Example sentences of "expect [det] [noun sg] would " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps the prime minister expected that Willink would push for a Magdalene man but he did not get a firm line out of him . |
| 2 | From what we already knew about its audiences and programme content , we expected that television would have a stronger influence on public information and perceptions than on public attitudes and choices ; while the press , particularly the mass-selling tabloids , would have a stronger influence on public attitudes and choices than on public information and perceptions . |
| 3 | Furthermore , the reforms were introduced during the run up to a general election in which it was widely ( but incorrectly ) expected that health would be the key issue . |
| 4 | It was to be expected that resistance would begin here too . |
| 5 | Also , it was expected that ability would be more lateralised in men than in women . |
| 6 | The programme never described him as such , though he certainly wields the authority you would expect that title would give him . |
| 7 | Although it is not a matter for me , I would hope and expect that Parliament would be similarly sensitive to the need to refrain from trespassing upon the province of the courts . |
| 8 | Our farm has shown growth right from grandfather 's day in 1921 and I would expect that growth would continue . |
| 9 | ‘ The 5% increase in house prices which we were expecting this year would have solved most of our problems , including the brunt of the arrears and repossessions , ’ it says . |