Example sentences of "[pron] [vb mod] expect [det] [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 | Our farm has shown growth right from grandfather 's day in 1921 and I would expect that growth would continue . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | The programme never described him as such , though he certainly wields the authority you would expect that title would give him . |
| 5 | ‘ It is the last place you would expect this kind of thing to happen . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | MS-DOS 5 was shipped with network shells and drivers and you can expect this trend to continue with version 6 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | We must expect another visit fast . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 ) . |
| 15 | Another Friday 13th was approaching so I was certain we could expect another move , maybe the big one . |
| 16 | Clearly , we could expect some sort of boundary indication , such as a pause , to occur long before the end of this utterance . |
| 17 | Now we would expect that justification to emerge from this examination and in due course to be embodied in the er lower case script for the alteration itself . |
| 18 | ‘ We would expect more equity for unions in terms of employment . |
| 19 | Furthermore , we would expect any doctor , not just our own , to behave in the ‘ proper ’ manner , in the same way that we expect the same sort of behaviour from all shop assistants , or all priests , or all fathers . |
| 20 | Certainly this policy is not intended in any way to erm prevent what P P G seven actually seeks er to promote in in the open countryside , ie outside the areas which we would expect most development to take place in . |
| 21 | One would expect such energy to earn him the approval of the Nazarean hierarchy in Jerusalem . |
| 22 | Erm I , I just get this feeling , you know one would expect that year eleven is a reasonable way of working out what the , the sort of workload is , and you would think that special needs would actually be something that really related quite nicely |
| 23 | I use the term " child " here in contradistinction to " parent " — not all incest involves juveniles — but one would expect any effect to be more marked the younger the child concerned . |
| 24 | Had the two interests been hostile , one would expect some evidence of local friction , but there is none . |
| 25 | Had the two interests been hostile , one would expect some evidence of local friction , but there is none . |
| 26 | If the explanation of a high standards and routines specification as symptomatic of the desire to be satisfied is correct , one would expect some relationship between this measure and answers to the ‘ Do you like housework ? ’ question . |
| 27 | Not only will the proposed reorganisation plunge local government into confusion and uncertainty for a number of years , during which we can expect little progress with the review and upgrading of old minerals permissions , but the resulting structure of small unitary authorities is very unlikely to deliver either the resources or the strategic perspective required to implement the proposed review . |
| 28 | ‘ With the worsening economic climate we can expect more unemployment , mortgage repossessions , bankruptcies and general indebtedness . |
| 29 | So we can expect this summer , in your view we can expect to see as many tourists from overseas as we normally do . |
| 30 | Nicholson wondered , if the snow came , what he could expect this time . |