Example sentences of "[pron] [vb mod] expect [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As for Mark Crowe , the Argus sport and nature ramble hack , well , I thought I could expect some loyalty there . |
| 2 | The SmartLink Pocket Modem 24 was fine , but at £249 I 'd expect better software than FaxNow ! |
| 3 | Williams , who saw his initial Derby prospect , Pond Tornado , eliminated , said : ‘ I would expect New Level to win his heat but Pond Pavarotti is on a wing and a prayer . |
| 4 | Our farm has shown growth right from grandfather 's day in 1921 and I would expect that growth would continue . |
| 5 | If he is n't just amusing himself , then I can expect total siege . |
| 6 | Therefore the chances are , and this is statistical , it 's a statistical chance , in general I can expect any mutation in me to be passed on to half my offspring complete . |
| 7 | They were described as designed to disadvantage the fledgling opposition parties which could expect substantial support from West German sister parties . |
| 8 | He was referring to ‘ prime ’ and ‘ premium ’ sausages in which you might expect leaner meat , less filler material , or less fat . |
| 9 | The programme never described him as such , though he certainly wields the authority you would expect that title would give him . |
| 10 | Even against the estate , the ride/handling/steering/braking package is by far the most convincing , as you would expect given SVE 's involvement . |
| 11 | ‘ It is the last place you would expect this kind of thing to happen . |
| 12 | Now all retinal ganglion cells have , somewhere within the visual field , a region called the receptive field where light causes a change in the number of impulses , and as you would expect this region is situated within the field of view of the eye at the position where a light spot illuminates the retina underlying the ganglion cell . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | MS-DOS 5 was shipped with network shells and drivers and you can expect this trend to continue with version 6 . |
| 15 | In time-dependent form therefore we may expect one relation between the deviatoric stresses and strains and another , independent one between the dilatational parts . |
| 16 | If British Telecom 's catchpenny peripheral services — dial-a-sex-kitten and so on are any yard stick , we may expect special issue stamps to become even more gimmicky and tacky than they ire already , come privatisation . |
| 17 | In general , if one individual is able to make its future actions plainer than another and if it derives benefit from doing so ( which does not seem implausible in a social context ) , then we should expect evolutionary change in the effectiveness of such signals . |
| 18 | The evidence presented in Tables 9.3 and 9.4 lends weight to the statement that being less risky we should expect less return from fixed interest investments whichever country is being considered . |
| 19 | c ) Since our view of the language will change profoundly , we must expect substantial influence on the specification of syllabuses , design of materials and choice of method . |
| 20 | We must expect another visit fast . |
| 21 | If genes could discover a chink of an unorthodox route through to another body ( alongside , or instead of , the orthodox sperm or egg route ) , we must expect natural selection to favour their opportunism and improve it . |
| 22 | Because three-quarters of women with gonorrhoea will have the infection in the urethra , one might expect urethral discharge to be a common finding in infected women . |
| 23 | So one might expect chemical sensitivity to run in families , if enzyme defects are a common cause of the problem . |
| 24 | If , however , the vertical axis is defined as attainable competitive strength , then one might expect most investment to take place in the top left corner . |
| 25 | Examples are too numerous to list , but a particularly telling one from members of our own profession , where one might expect some awareness , can serve . |
| 26 | The use of inappropriate forms of assessment to grade and rank-order pupils ' work for the purpose of making comparisons or to achieve so-called ‘ unified standards ’ is illustrated by the worst abuses of norm-referencing , which has been roundly and justifiably criticized by many writers , even in those areas of the curriculum where one might expect this system to be welcomed . |
| 27 | Because of transport costs one might expect heavy building materials , such as cement , to be non-traded . |
| 28 | As Foresman ( 1986 ) suggests , we might expect remote sensing technology to play a major role . |
| 29 | Thus , using a plural in a continuation based on the verb + with conditions , where we might expect some sort of strain , does indeed produce a reliably higher number of continuations using both . |
| 30 | Not surprisingly these features are principally confined to the cities of the province , though we might expect some form of provision at those sites where water transport clearly played a part in moving bulky products like building stone or pottery ( p. 43 ) . |