Example sentences of "[indef pn] expects [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Secondly , although the integral values of the Hall resistivity at the plateaux can be explained by a simple theory that glosses over many of the complications of real inversion layers , nobody expects such outstandingly good agreement , better than 1 part per million , with a theory so coarse .
2 After all , one expects better value for money for one 's computer time .
3 After all , this is a heavy , man-sized aircraft , so one expects he-man control forces .
4 One expects military sculpture to be massive and crude , and this is very true of a Hercules scene from Corbridge from the Chapel of the Standards in the western principia ( Site xiv ) .
5 Should the ensuing insomnia mean dropping off during the day , then again you will be awakened , this time by real Hercules transport planes — Elveden Forest , being in East Anglia , is very close to numerous air-bases and so many jets scream overhead that one expects any minute to bump into a tight-lipped Kate Adie dressed in camouflage fatigues .
6 If one buys a house near a railway line , one expects some disturbance from it , and that is a factor which will no doubt be reflected in the price .
7 No one expects this rump of a service to be viable .
8 Everyone expects better results in the next quarter .
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