Example sentences of "[pron] be [adj] expect [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Discouraged , Jinny bent to her picking , telling herself that she was stupid to expect faces at the window or dramatic voices calling . |
| 2 | Nor would such a study have been given permission by the RUC , for it is utopian to expect police authorities in divided societies to open up these sections of their force to scrutiny and observation by outsiders . |
| 3 | He said : ‘ It is atrocious to expect businesses and parents to bail out schools . |
| 4 | It may be that with a rent well into six figures it is unrealistic to expect directors to give guarantees and therefore the following amendment may be considered appropriate : |
| 5 | It is unrealistic to expect GPs to fund such studies , although some have been undertaken by central government ( Anderson , 1989 ) . |
| 6 | Nevertheless , it is unrealistic to expect clients always to seek advice on these matters from sources other than the building designer , and a basic knowledge of planning law , compensation and the individual vagaries in attitudes of planning authorities is often the basis of releasing latent development value which is of tangible benefit and for which the client is prepared to pay high rewards . |
| 7 | There were , however , some times of the year when it was unreasonable to expect farmers to leave the farm work for training courses . |
| 8 | Democrats , whilst welcoming Bush 's retreat on the tax issue , argued that it was unreasonable to expect Democrats to associate themselves with spending cuts and tax increases , if they could not be certain that the President could hold his own party to such a deal . |