Example sentences of "[pron] [vb mod] expect [adj -er] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | If lifetime employment is common in Japan we would expect longer periods to be spent with particular firms and less mobility between firms . |
2 | 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 . |
3 | JS advertisements made it clear to customers they could expect higher standards from Sainsbury 's . |
4 | 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 . |
5 | He would expect older children to master basic harmony — ‘ grammar and syntax , we can not communicate sensibly without . |
6 | 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 . |