Example sentences of "expect [det] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 It is not sufficient that someone had an opportunity to examine the goods , it must be shown that the manufacturer could reasonably expect that person to make an examination .
2 it is , is the policy i i is , is would you need to set this up as , as it being a long term I E ho how quickly would you expect that kind of process to work through ?
3 The programme never described him as such , though he certainly wields the authority you would expect that title would give him .
4 Although it is not a matter for me , I would hope and expect that Parliament would be similarly sensitive to the need to refrain from trespassing upon the province of the courts .
5 Erm I , I just get this feeling , you know one would expect that year eleven is a reasonable way of working out what the , the sort of workload is , and you would think that special needs would actually be something that really related quite nicely
6 We might then expect that final rather than initial position in the clause is where prominence can be achieved .
7 Now that 's fair enough because we 've actually bunged more in in terms of testing , we 're covered in testing , and we 've got temps who are less productive , so to an extent we , we , we , we ou our budget did expect that bump .
8 Now we would expect that justification to emerge from this examination and in due course to be embodied in the er lower case script for the alteration itself .
9 We should not expect that research will come up with recipes and remedies which will work whatever the circumstances .
10 Our farm has shown growth right from grandfather 's day in 1921 and I would expect that growth would continue .
11 Those caught in the ‘ genteel poverty trap ’ can expect little sympathy from people earning the national wage of £15,790 or less .
12 Sukarno and his associates could expect little sympathy from the returning Allies ; surely then the Dutch would be restored ?
13 Not only will the proposed reorganisation plunge local government into confusion and uncertainty for a number of years , during which we can expect little progress with the review and upgrading of old minerals permissions , but the resulting structure of small unitary authorities is very unlikely to deliver either the resources or the strategic perspective required to implement the proposed review .
14 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 " .
15 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 .
16 But gipsies and travellers can expect little support fromk Tory MPs whop maintain the nusiance and distress to local communties must be stopped .
17 In the case of a contested bid the offeror can expect little co-operation from the target or its directors .
18 This will be particularly important in relation to contested takeovers where the offeror can expect little co-operation from the board of the target .
19 Though you might expect some echoes of a Telecaster or a Les Paul Junior , it actually sounds like neither .
20 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 .
21 One would expect some cases to get widespread coverage , especially when there is serious re-offending after a previous life sentence .
22 As for Mark Crowe , the Argus sport and nature ramble hack , well , I thought I could expect some loyalty there .
23 Had the two interests been hostile , one would expect some evidence of local friction , but there is none .
24 Had the two interests been hostile , one would expect some evidence of local friction , but there is none .
25 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 .
26 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 .
27 Might we now expect some clarification regarding Trident .
28 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 .
29 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 .
30 ‘ Then he 'll surely expect some sort of explanation from me , ’ Harry said quietly .
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