Example sentences of "[adv] expect [art] [noun] of " in BNC.

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1 Tae kwon do is the Korean art of self-defence and Britain 's rather good at it , so expect a lot of that on your screens .
2 Any players worth their salt will obviously expect the suits of armour to animate and attack , so do n't disappoint them here .
3 I had not expected the level of exposure , the narrowness of the arêtes , the commitment .
4 But if expectations are rationally formed , the government can not expect a policy of linking the change in the money supply to the previous price level to succeed , for people will not be fooled by it .
5 Clearly it is not every year that the government introduces massive changes to social security legislation and the IPG would not expect an exercise of this size again for many years .
6 He could not expect the support of the Allies , but , more importantly , neither would he face active hostility .
7 He certainly did not expect the shock of a gunshot , cutting through the sounds of the grass .
8 He does not expect the effects of the Budget to be felt locally for some time .
9 Even in 1987 voters did not expect the return of a Labour or Conservative government to make a significant difference .
10 We do not expect the elders of our own party to join this unhelpful cause .
11 Using this as a starting point , we would not expect the kinds of social pressure defined by anomie-type theories to force change from one finite state to the other .
12 In consequence , one should not expect the discourse of racism to be necessarily marked by the ponderous unsubtlety of thought described by Adorno et al .
13 Whilst it may be uneconomic to repair some goods , a Claimant should not expect the replacement of a damaged item , if an acceptable repair can be carried out .
14 They would not expect the taking of Perth and Scone to be easy , and night would fall long before they could send back to clear out Abernethy and Forteviot , or before they could press on the further twelve miles to Dunkeld .
15 But Mr Szilagy and his staff are not expecting the citizens of Budapest to flock in their thousands to see the collection of ugly lifeless forms .
16 Any Romanian had learnt instinctively to expect the opposite of what the Party assured them the future had to offer .
17 How could she possibly expect a girl of Cissie 's years to understand how a woman could love so deeply that there seemed no shame in it at all ?
18 Continuing with the Lois Lane example , suppose that she still expects the price of kryptonite futures to rise relative to that of phlogiston futures ( ignoring the effects of any general price movements on their relative prices ) , and she has no views about general price movements .
19 Like many other Nazareans , he still expects the dissolution of creation .
20 But their offers were around £400m to £450m , while Littlewoods clearly expected the price of more than £500m .
21 In the case of a young man of 25 in a managerial or professional occupation with good job prospects one could reasonably expect a multiplier of 17 or 18 .
22 But here one may also expect a degree of individual variation .
23 He could also expect the backing of Dr John Cunningham , Labour 's campaign 's co-ordinator , and other key shadow Cabinet figures .
24 Apart from the societal context within which the organisation operates we would also expect the history of the organisation to influence its present culture .
25 The Treasury now expects a fall of 1% in non-oil GDP in 1992 , followed by growth of 1% in 1993 : the average GDP growth in 1993 forecast by independents is 1 1/2 % .
26 With reference to individuals in public life , if a serious allegation is made the public now expects the question of the truth or falsity of it to be demonstrated by the taking of proceedings , whether the proceedings result in a decision of the court or an apology and settlement .
27 Nevertheless , given that it will not do to define law as a means to institutionalise dispute-resolution and so inhibit unregulated conflict , we may surely expect the control of force to be a major objective of law .
28 Does not he equally expect the rule of law to be observed on both sides of the Irish border ?
29 ‘ You ca n't expect a lot of polish in a country GP , ’ she said .
30 ‘ I do n't expect a lot of polish , ’ protested Lydia .
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