Example sentences of "we expect [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We expected handshakes all round , the departure of the PM to affairs of state , and an aide leading us to an ante-room for ginger snaps and coffee . |
| 2 | ‘ We expected players would serve to Jimmy 's forehand ’ , explains Segura ‘ not his strong two fisted backhand . |
| 3 | ‘ We expect EDS will take part in its future development and hope they can help in bringing down its processing costs , ’ Hjoth concluded . |
| 4 | We expect products that sell to go on selling . |
| 5 | Well , normally we expect things to go in straight lines . |
| 6 | Again , I urge the House to consider the fact that we expect inspections of individual schools to take place on a four to five-yearly basis . |
| 7 | ‘ And we expect others to keep coming forward . ’ |
| 8 | Now we expect operators to identify the root cause and make the problem go away themselves , ’ said factory systems manager . |
| 9 | With their conveniences and their pleasant facades , the two cottages justify her affirmation , which exactly echoes Loudon 's own conviction , that ‘ Life in cottages might be happier than ours , if they were real houses fit for human beings from whom we expect duties and affections . ’ |
| 10 | The general manager of the company Ian McCall said ; ‘ We have had a tremendous response already and we expect parents who wore them in the fifties and sixties to buy them for their children . ’ |
| 11 | We expect prices to start rising in the late summer or autumn . ’ |
| 12 | We expect surgeries to be open certain hours , and for you to undertake certain preventative health measures for all your patients whether they normally come to the surgery or not . |
| 13 | The measure of 1932 , which marked profoundly the discussions leading up to the Act of 1944 , was bitterly resisted ( especially in Wales ) and led the president of the Board of Education to argue in the Commons that secondary education should be reserved for ‘ selected children , the gifted and the intellectual ’ from whom ‘ we expect leaders of industry and commerce in the coming generation ’ . |
| 14 | In this context , the phrase ‘ higher learning ’ is particularly helpful , because it prompts us to ask whether in higher education there is anything especially ‘ higher ’ about the learning we expect students to achieve . |
| 15 | Simply that in higher education , we expect students to go beyond the material they encompass and to form their own affinity with it . |
| 16 | This will be the reason for the oddity of ( 54 ) where one such basic property is related to its noun through assignment , by contrast with the normality of ( 55 ) where it is given as one of the initial identifying properties of the subject entity ( there is obviously no difference of truth-value between the two ) : ( 54 ) ? a ladle which was heavy came down on his skull ( 55 ) a heavy ladle came down on his skull Thus , other things being equal we expect properties of such basic sorts to be used predominantly for identification by ordinary qualification . |
| 17 | We expect candidates to communicate effectively — but will not be looking for perfect Business English . |
| 18 | On the whole we expect opportunities to start paying off very quickly . |
| 19 | … we expect books to generate ideas for exploration , we try to choose books that will challenge and ask questions of our brightest children and yet provide an accessible experience for the weakest . |
| 20 | After all , we expect cuts to heal themselves , broken bones to knit , colds to clear . |
| 21 | Normal language states are not uniform , and in vernacular ( non-standardized ) states we expect alternations and other kinds of variation to exist . |
| 22 | We expect planes to take off on time . |
| 23 | This year we expect consumers to spend some £80 billion on leisure — almost one quarter of consumer spending . |
| 24 | But that is precisely what happens when we expect plants to live and thrive , not as nature intended , but on chemical fertilizers . |
| 25 | But how far can we expect institutions to fulfil the needs of historians in this area ? |
| 26 | Further , can we expect states to agree to accept such a system , particularly with compulsory reference to international courts and mandatory application of their decisions , even if there are not sanctions attached to non-adherence ? |
| 27 | And can we expect states to allow non-coercive jural agencies to gather information in an effective manner when this involves the divulgence of state secrets , even if this is seen as the only way to secure confidence in , for instance , disarmament treaties ? |
| 28 | Can we expect individuals to enjoy equal rights and participation in their social lives and yet work under an authoritarian structure at the workplace that gives them little responsibility and allows them little scope for participation ? |