Example sentences of "expect [noun] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of course , whether people are refused credit because of their probable inability to repay , or whether they do not apply for it because they expect refusal on the same grounds , the results are the same . |
| 2 | Students today are used to visual effects of a high quality , such as in documentary programmes on television , and expect competence on behalf of the tutor and clinical teacher in their use . |
| 3 | Some sub-contractors , particularly when paid on the lump or a daywork basis , may expect payment on a Friday , up to and including that day , but from the builder 's point of view it is preferable to keep a week in hand . |
| 4 | One would expect works on Religion , Philosophy and the English Classics in the library of a scholar but it is surprising to find that there are only a handful of books in Gaelicin the collection of one of the translaters of the Holy Scriptures into that language . |
| 5 | Commuters can expect delays on the Northern Lane service tonight due to a technical problems at Sandhills and an incident at Moorfields . |
| 6 | You can expect delays on the A thirty four between Botley and Hinksey Hill , where there are long term roadworks affecting southbound traffic . |
| 7 | The right hand pulling on a not very positive lay-off and the left gripping a tenuous pinch , I moved up , expecting friction on the slab above to take me to a small shelf . |
| 8 | So Kirby rates GrandMet 's shares a ‘ hold ’ , despite expecting news on December 3 of £925m pre-tax ( down from £950m ) for the year ended in September . |
| 9 | One only has to compare the uniformity of contemporary stations with the richness , profusion , and variety in British nineteenth-century stations : the classical temple of Huddersfield , the Byzantine basilica of Blackfriars , the robust Jacobean manor-house of Stoke-on-Trent , the scholarly Jacobean collegiate buildings of Shrewsbury and Carlisle , the ‘ Russian dacha ’ of Petworth , the ‘ baroque orangery ’ of Newmarket , the airy French pavilion of Slough , the medieval Gothic abbey of Battle , the Queen Anne town house of Market Harborough and Birkenhead Woodside , so much like the great hall of a medieval house that one expects rushes on the floor , minstrels in the gallery , and foaming tankards of old ale . |
| 10 | ‘ I never expected travelling on foot to be so arduous , ’ she said . |