Example sentences of "the [noun] [pron] expect " in BNC.
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| 1 | If whatever pattern of cues he is emitting happens to affect the subject 's response , so that the experimenter obtains the response he expected to obtain , that pattern of cues may be more likely to recur with the next subject . |
| 2 | Only by enabling those with disabilities to contribute , if they wish , through independent living and paid employment , will the increased percentage of ageing people be able to receive the support they expect and need . |
| 3 | That £150 million will be reduced after the liquidators have handed over the money they expect to recover ( at least £60 mil lion ) and possibly more if other claims are pursued by the DTI . |
| 4 | The laird of Lethem 's motive , as interpreted by Lord Elphinstone , was to serve his own interest , for it appeared that Aucheneen was ‘ a bankrupt maltman who broke sixty pounds in Mr. Dundas 's debt , & by getting Mr. Buchanan chosen collector of the cess he expects to opperate his payment ’ . |
| 5 | The lesson our Party draws is important that all of us , individuals and corporations alike , have a responsibility to reflect the values we expect our fellow citizens to exhibit . |
| 6 | Bernard was at the least reckoning an ambitious yeoman , the kind we expect to find purchasing land , like the Chibnalls of Sherington , not selling — unless , of course , he had done so in order to finance the purchase of his lease , or to stock the new and very much bigger farm ; but this is pure speculation . |
| 7 | The running started because of my father , he was the kind who expected results from his children . |
| 8 | Some of them are below the level you expect and below the standards we want to provide , ’ it says . |
| 9 | ‘ Have you finished ? ’ they ask as you lie gasping , and when they switch on the light you expect to see a sign over the bed , NOW WASH YOUR HANDS . |
| 10 | Showing the pzazz one expects from a descendant of the Victorian prime minister , he hired a room in the Zhovtnevy Hotel and invited some friendly locals . |
| 11 | The Discovery is the first ever gas cooker to have a hotplate with ‘ Gas Powered Discs ’ a revolutionary new concept developed by Moffat that actually places a Disc above the flame to give you the controllability you expect from gas plus an unheard of level of cleanability . |
| 12 | The leaders were to receive wages for their men for six months , and for the rest of the year they were to pay the troops out of the ransoms they expected to take . |
| 13 | I 'm so glad you did n't disappoint me — just the greeting I expected . |
| 14 | Now , when p of the individuals are hawks , an individual receives the pay-off it expects against a hawk p times , and the pay-off it expects against a dove ( 1 - p ) times . |
| 15 | Now , when p of the individuals are hawks , an individual receives the pay-off it expects against a hawk p times , and the pay-off it expects against a dove ( 1 - p ) times . |
| 16 | The other one of the , one of the things that people find very difficult , the learning all the words they expect you to know . |
| 17 | In 1710 financiers in the City of London had formed the South Sea Company to bid for the right to use the privileges they expected Britain to get at the end of the war . |
| 18 | Next day we found a good army doctor who examined Rachel and said with care she would soon be well , the M & B had done its work , and then to add to our trouble you all went down with scarlet fever — caught on the boat I expect . |
| 19 | When big investors get on the telephone they expect to be put through to the chairman , not ‘ lumbered into a PR-type department ’ . |
| 20 | Although a verbal apology would probably fit the bill , the offender may feel constrained to act the fool he expects to be accused of being . |
| 21 | Equity funding tends to be expensive because shareholders bear a relatively high risk that is reflected in the return they expect on their investment . |
| 22 | Parents vary in the quantity they expect their child to be able to eat so a food diary can help the therapist determine appropriate quantities with the parents . |
| 23 | ‘ The second biggest software company is Novell and on the server , which is one of the areas I expect NT will be very successful , they have a very high market share . |
| 24 | ‘ Because , as it turns out , you 've developed the intelligence I expected of you , and I suppose there 's some excuse for what you were at nineteen . |
| 25 | sold in the shop I expect . |
| 26 | Kora music like this is indifferent to the West 's fashions , carries none of the messages we expect to hear . |
| 27 | On the way here this morning , the picture of the Carrie he had once known and played with … and loved , had been plain in his mind ; and the nearer he had come to the house where she now lived , he imagined the Carrie he expected to see would be merely an older replica of the one who had run out of his life the day his mother had hit him and knocked him out . |
| 28 | This is not to say that we did n't experience all the anguish you expect in your schooldays , the pains of unpopularity or difficulties with hated subjects . |
| 29 | In one market , though , western companies have been denied the walk-over they expected : newspapers . |
| 30 | His widow tells us the things we expect to hear ; that he was good , kind , gentle . |