Example sentences of "[modal v] expect a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hence , given that they are held to bear less risk , we should expect a lower return . |
| 2 | Realistically we should expect a mixed experience as at the start of all major new programmes . |
| 3 | ‘ If Clinton can not get the economy started and has trouble financing his ambitious spending programme , you may expect a greater withdrawal from foreign commitments , trade sanctions — whatever he thinks it will take , ’ said one analyst . |
| 4 | Nevertheless , one may expect a greater similarity between two geometrically similar points than between two geometrically dissimilar points . |
| 5 | Thus , one might expect a similar kind of opening of the iron-free structure to expose charged ligands and to allow entrance of ferrous ions . |
| 6 | Given what we know about the formation of new varieties of English in overseas colonies of Britain , we might expect a similar process to have taken place among Caribbean migrants living in Britain itself . |
| 7 | As with chimneys , so with synapses ; if they are constructed — or even reconstructed — during learning , one might expect a brief increase in the rate of synthesis of proteins over the time when an animal was being trained and memory was being formed . |
| 8 | We might expect a clear relationship , for example , between the number of school children and the amount of spending on education . |
| 9 | Passers- by might expect a few satin teddies in the window . |
| 10 | He says , One might expect a big man to have big bottles , but if you are giving a big dinner party its very practical to have magnums . |
| 11 | If one of his family had been in the same position surely he 'd expect a stiffer sentence than the one given today |
| 12 | They boasted that it was the worst they 'd ever known , and could expect a million profit with confidence . |
| 13 | ‘ With most criminal kidnaps you could expect a long wait . |
| 14 | Stevens was one of the most meticulous of film directors and any actor working with him could expect a gruelling time . |
| 15 | If we were to express this need openly and directly in social chit-chat we would risk offending others and we could expect a strong reaction in terms of them rejecting , over-powering or accepting us ( in this instance their luck could be in ) . |
| 16 | Important or insignificant , customs appointments were , however , obtainable only by those who could expect a political favour , and many of the officers were in fact the nominees of a member of parliament and often the active partisans of that politician . |
| 17 | Therefore , as Ernest Tuveson points out in Imagination as a Means of Grace : ‘ From the nature of mind as described by Locke we could expect a new poetry to be highly visual in nature , for the faculty of sight came to monopolize the analysis of intellectual activity . ’ |
| 18 | Very few professional men then could expect a net income of £2,000 a year by the age of forty . |
| 19 | Mariot capped this by suggesting that , since the Earl Patrick would presumably intend to yield that castle should Berwick town fall to King Edward , he could expect a greater reward from that monarch if the castle was nominally his own , not just a crown possession . |
| 20 | What appalling style , even twenty years ago one could expect a better standard of English . |
| 21 | He consulted diviners when Anne Boleyn became pregnant , anxious to know whether he could expect a male heir . |
| 22 | They were sure I could expect a large present from her , either before or after her death . |
| 23 | If a company can limit its interruption claim to a period of three months rather than three years , it could expect a premium reduction of between 25 and 50 per cent . |
| 24 | Supporting the review , Tom Burlison , northern regional secretary of the GMB general union , said the public would expect a Labour government to use whatever was the most effective means of eliminating nuclear weapons . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ We would expect a Labour government to sweep away all those laws which conflict with the right to union recognition , which conflict with the social charter , and which conflict with the conventions of the International Labour Organisation , such as banning unions at GCHQ , Cheltenham , and banning collective pay bargaining for teachers . ’ |
| 26 | What is reading ? — a simple question to which one would expect a simple answer . |
| 27 | Therefore we would expect a forward contract and a financial futures contract with the same specifications to have the same price . |
| 28 | Complete fluency in the first and second languages is taken as prerequisite for training ( and one would expect a working interpreter to command at least four or five languages ) . |
| 29 | In fact , one would expect a public authority always to be inclined to search for a way to reach the same decision legally the second time round , if only to save face ; and the incentive to do so would be even greater if it were likely to be required to pay damages should it decide that its earlier loss-causing decision ought to be changed . |
| 30 | one would expect a large variation in the fluency with which teachers can instruct in sign language ; many would have had no more than a relatively short course . |