Example sentences of "to expect [art] [adj] [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The speedy ‘ wash-out ’ effect that set in showed clearly how unrealistic it is to expect the developmental course to be changed when just one period is singled out for attention and no effort is made to follow up that experience and integrate it in an individual 's total life pattern . |
| 2 | There is of course no reason to expect the same person to be the median voter as policy changes ; the identity of the median voter may alter . |
| 3 | Accepting that politically it would be unrealistic to expect the National Curriculum to be couched in other than conventional terms , ie subjects , I questioned the absence of a rationale . |
| 4 | To expect a sudden conversion to spiritual belief is to expect too much ( although it does sometimes happen ) and fortunately it is completely unnecessary . |
| 5 | However often he and his ministers warned the population not to expect an overnight return to prewar prosperity , the head of the government was naturally held accountable for the persistence of food and fuel shortages , black marketeering , and bread rationing . |