Example sentences of "[pron] can [adv] expect [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where , say , tench are concerned , you can confidently expect tench in the early morning and know your chances are practically non-existent in the afternoon , which is the case on almost all tench waters . |
| 2 | On the other hand , if the weather is already hot and the water temperature is 70° F. or more , then the wind suddenly springs up and brings a drop in water temperature and a rise in the amount of dissolved oxygen in the water , you can also expect fish . |
| 3 | But you can never expect Horowitz to toe the party line which is why , in the end , he succeeded in making so many first-rate recordings . |
| 4 | You can hardly expect lightning to strike twice in the same family . ’ |
| 5 | You can hardly expect people to make a journey of six hours round trip for an afternoon 's event unless it is very special . |
| 6 | You can hardly expect commitment and company loyalty from an employee who 's been press-ganged into working for you . |
| 7 | We can also expect de-recognition by employers who are frightened to death by the T & G. It it 's already happening . |
| 8 | We can hardly expect adolescents to have respect for the possessions of others if they have no hope of attaining any of their own . |
| 9 | But it may be that more fundamental changes to the present institutional arrangements for audit will be needed before we can realistically expect auditors to be proactive in assessing and reporting on business risk . |
| 10 | At the same time , research evidence about how people view this in practice conveys a sense of boundaries : that there are limits to what one can reasonably expect relatives to do , and to what a person would want to rely on relatives for . |
| 11 | One can hardly expect newspapers not to change over four decades ! |