Example sentences of "expect a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Complete fluency in the first and second languages is taken as prerequisite for training ( and one would expect a working interpreter to command at least four or five languages ) . |
| 2 | Stevens was one of the most meticulous of film directors and any actor working with him could expect a gruelling time . |
| 3 | At around the same time , the first 66MHz versions should begin to trickle out and the company says that we should also expect a Pentium-based desktop machine in the ErgoPro range . |
| 4 | At around the same time , the first 66MHz versions should begin to trickle out and the company says that we should also expect a Pentium-based desktop machine in the ErgoPro range . |
| 5 | Even if the company had too much money for its own good and wanted to go way over the top it should certainly expect a finished block of 60,000 square feet for £9.4m . |
| 6 | Wigan need only a point for a remarkable third successive championship and their fourth title in six years , but with Andy Gregory and Joe Lydon fit , their vast following will expect a stylish celebration . |
| 7 | We might therefore expect a commemorative poem in his honour to contain melancholy , death , and a churchyard , but the whole mood of Wordsworth 's poem is different from , say , Gray 's Elegy , a stanza of which was inscribed on Taylor 's tomb . |
| 8 | ‘ All the same , I would n't expect a young girl like you to feel that . |
| 9 | Important or insignificant , customs appointments were , however , obtainable only by those who could expect a political favour , and many of the officers were in fact the nominees of a member of parliament and often the active partisans of that politician . |
| 10 | ‘ We might even fight Tucker first , but until Lennox 's coronation on January 14 , I do n't expect a firm decision to be made about his first defence . ’ |
| 11 | If one of his family had been in the same position surely he 'd expect a stiffer sentence than the one given today |
| 12 | Therefore we would expect a forward contract and a financial futures contract with the same specifications to have the same price . |
| 13 | Happily , our foetuses are small , and we can expect a standard termination . |
| 14 | But then no one should ever expect a criminal organization to be trustworthy . |
| 15 | It does not expect a frail humanity to be capable of loving our neighbours more than ourselves : that would be a task of saintly dimension . |
| 16 | The Keynesians would therefore expect a close relationship between the demand for money and the yield ( rate of interest ) on near-money substitutes , but the monetarist would not expect a significant relationship because of the belief that money is a substitute for all assets alike . |
| 17 | Burun did not expect a serious answer . |
| 18 | They generally do not expect a short-term return . |
| 19 | This will go some way to draw the fire of the Government 's critics , but he can still expect a rough ride for the bill on the House of Lords . |
| 20 | He can expect a rough welcome . |
| 21 | Realistically we should expect a mixed experience as at the start of all major new programmes . |
| 22 | So can we expect a glorious future where dreams and technology merge or are the implications more sinister ? |
| 23 | In the circumstances , I ca n't expect a warm welcome , Sabine thought wryly , as Ernestine silently accepted her light wrap , then conducted her to the salon where Gaston de Rochefort was waiting . |
| 24 | Therefore , a record company has to sell a large quantity of LPs before it can expect a substantial return on its investment . |
| 25 | Hence , given that they are held to bear less risk , we should expect a lower return . |
| 26 | If brought to trial , she can expect a long prison sentence , followed by ‘ re-education through labour ’ in a camp in Qinghai — ‘ China 's Siberia ’ — an Area like the Sahara desert , in the west of the country , where the climate is notorious for its boiling heat in summer and freezing temperatures in winter . |
| 27 | A new dinghy class with an official imprimatur can expect a long and lucrative life . |
| 28 | You can expect a long and happy life if you give up serious music . |
| 29 | ‘ With most criminal kidnaps you could expect a long wait . |
| 30 | As long as he keeps out of the washing machine , the vet says Pristine Priskin can expect a long and happy life . |