Example sentences of "[adj] to expect [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , in present circumstances it would be unrealistic to expect ordinary citizens and all but the largest courts or law firms to be able to exploit the possibility . |
| 2 | It is unrealistic to expect social workers to empathise with the child , the mother and the abuser , ’ says Bernadette Manning , head of child protection . |
| 3 | It is ill-advised to expect high-flying academics alone to provide the necessary raw material in our communications industry . |
| 4 | However , it is inefficient from a user 's point of view to leave course assessment to suppliers ( who will not necessarily be assessing the same thing as users ) , and inappropriate to expect individual users to be able to evaluate courses within any framework other than their own needs . |
| 5 | The shadow employment secretary Frank Dobson said : ‘ It is unfair to expect vital people like nurses and teachers to accept a pay settlement less than the rate of inflation , a lot less then settlements outside , and less than what the Government are likely to give the judges . ’ |
| 6 | Since outcome is determined partly during pregnancy , it is logical to expect pregnant women to ask more questions , expect answers and make informed decisions related to their lifestyle . |
| 7 | If governments acted to remove some of the existing constraints to economic growth in DRAs it would be reasonable to expect private investors to move in from outside to exploit the opportunities thus created . |
| 8 | In such cases it would be reasonable to expect positive responses from the medical attendant after 8 weeks . |
| 9 | It is perhaps unreasonable to expect Continental evidence to represent accurately the styles of dress worn in early Anglo-Saxon England . |
| 10 | ‘ Queen Street has always been one of the main access points to the beach and it is too far to expect old people to walk around the end of the development , ’ she added . |
| 11 | On June 5 in Oslo , in a speech accepting the 1990 Nobel Peace Prize , Gorbachev said that " now that perestroika has entered its critical phase , the Soviet Union is entitled to expect large-scale support to assure its success " , and warned that " if perestroika fails the prospect of entering a new peaceful period in history will vanish " . |
| 12 | In return , citizens are entitled to expect high-quality services which are responsive to their needs and provided efficiently at reasonable cost . |
| 13 | Is it realistic to expect junior house officers to admit to their consultants that they are overburdened when their career progression depends on getting a good reference ? |
| 14 | Despite Clinton 's hopes for action within the first 100 days of his administration , it is more realistic to expect legislative hearings during March and April and the earliest Congressional action on any legislation in May or early June . |