Example sentences of "expect a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Complete fluency in the first and second languages is taken as prerequisite for training ( and one would expect a working interpreter to command at least four or five languages ) .
2 Stevens was one of the most meticulous of film directors and any actor working with him could expect a gruelling time .
3 At around the same time , the first 66MHz versions should begin to trickle out and the company says that we should also expect a Pentium-based desktop machine in the ErgoPro range .
4 At around the same time , the first 66MHz versions should begin to trickle out and the company says that we should also expect a Pentium-based desktop machine in the ErgoPro range .
5 Even if the company had too much money for its own good and wanted to go way over the top it should certainly expect a finished block of 60,000 square feet for £9.4m .
6 Wigan need only a point for a remarkable third successive championship and their fourth title in six years , but with Andy Gregory and Joe Lydon fit , their vast following will expect a stylish celebration .
7 We might therefore expect a commemorative poem in his honour to contain melancholy , death , and a churchyard , but the whole mood of Wordsworth 's poem is different from , say , Gray 's Elegy , a stanza of which was inscribed on Taylor 's tomb .
8 ‘ All the same , I would n't expect a young girl like you to feel that .
9 Important or insignificant , customs appointments were , however , obtainable only by those who could expect a political favour , and many of the officers were in fact the nominees of a member of parliament and often the active partisans of that politician .
10 ‘ We might even fight Tucker first , but until Lennox 's coronation on January 14 , I do n't expect a firm decision to be made about his first defence . ’
11 Therefore we would expect a forward contract and a financial futures contract with the same specifications to have the same price .
12 Happily , our foetuses are small , and we can expect a standard termination .
13 But then no one should ever expect a criminal organization to be trustworthy .
14 It does not expect a frail humanity to be capable of loving our neighbours more than ourselves : that would be a task of saintly dimension .
15 The Keynesians would therefore expect a close relationship between the demand for money and the yield ( rate of interest ) on near-money substitutes , but the monetarist would not expect a significant relationship because of the belief that money is a substitute for all assets alike .
16 Burun did not expect a serious answer .
17 They generally do not expect a short-term return .
18 He can expect a rough welcome .
19 This will go some way to draw the fire of the Government 's critics , but he can still expect a rough ride for the bill on the House of Lords .
20 Realistically we should expect a mixed experience as at the start of all major new programmes .
21 So can we expect a glorious future where dreams and technology merge or are the implications more sinister ?
22 In the circumstances , I ca n't expect a warm welcome , Sabine thought wryly , as Ernestine silently accepted her light wrap , then conducted her to the salon where Gaston de Rochefort was waiting .
23 Therefore , a record company has to sell a large quantity of LPs before it can expect a substantial return on its investment .
24 ‘ With most criminal kidnaps you could expect a long wait .
25 If brought to trial , she can expect a long prison sentence , followed by ‘ re-education through labour ’ in a camp in Qinghai — ‘ China 's Siberia ’ — an Area like the Sahara desert , in the west of the country , where the climate is notorious for its boiling heat in summer and freezing temperatures in winter .
26 Very few professional men then could expect a net income of £2,000 a year by the age of forty .
27 Guests can expect a fantastic standard of both accommodation and service , and we think the food 's pretty good as well !
28 For heterosexuals up to 1991 , the peak of HIV infection had yet to be reached and so one can expect a continued rise in the annual incidence of AIDS cases for some time to come .
29 This is the deadly period when you can most expect a good take .
30 Why did he expect a good crop of sugarbeet ?
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