Example sentences of "can expect " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this respect , the scholarly standard of a private collection 's catalogue will be very high , and the sort of information which a reader can expect will be the same . |
| 2 | An apt combination of noun and adjective , a bon mot , an evocative phrase , is as much as an artist can hope for and a reader can expect . |
| 3 | Describing the object is not the only sort of description that a reader can expect from a critic . |
| 4 | In general , women are healthier and live longer than ever before , indeed on average they can expect to live 5 years longer than men . |
| 5 | Those who pursue explication can expect to be seen as suspicious , for they embody the marginality of the anthropologist , described by Lévi-Strauss ( 1973 : 67 ) as being someone who is ‘ psychologically speaking maimed , an amputee ’ . |
| 6 | Andrew and Wendy will miss Pete in Hong Kong , but so intelligent and sensitive a canine is he , they can expect the warmest Yorkshire welcome when they pay a return visit . |
| 7 | At the same time we can expect people 's interest in green issues and concern for their local environment to grow . ’ |
| 8 | Bell opted out of the tour , but declared himself available for internationals , and can expect extra attention on Sunday from the Kiwi centres . |
| 9 | What budget borrowers can expect for next year will depend on when their review date falls . |
| 10 | Now a rise in unemployment looks certain to follow the latest rise in interest rates , we can expect to see ‘ actively seeking work ’ enforced with even greater severity and bias . ’ |
| 11 | The old debt has been nagging away these last 16 years , and Moore made a point last week of reminding Bobby Robson of the hostile reception England can expect on Wednesday . |
| 12 | They can expect an income return of 8.5 per cent in the first year . |
| 13 | They will have to answer for the team 's performances and can expect to be closely questioned on how often they saw those performances . |
| 14 | ‘ It gave everyone a good introduction as to what we can expect — the weather was hot and the pitch typically flat . ’ |
| 15 | In prestige arrondissements of Paris , such as the 6th , 7th , 16th , Neuilly and Le Marais — the equivalent of London 's Kensington , Chelsea or Knightsbridge — you can expect to pay £200,000-£400,000 for a good two- or three-bedroom flat , she says . |
| 16 | Against Italy , Lazaroni is keen to experience a foretaste of the atmosphere that he and his side can expect next summer . |
| 17 | Dingwall , in another context , calls these stories ‘ atrocity stories ’ ( 1977 ) , and Richman shows how they feature prominently in the discourse of traffic wardens , in an attempt to socialize new recruits into what they can expect , as well as being a means of stressing the moral worth of traffic wardens : a concern which was high on the priorities of such a stigmatized occupational group ( Richman 1983 : 115 ) . |
| 18 | Sometimes they are told to demonstrate what new recruits ( and the field-worker ) can expect ; on other occasions they are told to illustrate the funny or the tragic sides of policing ; or are used as a vehicle for the story-teller to display some features about him or herself , such as his or her experience and skill and ability in handling all things , and that he or she is professional in being able to talk about horror in a cold and detached manner . |
| 19 | The most you can expect from us is an attempt to organize an orderly return with emphasis on some priorities . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ I do n't see how you can expect people to follow your lead , to trust you , to commit themselves to the business unless they believe that all of these things are dear to your heart . ’ |
| 21 | Boats fishing the Goodwins Sands can expect codling , thornback ray , whiting and dabs . |
| 22 | With these photographs as a reference point we can expect a traditional Gandini shape when we see the car on 15 September next year , the 110th anniversary of Ettore Bugatti 's birth . |
| 23 | Patients who have hypotension can expect longer , more healthier lives |
| 24 | No traditional formula could compete on value-for-money with a well-run guesthouse where , as the public has begun to realise , it can expect cheaper prices coupled with modern levels of comfort . |
| 25 | ‘ The tinnitus you can expect , I 'm afraid , ’ Doctor Staples said , ‘ and the vertigo too — a little deafness even . |
| 26 | As for the rest , ‘ no one can expect us to sign our own death sentence . |
| 27 | The Wanderers ' manager , Phil Neal , has some way to go before he can expect to be so honoured but he collected several brownie points after his side 's spirited performance . |
| 28 | Saga publishes a booklet , Saving and Spending on Longer Holidays Abroad , which not only details the savings householders of any age can expect to make while they take an extended holiday , but also gives advice to pensioners on how to ensure they get their pension while they winter abroad . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | If it is severe , we can expect serious dissatisfaction . |