Example sentences of "[modal v] expect from [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 The other mechanical properties of wood are very much what we should expect from a bundle of tubes or fibres .
2 I did n't think it was the sort of behaviour one should expect from a Director of Coaching .
3 If you have never rented property before , it is worth knowing what you should expect from the contract that you are undertaking .
4 ‘ Not perhaps the normal taste you might expect from a crew member . ’
5 His attitude to England seems terribly confused , as one might expect from a person who despises royalty but brandishes the cross of St George .
6 This was written late in his life and with his own declared interest in socialism and sociology there is a tendency to see things rather more ‘ socially ’ than one might expect from a child of the local corner shop .
7 They think , perhaps , more in terms of what knowledge and skills they would hope to find in a secondary school entrant rather than of those one might expect from a child who had successfully completed a primary school course .
8 The history of science is full of priority-disputes , mistakes and dogmatism , as one might expect from a human and provisional activity .
9 I will return and tell Prince Rainbow that the lung 's guard were foolish and gave me such treatment as one might expect from a crowd of flea-bitten louts . "
10 What I am talking of is , I suppose , the sort of progeny one might expect from a mating between the Arkleton Trust and the government-sponsored Plockton seminar
11 A push button switches in the amp 's ‘ Enhance ’ circuitry , the effect of which is to condition the high order harmonics of the distorted sound , reputedly offering a less ‘ fizzy ’ tone than one might expect from a transistor amp .
12 As one might expect from the rise in the divorce rate , the proportion of single-parent families has been increasing .
13 Clearly the bigger the settlement , the more the greater the significance one might expect from the rail network in this context .
14 As one might expect from the discussion elsewhere in this chapter , there are a variety of reasons why adjustment to monetary union is not likely to be spread evenly across space .
15 The wholly negative tone of the passage is only what we might expect from the rest of the chapter .
16 As you might expect from the name , these latter animals have tentacles arranged in multiples of eight per polyp .
17 Fuel burn at around 11 gallons per hour was what one might expect from the power plant , and the aircraft would undoubtedly benefit from turbo-charging although as always the trade-off in this is going to be increased maintenance costs .
18 As you might expect from an investment plan that offers tax-free returns , there is a limit to the amount you are allowed to invest each year .
19 The lasers are extraordinary , the sound system all you 'd expect from a custom-built club , and guest DJs travel in from across Europe — in one week last month , Brit visitors included Trevor Fung , Paul Oakenfold , Mrs Woods , Fat Tony and Danny Rampling .
20 This is not the sort of statement you 'd expect from a man who won the Boardman-Tasker Award and the NCR ( National Cash Registers ) non-fiction prize with his first book .
21 As you 'd expect from a hotel of this calibre , the bedrooms are lavish and extremely comfortable .
22 Everything you 'd expect from a Summer holiday — yet so much more
23 After reading some of the comments from people who saw the game or who listened on the radio , the above seems to be about as true reporting as you 'd expect from the NOTW .
24 As you 'd expect from the range that prides itself on keeping your garden in shape .
25 Well , is n't that what you 'd expect from the company with the longest pedigree in pet healthcare ?
26 At the very least NOT THE KIND OF THING YOU 'D EXPECT FROM THE FARM .
27 In order to evaluate the level of service that we could expect from a bureau we concocted a dummy page for a newsletter and sent it on disk to six carefully selected bureau .
28 As an anxious new father , Belinda 's partner , Jem , read everything he could find about Down 's syndrome because he wanted to know what he could expect from the future .
29 The action is perfectly smooth , as you would expect from a top of the range product .
30 Not the sort of mistake you would expect from a mammal or a man .
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