Example sentences of "[adv] expect [adj] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So expect two years of dull , decent , gritty competence , explain the Major-domos — and steady , unspectacular results . |
| 2 | Often they are organized by younger people who merely expect ageing members to be passive recipients of organized events . |
| 3 | That is to say , for 100 feet of water one could only expect 240 feet of sediment of normal density . |
| 4 | Another implication of ( 16 ) , or ( 15 ) , is that , apart from questioning the adjective , the language would also provide a means to question the noun phrase alone while " leaving behind " the predicate qualifier ( even though one might not expect such questions to be particularly common in practice ) , and in fact such questions are perfectly grammatical : ( 21 ) who(m) did he paint seated ? what did he send registered ? |
| 5 | We must consequently not expect Greek callers at Palestinian ports to go up to Jerusalem for the pleasure of observing Jewish festivals . |
| 6 | I would not expect these decisions to be uniform across the country because of different local circumstances and the likelihood of different clinical views on the efficacy of particular treatment . |
| 7 | A downturn is expected in 1993 since activity is anticipated to be lower as the company does not expect these contracts to be repeated . |
| 8 | I readily acknowledge that I can not expect definitive statements from the Minister when the answers given by his ministerial colleagues , who have greater legal experience than the Minister and I possess , are , to say the least , somewhat circumspect . |
| 9 | We should not expect three classes of behaviour corresponding to the three processes of adaptation . |
| 10 | They consider that there is no reason why parties should not expect fair procedures to be followed , and that the public law decision Ridge v Baldwin [ 1964 ] AC 40 applies the rules of natural justice to any person making a decision about individuals . |
| 11 | In retirement we must achieve a state of calm , for we can not expect large segments of our lives to be filled with ecstasy . |
| 12 | However , direct coercive sanctions require continuous effort , and may in fact be a rather brittle form of social control , so we should not expect dominant groups in different societies to rely wholly and simply on such crude means of retaining their power and privilege , especially where their position has long been entrenched . |
| 13 | The organisation concerned would normally expect these roles to be occupied by men . |
| 14 | Bernard Moing , Univel 's regional marketing manager for Europe says , ‘ we 're not expecting any returns on UnixWare until the first quarter of 1993 , and then the take up will be limited for a further period . ’ |
| 15 | The theme of the play ( as Lewis somehow expects all readers of his memoirs to remember ) is the rejection and suppression of erotic love . |
| 16 | They 'll hardly expect separate cards from the two of us , though since you 're likely to be sending them one it would n't hurt to add my name to yours . |
| 17 | In an interspecies cross like the mule one would always expect marked differences between the two parents ' white cell antigens , and on the analogy with humans , habitual abortions should be rare . |
| 18 | Insurance companies understandably expect proper precautions to be taken for the security and safe storage of musical instruments . |
| 19 | Some 70 per cent of Borders properties can also expect reduced demands for water tax . |
| 20 | Larder , who has given the captaincy to tough utility forward Paul Hulme , is also expecting great things from giant Welsh second rower Paul Moriarty . |
| 21 | The county council says it hopes to give residents a choice on where they 'll be moved to and does n't expect compulsory redundancies among care staff . |
| 22 | Do n't expect chatty presenters on a comfy settee just yet . |
| 23 | You do n't expect finer feelings in a thief ? ’ |
| 24 | I ca n't expect any favours from Graham Gooch in that direction . |
| 25 | ‘ You ca n't expect fried eggs to be all tidy . |
| 26 | Do n't expect five-star facilities in a one-star hotel . |
| 27 | Finally , where there are important divisions between kinds of culture and society , one might well expect systematic differences between the associated languages for example , it is likely that literacy has systematic effects on the lexical , syntactic and semantic structure of languages , even if these have never been spelt out ( see Goody , 1977 ) . |
| 28 | We must therefore expect certain aspects of computer design to reappear throughout the book , to be seen from a slightly different angle each time . |