Example sentences of "they expect [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since their work on cats had conditioned them to expect all parts of the visual cortex to contain orientation selective cells this oversight is , perhaps , understandable . |
| 2 | ‘ We are going to Liverpool at just the right time and there 's no reason for them to expect any favours from us . ’ |
| 3 | His mother 's fluent , though inaccurate , English and confident manner may have led them to expect more of him . |
| 4 | They expected that . ’ |
| 5 | Observers said they expected pro-reform supporters of President Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani to win 70 per cent of the 270 seats . |
| 6 | Here they expect that coal will be available nearby for long into the future . |
| 7 | If they 're used to working long hours , they expect that off you . |
| 8 | They expect other nations to set technical standards and to innovate new markets . |
| 9 | His bosses , the directors , say they look forward to next year , when they expect new business to increase . |
| 10 | Steve Kerton says they expect fifty thousand people at the race this weekend … half a million watch the sport in Rotterdam … |
| 11 | They expect good law that makes sense for business and they expect it to be applied uniformly across the Community , both by implementation and by proper enforcement . |
| 12 | In the country , they hope they will work in co-operatives , share the work and the produce , find a new sense of community in their lives , They expect immediate gains in terms of agrarian reform , medical services , greater opportunities to attend school , a literacy campaign . |
| 13 | Furthermore they are exceptionally ambitious in the language , skill and concepts they expect young children to acquire . |
| 14 | People briefed on the plan say they expect sharp cuts on older Compaq models , particularly those using the 80386 microprocessor , and overall cuts of between 10% and 20% on most existing models . |
| 15 | And with letters of authentication they expect international interest . |
| 16 | The several sects of Dissenters are glad to be rid of Popery also ; but now they expect glorious days for themselves " . |
| 17 | They expect 1929 to be the best year ever for rubber production . |
| 18 | Thus , for example , if one wanted to study the reactions of women readers of romantic novels to a change in the cover design of a series of books , a group of , say , eight women of varying ages and social classes could be got together either in a house or in a discussion room at a research agency and a trained discussion leader would ask questions of them about their reading interests and , generally speaking , what they expect romantic novels to look like . |
| 19 | In the case of major company resources it is fair to say that the very large companies invest millions in their computer systems and they expect these systems to have a life span of at least a decade . |
| 20 | They expect high levels of performance . |
| 21 | Most auction companies appear to be waiting until the transfer legislation is in place before they too offer sheep quota — and they expect most of 1993 trading to concentrate on leasing . |
| 22 | On Merseyside they expect entertaining football . |
| 23 | This in itself provides some considerable insight into what students of literature regard as " literary " , at least in terms of the kinds of structures which they expect literary texts to exhibit . |
| 24 | Now they expect responsible customers to pay for their folly . |
| 25 | But if they do n't , if they break it or that then er they expect some trouble . |