Example sentences of "might expect a " in BNC.
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| 1 | One might expect a docile or sensible horse , or even a friendly one , to be willing . |
| 2 | In Scotland , with its concentration of electronics firms , an observer might expect a cluster of companies supplying the electronics and semiconductor business with equipment . |
| 3 | I mean , as the company had its origins in Jordan , you might expect a preponderance of Jordanians on the board . |
| 4 | Thus , one might expect a similar kind of opening of the iron-free structure to expose charged ligands and to allow entrance of ferrous ions . |
| 5 | We might expect a clear relationship , for example , between the number of school children and the amount of spending on education . |
| 6 | As with chimneys , so with synapses ; if they are constructed — or even reconstructed — during learning , one might expect a brief increase in the rate of synthesis of proteins over the time when an animal was being trained and memory was being formed . |
| 7 | Given what we know about the formation of new varieties of English in overseas colonies of Britain , we might expect a similar process to have taken place among Caribbean migrants living in Britain itself . |
| 8 | He says , One might expect a big man to have big bottles , but if you are giving a big dinner party its very practical to have magnums . |
| 9 | Passers- by might expect a few satin teddies in the window . |