect from Kylie Minogue , or even Liza Minnelli .
25 As one might expect from John Major , he drank only mineral water in 1990 , his one stint with the budget box .
26 With the brilliance we have come to expect from TV companies , it appears that the whole poptastic caboodle has been erased .
27 It shows a sensitivity that we have perhaps not always come to expect from Government Departments .
28 Perhaps unsure of exactly what to expect from Alsace wines , it seems British wine drinkers have tended to give the whole lot a miss .
29 What some of us have come to expect from Jack Charlton can not always be adequately defined : obdurate , quick-tempered , argumentative but unfailingly loyal and never less than a man .
30 Gav — who probably epitomised thick-skulledness , though admittedly would not be amongst one 's first fifteen when it came to offering proof of heavy traffic within the central nervous system — opened one bleary eye and focused on me with the same accuracy one has grown to expect from security forces aiming baton rounds at protesters ' legs .
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