Example sentences of "can [adv] expect [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So not every teacher was one hundred per cent successful with mixed ability teaching , but I do n't think one can ever expect that with a new method and I think now that the system has been running for a number of years in the school that it 's possible for each department to support new members of staff and introduce them to the appropriate methods and approaches to mixed ability classes . |
| 2 | So , not every teacher was one hundred per cent successful with mixed ability teaching , but I do n't think one can ever expect that with a new method . |
| 3 | If he condemns people who are outperforming his members , he can hardly expect much respect for their standards . |
| 4 | Such a thing is certainly not to be found on this earth ; yet those who pick to pieces the open texture or verbal infelicities of an international Convention rarely pause to consider how , when legislation prepared in a single legal system is generally so verbose , obscure , and generally badly drafted , one can reasonably expect more of the product of many hands drawn from widely differing legal systems with different cultures , legal structures , and methods of legal reasoning and decision-making , entailing maximum flexibility , co-operation , and compromise . |
| 5 | Some 70 per cent of Borders properties can also expect reduced demands for water tax . |
| 6 | Any answer to this question depends very much on how many workers can realistically expect permanent employment and in what sense pay is related to age . |
| 7 | From the heat death of our Universe we can therefore expect another universe to spring . |