Example sentences of "[adj] to expect a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Government departments are now so vast that it is unrealistic to expect a minister to know all about matters of administration . |
| 2 | That is why commercial organisations are avoided if at all possible since it is quite unrealistic to expect a manufacturer to comment critically on his own product or not to view a rival 's product with a jaundiced eye . |
| 3 | The overall increase in referral rates may seem disappointing to those who hoped that fundholding would provide a mechanism for reducing the demand for specialist care , but it was probably unrealistic to expect a shift to occur in the first year of the scheme . |
| 4 | It 's absurd to expect a heron to behave like a blackbird ! " |
| 5 | it would be reasonable to expect a person so connected and in the position by virtue of which he is so connected , not to disclose save for the proper performance of the functions attached to that position ; |
| 6 | The 1989 Children Act replaces previous grounds for intervention by asking whether the child is receiving that care which ‘ it would be reasonable to expect a parent to give to him ’ ( S. 31(2) ( b ) ) . |
| 7 | ‘ that the harm , or likelihood of harm , is attributable to — ( i ) the care given to the child , or likely to be given to him if the order were not made , not being what it would be reasonable to expect a parent to give to him ; … |
| 8 | The Children Act says local authorities should provide the same sort of care ‘ that it would be reasonable to expect a parent to give ’ , and the assessment and action records are designed to help authorities be effective parents . |
| 9 | A court can only make a care or supervision order if satisfied : ( a ) that the child concerned is suffering , or is likely to suffer significant harm ; and ( b ) that the harm , or likelihood of harm is attributable to : ( i ) the care given to the child , or likely to be given to him if the order were not made , not being what it would be reasonable to expect a parent to give to him ; or ( ii ) the child being beyond parental control ( s31 ) . |
| 10 | The court has to decide what standard of care it would be reasonable to expect a parent to give to the child . |
| 11 | It is not reasonable to expect a tenant to have to accept construction works which may differ from those in the building documents and accordingly be less beneficial to the tenant than it may be expecting as a result of what the surveyors may be perceived to notice on an inspection . |
| 12 | It is reasonable to expect a line ferret to make a steady rather than spectacular rate of progress . |
| 13 | The case for Merz , Pistoletto and Buren may be different , but it is not unreasonable to expect a rationale for the proclaimed indebtedness of Arte Povera and Conceptual Art to the Situationists . |
| 14 | It is unreasonable to expect a piece of software to turn you and your computer into their equal in a matter of weeks or even months . |
| 15 | In fact once it reaches a large size , or starts to breed , territoriality will almost certainly make private quarters a necessity — it is relatively peaceful in relation to its size , but — and this applies to many other Central American substrate spawners — it is unreasonable to expect a fish with a natural breeding territory of 10 or more feet in diameter to share a tank with anything else . |
| 16 | It may be unreasonable to expect a civilian to understand the finer points of aerodynamics to degree level , but in the RAF it is something that pilots must learn . |
| 17 | It is totally unreasonable to expect a typist to become a typographer overnight or a secretary to turn into a layout artist or a marketing executive to become a designer . |
| 18 | Certainly , it is ridiculous to expect a minister to resign because a civil servant makes a mistake , even if the error be very serious . |
| 19 | It is hardly fair to expect a widow , for instance , to sell at a discount because you ca n't find the cash to meet a fair valuation . |
| 20 | ‘ Come on Eddie , it 's hardly fair to expect a fifteen-year-old to give up her Saturday , especially one like today , to sit around with a bunch of old fogeys . |
| 21 | To modify the standard where D is very young ( Camplin was 15 ) is understandable : it is not fair to expect a youth to show the same level of self-restraint as an adult . |
| 22 | In its memorandum on " shareholders ' pre-emption rights and vendor placings " , issued in February 1989 , the IPC of the ABI stated that , in the matter of vendor placings , shareholders are entitled to expect a right of clawback for any issues of significant size or which are offered at more than a very modest discount to market price . |
| 23 | On an issue so important as that of the death penalty I feel that the House is entitled to expect a lead from the Government ; we fail in our duty unless we give the view of those responsible for maintaining law and security for the citizens . |