Example sentences of "expect [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Sentencing the three men on Aug. 28 , he said that the offence had been an attack on the integrity of the stock market , and that he wished " to send a clear message that those who seek commercial advantage by acting dishonestly … can expect little mercy from the courts " . |
| 32 | This reading of silences depends on the argument that the companionate ideal of marriage developed first among the privileged classes , and that in the eighteenth century lower class women could expect little affection in marriage . |
| 33 | But gipsies and travellers can expect little support fromk Tory MPs whop maintain the nusiance and distress to local communties must be stopped . |
| 34 | In the case of a contested bid the offeror can expect little co-operation from the target or its directors . |
| 35 | This will be particularly important in relation to contested takeovers where the offeror can expect little co-operation from the board of the target . |
| 36 | ‘ You ca n't expect fried eggs to be all tidy . |
| 37 | The Health Minister , Virginia Bottomley has said in the House of Commons this afternoon that haemophiliacs who contracted the H I V virus through imported blood products , can not expect further compensation . |
| 38 | However , the City must expect further attacks . |
| 39 | We therefore might expect cultural changes to have greatly outstripped our slowly changing evolutionary heritage , in which case our present behaviour should be attributed more to the process of cultural , than of genetical , evolution . |
| 40 | I readily acknowledge that I can not expect definitive statements from the Minister when the answers given by his ministerial colleagues , who have greater legal experience than the Minister and I possess , are , to say the least , somewhat circumspect . |
| 41 | Though you might expect some echoes of a Telecaster or a Les Paul Junior , it actually sounds like neither . |
| 42 | Examples are too numerous to list , but a particularly telling one from members of our own profession , where one might expect some awareness , can serve . |
| 43 | One would expect some cases to get widespread coverage , especially when there is serious re-offending after a previous life sentence . |
| 44 | As for Mark Crowe , the Argus sport and nature ramble hack , well , I thought I could expect some loyalty there . |
| 45 | Had the two interests been hostile , one would expect some evidence of local friction , but there is none . |
| 46 | Had the two interests been hostile , one would expect some evidence of local friction , but there is none . |
| 47 | If the explanation of a high standards and routines specification as symptomatic of the desire to be satisfied is correct , one would expect some relationship between this measure and answers to the ‘ Do you like housework ? ’ question . |
| 48 | North West deprivation can expect some relief through the Treaty 's plan for a Euro-Investment Bank which would have 24 members , including two from the region . |
| 49 | Might we now expect some clarification regarding Trident . |
| 50 | Granted the intriguing premise , one might reasonably expect some attempt to probe the morality of a privatised police force , and of a society which allows someone like Kuffs to buy and use firearms as casually as he does here , but no . |
| 51 | Thus , using a plural in a continuation based on the verb + with conditions , where we might expect some sort of strain , does indeed produce a reliably higher number of continuations using both . |
| 52 | ‘ Then he 'll surely expect some sort of explanation from me , ’ Harry said quietly . |
| 53 | Clearly , we could expect some sort of boundary indication , such as a pause , to occur long before the end of this utterance . |
| 54 | A national survey has shown one in 15 schools can expect some sort of fire . |
| 55 | This is not to overlook , however , the fact that the parties to these relationships , may legitimately expect some form of sexual gratification from their partners and should have grounds for complaint if it were denied . |
| 56 | Frequently the local authority will expect some form of planning gain using a planning agreement made under section 52 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1971 . |
| 57 | Not surprisingly these features are principally confined to the cities of the province , though we might expect some form of provision at those sites where water transport clearly played a part in moving bulky products like building stone or pottery ( p. 43 ) . |
| 58 | No formal examinations are specified for the certificate programme but HCIMA will expect some form of unseen ( possibly end of study ) testing to be part of the assessment schedule . |
| 59 | MS-DOS 5 was shipped with network shells and drivers and you can expect this trend to continue with version 6 . |
| 60 | Do n't expect this router to produce complex edge patterns using one large cutter : more decorative edges can be formed if the user is patient and makes several simpler profiles which can be fixed together . |