Example sentences of "[adj] expect the [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | I still half expect the food to be doped . |
| 2 | Where perishable goods are to be despatched to the buyer by carrier , it is reasonable to expect the goods to be of such a quality as to be able to withstand a normal journey — Mash & murrell v. Joseph Emmanuel ( 1961 Q.B. ) . |
| 3 | Given their manpower resources , it is not reasonable to expect the police to be able to enforce rigorously a large-scale , blanket speed limit in residential areas and it is apparent that they do not try to do so . |
| 4 | We believe that , where a request for information has been inadequately answered , it is insufficient to expect the applicant to ‘ seek a remedy through the usual democratic channels or through a judicial review ’ . |
| 5 | He said Anglo expects the sales to be completed by Christmas . |
| 6 | Patrick held both hands up in a gesture of peace , he smiled for a moment ; I 'm no trying to get at you personally but I just fucking feel that you cant expect the teacher to be the everything , the heavyweight boxing champion of the world . |
| 7 | In the end , it is naïve to expect the media to single-handedly change centuries of established ways of thinking about the role of the individual/citizen/consumer in the political and social system . |