Example sentences of "[noun] [pron] [modal v] expect [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hello darling , come on I said to her when she goes back to Tumbletots I shall expect big things of her . |
| 2 | As the canvas documents , including the notification of banding , will be issued by the Finance Department I would expect all the enquiries during December 1992 to April 1993 , and probably after April 1993 , to be directed at the Finance Department . |
| 3 | They were described as designed to disadvantage the fledgling opposition parties which could expect substantial support from West German sister parties . |
| 4 | In newer areas one would expect main roads to form boundaries , yet residential areas in the past were often arranged around the town centre along major roads , so that in older areas a distributor with shops on either side may even form the centre of a residential district . |
| 5 | Henry Fairweather , group personnel and services director , acknowledges that most of its female managers are in areas one might expect such as marketing , information services and personnel . |
| 6 | ‘ With the worsening economic climate we can expect more unemployment , mortgage repossessions , bankruptcies and general indebtedness . |
| 7 | The prime movers in developing this structure have been larger firms who can expect favoured treatment in times of expansion , and can transfer adjustment burdens along a chain of subcontractors in recessions . |
| 8 | At private meetings over meals or in his office North would produce his spiral notebook or pieces of yellow legal paper , asking ‘ how in God 's name we can expect these young men and women to fight against Communism when this is what they 're up against ’ , and often breaking into tears . |
| 9 | JS advertisements made it clear to customers they could expect higher standards from Sainsbury 's . |
| 10 | The programme never described him as such , though he certainly wields the authority you would expect that title would give him . |
| 11 | With such differences in the quantity and quality of mosaics one might expect different levels of stylistic affinity — and combinations of these levels — to be prominent . |
| 12 | If lifetime employment is common in Japan we would expect longer periods to be spent with particular firms and less mobility between firms . |
| 13 | The net effect will vary according to the cost conditions within the particular industry under consideration , and within the real world we might expect considerable variation from one industry to another . |
| 14 | He has warned the council that unless it rectifies this situation it should expect strong opposition against the bill . |
| 15 | It 's impossible to judge exactly how many people will come in as a result of that and er , how much expenditure will be incurred because as you know we 're in a recessionary period and as you 've already heard there is concern about current trading , but I would hope that it would bring in er , something like a hundred and fifty thousand extra people , certainly in a good year I 'd expect more than that but really that 's about as much as I 'm prepared to say with some additional spending which will be incurred at Alton Towers . |
| 16 | If the Shipman 's Tale is a redaction of a dramatized fabliau of the same kind as the English Dame Sirith we can expect these opening lines to convey at least some particular characteristics of the fabliau as conceived and used by Chaucer . |
| 17 | Chappy was good for about 23 goals a season in all major competitions , With Deane 's greater overall contribution we should expect 18 from him . |
| 18 | The SmartLink Pocket Modem 24 was fine , but at £249 I 'd expect better software than FaxNow ! |