Example sentences of "could [adv] expect [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This Christian Socialist , dedicated to equal shares and to soaking the rich ( who included his own family ) , was accepted and frostily admired as an incorruptible thorn in the nation 's conscience , forever reminding them that there was no jam today and they could only expect some tomorrow if they had earned it . |
| 2 | That is to say , for 100 feet of water one could only expect 240 feet of sediment of normal density . |
| 3 | He was less severe with me than he would have been normally , but I saw I could not expect great leniency from him . |
| 4 | The idea that the colonies might be told to go their own way was not considered ; an administrative system was set up to make sure that the King 's orders were obeyed on the far side of the Atlantic as much as in the more distant parts of the British Isles — it was realized that he could not expect complete obedience , and in some respects the system was losing its impetus even by the beginning of the eighteenth century , but the shift from the Greek pattern of virtual independence to the Roman pattern of general obedience in the colonies had been made and there was no reason to think it would be reversed . |
| 5 | Complaints about government appointments or policies could only be met by Law with the barren reply that the party could not expect total control and that in coalition such things must happen — which is just what the critics were saying too . |
| 6 | It is not sufficient that someone had an opportunity to examine the goods , it must be shown that the manufacturer could reasonably expect that person to make an examination . |
| 7 | Mrs Mitchell added : ‘ When you move into a new house you could reasonably expect all the locks to work . |
| 8 | Moscow could also expect Iraqi interest in Brezhnev 's initiative since Baghdad had floated a ‘ Pan-Arab Charter ’ early in 1980 , which inter alia had asserted the need to keep the Gulf free from all superpower bases . |
| 9 | But City law firm Berwin Leighton , acting for the National Union of Journalists and the Graphical Paper and Media Union , said yesterday that all fund members could now expect full payment . |
| 10 | Miss Cackle could n't expect ordinary guests to bring ladders with them , could she ? |
| 11 | Just because John was a journalist we could n't expect special treatment . |
| 12 | As the number of jobs in manufacturing has fallen , people who could previously expect full-time work have found themselves excluded from paid employment , often for considerable periods . |