Example sentences of "could expect [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For greater detail , they would have to rely on a chain of fast horses aided by signals , and no one could expect miracles . |
| 2 | He was not prepared to preach to the British — ‘ I do n't really know too much about them ’ — but he did say that no one could expect success without putting in a great deal of hard work . |
| 3 | The Christians were beholden to the Syrians for this service — for the moment at least — and thus the Syrians could expect compliance from them . |
| 4 | The parishioner could expect relief " in sickness , infirmity and in old age , in unemployment or inadequate wages " . |
| 5 | The general condition was extremely dangerous and one could expect difficulty in trying to gain any access as the stairway was so derelict . |
| 6 | SIR ANTHONY Hidden QC has omitted one place to lay the blame for the Clapham disaster — the law lords who decided in the ‘ Fares Fair ’ case that an ‘ economic ’ transport system was one that made a profit or broke even on fares charged , rather than one that could expect support from ratepayers or taxpayers . |
| 7 | But he believed that pacifism could expect support from all the major vested interests in a modern capitalist society . |
| 8 | The best season for an eastwards voyage was already past , though it was just possible that we might run far north and cross in the high latitudes where , even in summer , we could expect fog , rain and cold . |
| 9 | They could expect takeover bids when the company was more firmly established , but not when it was still learning to walk . |
| 10 | However , in a special supplement on the impact of the Gulf crisis , published in September 1990 , the IMF suggested that if the price of oil stabilized at $25 a barrel , the industrialized countries could expect growth to be cut by a further 0.25 per cent to 2.5 per cent for 1990 . |
| 11 | So , taking account of the polonium , local people relying mainly on local milk , meat and vegetables could expect doses over a period of a couple of years of about 4 to 15 rems ; more incidentally , than people at Hiroshima within 2 km of the bomb . |
| 12 | Putting them to one side from the ordinary trainee where you could expect jobs and N V Q's to be the outcome , and for them to be treated as a special case . |
| 13 | The thought came as no relief to Merymose , for although the loss of his quarry might not mean his dismissal from the Medjays , he could expect demotion , or at best to end his days in no higher rank than he held now . |