Example sentences of "expect [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was referring to ‘ prime ’ and ‘ premium ’ sausages in which you might expect leaner meat , less filler material , or less fat . |
| 2 | However , the City must expect further attacks . |
| 3 | Gorbachev 's call for more substantial arms cuts contrasted with the view of the then UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher that " I do n't think we should expect further dramatic reductions in forces " . |
| 4 | The Health Minister , Virginia Bottomley has said in the House of Commons this afternoon that haemophiliacs who contracted the H I V virus through imported blood products , can not expect further compensation . |
| 5 | Might the university expect better grades than they asked for previously ? |
| 6 | The SmartLink Pocket Modem 24 was fine , but at £249 I 'd expect better software than FaxNow ! |
| 7 | This result spills over onto the optimal output decision : since one can expect better sales prices with a higher σ or a lower k , one should accordingly produce more output with a higher σ or lower k . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | He would expect older children to master basic harmony — ‘ grammar and syntax , we can not communicate sensibly without . |
| 10 | I hope the current wage negotiations will shortly come to a satisfactory conclusion , ’ said Hartington , adding a warning to owners that they must expect higher training fees to permit lads to be properly paid . |
| 11 | I hope the current wage negotiations will shortly come to a satisfactory conclusion , ’ said Hartington , adding a warning to owners that they must expect higher training fees to permit lads to be properly paid . |
| 12 | We now have a situation where , in the unskilled occupations , an employer will take on a woman in preference to a man — since he would expect higher wages . |
| 13 | Returning soldiers would expect higher wages than the Egyptian migrant workers hired during the war . |
| 14 | And a better trained workforce which everyone wants would expect higher pay . |
| 15 | JS advertisements made it clear to customers they could expect higher standards from Sainsbury 's . |
| 16 | If lifetime employment is common in Japan we would expect longer periods to be spent with particular firms and less mobility between firms . |
| 17 | If this trend continues , we can expect greater numbers of each successive cohort to reach pensionable age and to have both a longer expectation of life and fewer chronic illnesses and disabilities when it does than its predecessor . |
| 18 | You do n't expect finer feelings in a thief ? ’ |