Example sentences of "to expect [adj] [adj] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Does he agree that to stimulate demand within the United Kingdom home market , where problems exist on the retail side , the industry is entitled to expect some special attention from the Chancellor of the Exchequer at the next Budget , which could include a reduction in or the total elimination of the appalling 10 per cent . |
| 2 | So far as adult education is concerned it would seem reasonable to expect some significant response to the women 's movement given the close association between adult education and popular political movements in the formative years , and also because women constitute the majority of students , in current adult education provision . |
| 3 | The dispatch of yet another deadbeat Tory , Sir Patrick Mayhew , to Northern Ireland is a warning not to expect much political progress in the province . |
| 4 | Just because it is so common that it is regarded as ‘ normal ’ to expect chronic ill health with advancing years does that mean that it is the way things have to be or , indeed , should be ? |
| 5 | It would be unreasonable to expect easy co-operative motion along the entire polymer chain , but as there is normally some degree of flexibility in the chain , local segmental motion can take place more readily . |
| 6 | The British Government had every right to expect uninhibited American support in ensuring the success of this impracticable settlement : it was not forthcoming . |