Example sentences of "to expect [art] [adj] [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | We have come to expect the premeditated dishonesty of Conservative Central Office to be reprinted in the Daily Mail , but we do not intend to allow it to go unchallenged in the columns of Hansard . |
| 2 | The experience of other advanced economies would lead us to expect the increasing dominance of larger manufacturing firms who can benefit more from economies of scale as the level of output and capital investment increases . |
| 3 | The level of tuition fees charged to students gives them the right to expect a professional standard of service , particularly with regard to test-marking ; the Education Service is judged , to a considerable extent , by that criterion . |
| 4 | I am not so naive as to expect a blinding flash of understanding , but bit by bit I think I am beginning to see patterns of behaviour , and even — in some cases — to recognise individuals . |
| 5 | We are entitled to expect a serious defence of his proposals , and serious consideration of our alternatives . |
| 6 | Too much to expect a new pair of arms to grow out of her ribs , or her coccyx to elongate so enormously . |
| 7 | Even homeless people have a right to expect a reasonable standard of accomodation . |
| 8 | There are signs that users may come to expect a reasonable tolerance of miskeyings from any interactive computer system . |
| 9 | In that case , there is no reason to expect a general form of explanation linking our cognitive faculties to the truth , explaining the reliability of our natural abductive sense . |
| 10 | The decades since 1950 , the 40 most revolutionary years in the history of human society , should lead us to expect a massive disintegration of old values , a collapse of old certainties . |
| 11 | Even when this is used , it is not advisable to expect a safe endurance of more than about an hour . |
| 12 | Admittedly , the theology of the end of days is vague enough : Daniel does not seem to expect a universal resurrection of the dead . |
| 13 | The book is set in the 1940s and this is how things were then , so to expect a different kind of portrayal would be unreasonable . |
| 14 | It is normal , then , to expect a high representation of black youth in youthful crime statistics . |
| 15 | The preamble to the rule advises the industry to expect an additional review of genetically engineered pesticides and the commercialization and marketing of foods . |
| 16 | There is a streak of sadism in his performance which leads us to expect an answering streak of masochism in Katherine . |