Example sentences of "expect [prep] the [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bearing in mind that after the stinginess of Armadale he had gone to the house of this ‘ hearty welcome ’ , and had been pleased with ‘ a numerous and cheerful company ’ — why did Boswell prove less forthcoming than one might have expected about the Mackinnons ? |
| 2 | Quite correctly , the ACS insists that such contractors produce the same standards of catering that are expected of the ACC . |
| 3 | That money was invested as might be expected of the Tysons . |
| 4 | Agassi 's promotion despite being sidelined for eight weeks with tendonitis of the right wrist was expected with the Wimbledon seeding committee keen to officially acknowledge their reigning champion . |
| 5 | A US $/DFL; option is listed but volumes are disappointing , as might be expected with the Netherlands in the Exchange Rate Mechanism and liquid D-mark contracts available in Chicago and Philadelphia . |
| 6 | Although no source rocks are expected in the Permo-Triassic , there is a good chance that they exist in underlying Carboniferous sediments . |
| 7 | Ballystate looked in need of the run despite winning here last time , so improvement can be expected in the John Devenish Handicap Hurdle . |
| 8 | Around 1,400 civilian workers at the training station for naval recruits will be told the news at 3.30pm , and a statement is expected in the Commons shortly after . |
| 9 | We wanted AA Hospital Plus to offer the high standards of service and value-for-money that our Customers expect from the AA . |
| 10 | Too much is being expected from the Cadbury Committee . |
| 11 | The Patient 's Charter sets out clearly what is now expected from the NHS . |
| 12 | An apparent opportunity for , or at least inclination to , US participation in Vietnamese national affairs as suggested in Saigon was soon to become a recognized imperative in Washington : and when the French ministers arrived in October 1950 to ask how much could be expected from the US to avoid financial disaster it was the drain of resources in Vietnam as much as the problems of French rearmament in Europe which prompted a close examination of French budgetary as well as military plans . |
| 13 | There was little in the way of negotiation or managed change of the sort which might be expected from the Cockburn model . |
| 14 | Cyclosporin A residues 5–8 do not interact with cyclophilin and , as expected from the NMR structure , are able to tolerate modifications . |
| 15 | No formal decisions are expected at the Nato meeting , partly because France — a key United Nations member with a major involvement in Bosnia — will not attend . |
| 16 | We 're expected at the Silver Shuriken in 78 seconds . |
| 17 | ‘ On that terrible night he showed devotion to duty at a level not only expected by the London Fire Brigade and the public , but well beyond it . ’ |
| 18 | Standards for exposure to benzene are expected by the UK government to be set in 1993 : a level of 3 ppb is under consideration , although according to the World Health Organization there is " no known safe threshold dose " . |
| 19 | For a full price issue there are quite serious distractions , although the recording generally is as warm and transparent as you would expect in the Concertgebouw 's famous acoustic . |
| 20 | Will the right hon. Gentleman explain to the House more clearly what sort of involvement he would expect from the DTI ? |
| 21 | All it covers is the basic treatment in line with the minimum requirement in the country where you are staying — and that can be very different from what you would expect from the NHS . |
| 22 | This section covers some of the entitlements and help you can expect from the ES . |
| 23 | As you 'd expect on the Isle of Wight there 's an endless list of bed and breakfasts . |
| 24 | In general , this guide continues the same high standards we have come to expect from the Fell and Rock , despite a scattering of proof reading errors here and there . |
| 25 | This brief has been fulfilled with distinction , and every three or four months for the past 20 years the office has produced an objective , well-documented , literate , and attractively presented booklet encapsulating the known facts about subjects ranging from suicide , rabies and heart disease , to the cost of running hospitals and what the public expects from the NHS , always adding a few percipient comments and conclusions of its own for good measure . |
| 26 | There can be little doubt as to what in the way of topics and register the Host expects in the Monk 's Tale ; he concludes his observations on Melibee with : and continues with a description of the Monk that matches with the impression " Chaucer " claims to have of the Monk in the General Prologue , of a " " manly man " " , straining at the bounds of what is allowed to a monk ( and not dissimilar to the monk of the Shipman 's Tale ) : After nearly a hundred stanzas of the Monk 's tragedies , the Host is prepared to give him a second chance , as " Chaucer " had , but feels this time he has to be more specific as to what is wanted : But as soon as the Monk speaks we have the opportunity to see , firstly , that his reaction does not suggest he is flattered or pleased by the Host 's appraisal of him , and secondly that he sounds quite different from the bold and thrusting " man 's man " that " Chaucer " and the Host would make of him : Note how the Monk 's desire to offer literature that " " sowneth into honestee " " anticipates Chaucer the prosist 's retraction of the tales " " that sownen into synne " " . |