Example sentences of "expect [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So this wealth of information — all of it updated much more regularly than you could expect through normal information channels — is greatly under-used . |
| 2 | ‘ Well , what do you expect as personal assistant to a workaholic ? |
| 3 | What I 'm saying to you is , erm I do n't expect for one minute to have a computer installed in my office , ccessdon'tw alter it to that a particular way , and |
| 4 | Applebank Cottage , made of local soft Bath stone , was damp and cold , but as the agent pointed out , what did Clare expect for two pounds per week ? |
| 5 | The JD Tele wins out on knobs , since the Signature 's volume control is horribly graunchy — again , not what you 'd expect for this kind of money . |
| 6 | The importer 's answer would undoubtedly be ‘ what do you expect for this kind of money ? ’ |
| 7 | What budget borrowers can expect for next year will depend on when their review date falls . |
| 8 | ‘ Well , ’ the foreman said , ‘ what do you expect for eighty bucks a week ? |
| 9 | Jimmy was creative in attack , as you would expect of any protégé nurtured at Upton Park , and he possessed a fierce shot . |
| 10 | The growth of the industrial proletariat convinced him that state education for all was essential , though in 1809 he asked : ‘ What can you expect of national education conducted by a government which for twenty years resisted the abolition of the Slave Trade ? ’ |
| 11 | This is only as one might expect -at all times and in all places — for it is always a problem in art history or archaeology to know to what degree certain persons can be held responsible for the appearance of particular aspects of design ( especially where one is dealing with aspects of arrangement , structure , and figural types ) . |
| 12 | ‘ What d' you expect with that thing on yer leg ? ’ |
| 13 | As you 'd expect with this age group , there is an immediate barrage of responses . |
| 14 | The BBC Diet , as you would expect with this sort of title , is a very reliable sound diet that is recommended . |
| 15 | For an officer in Northern Nigeria to complain that his emir refused to take his advice was to put his career at the gravest possible risk ; he could expect in due course to be moved to ‘ easier work ’ — in other words , to administrative oblivion . |
| 16 | I knew Ellen hated the cold , and I tried to warn her of the conditions we might expect in those latitudes . |
| 17 | As you 'd expect in this part of the world , the route passes through spectacular countryside . |
| 18 | ‘ Mr Clinton has already emphasised the areas of continuity we can expect in foreign policy under his presidency . |
| 19 | What else would you expect from hardened newshounds ? |
| 20 | Moreover farmers , at least , continue to appreciate the skills of farm workers , so that the latter obtain much higher esteem from their employers than they can expect from many newcomers . |
| 21 | In the situation where the family member is married to the primary sufferer , the family member may tolerate progressive destruction of all that he or she should reasonably expect from married life . |
| 22 | Instead his working life has been devoted , as one might expect from that neck of the woods , to the shoe trade , helping build up the family firm into a multinational concern . |
| 23 | Instead his working life has been devoted , as one might expect from that neck of the woods , to the shoe trade , helping build up the family firm into a multinational concern . |
| 24 | Many of the features you 'd expect from fully-blow programs , like Symantec Timeline , are missing . |
| 25 | Mr McMillan said : ‘ They have been guilty of what we would not expect from professional people in the late twentieth century . |
| 26 | . Now what I 'm now going to do , I 'm going to tell you what these initials are , so if you , on the back of the piece of the paper , you make some notes , because some of these obviously are going to be what you , your personality is , but you also need to note , if you look at the type of things that you can expect from different people in the teams , or the strengths and weaknesses that some people may have in your team . |
| 27 | If statutory support-services were channelled to those who were the most disabled , one would expect from these results to find that the elderly living with others would obtain more of them than elderly married couples or the elderly living alone . |
| 28 | Located right in the city centre , convenient for the city 's air terminal and main railway station , the Warsaw Marriott is as luxurious as you would expect from any hotel managed and operated by Marriott Hotels . |
| 29 | The times to complete give a rough guide as to what users can expect from heavy computation work : |
| 30 | The times to complete give a rough guide as to what users can expect from heavy computation work : |