Example sentences of "can expect [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It seems we can expect yet-another Intel-based desktop operating system to make an appearance this summer . |
| 2 | If this trend continues , we can expect greater numbers of each successive cohort to reach pensionable age and to have both a longer expectation of life and fewer chronic illnesses and disabilities when it does than its predecessor . |
| 3 | Hungry OEMs — of the likes of Dell Computer Corp , CompuAdd Corp , AST Research Inc , and Toshiba Corp — can expect first developers kits in October , Sunsoft claims . |
| 4 | In specific areas such as space exploration , computer science , and popular music , an author can expect many young readers to have a considerable ( not to say a remarkable ) amount of existing knowledge . |
| 5 | All the general advice given to improve your interview performance holds equally good when being interviewed by an agency and you can expect many of the same questions . |
| 6 | Butyl is the best liner to work with because it 's more flexible , and you can expect many trouble-free years from it provided you do n't assume it 's immune to damage . |
| 7 | We can expect such systems to show varying degrees of ability to acclimatize . |
| 8 | When we question the actual extent of lifetime employment it is not surprising to find that a fluid labour market requires that only a quarter of employees can expect such guarantees . |
| 9 | STEVE Perryman admits a new striker is his priority but he will not say if fans can expect good news this week . |
| 10 | A party who wishes to rely on an exclusion clause can expect that , in the event of a dispute or litigation , its opponent will raise every argument possible , whether common law or statutory , to challenge the effectiveness of the clause . |
| 11 | We have to learn to value ourselves before we can expect other people to like us . |
| 12 | So long as he taxes spirits in a highly discriminatory fashion at home , he can expect other Member States to follow suit . |
| 13 | This would seem to point to the need for more centralised bargaining since a government can most effectively pursue its policy of encouraging responsive bargaining if it can deal with the leaders of unions and employers who represent highly centralised structures , themselves have adequate authority and can expect appropriate support and consent from their memberships ( OECD , 1979a ) . |
| 14 | No traditional formula could compete on value-for-money with a well-run guesthouse where , as the public has begun to realise , it can expect cheaper prices coupled with modern levels of comfort . |
| 15 | Again , we can expect long-term influences such as increasing income and wealth to cause a rightward shift of the demand curve . |
| 16 | Bell opted out of the tour , but declared himself available for internationals , and can expect extra attention on Sunday from the Kiwi centres . |
| 17 | You can expect much more than £1,000 if you make such a beachcombing discovery . |
| 18 | In the fruit line , you can expect small helpings of peaches and pears . |
| 19 | You can expect each of these products to have all the basic functions , so they 're pretty similar in those terms . |
| 20 | This result spills over onto the optimal output decision : since one can expect better sales prices with a higher σ or a lower k , one should accordingly produce more output with a higher σ or lower k . |
| 21 | He can expect solid support from about a third of the 1,000 delegates , with a third belonging to the camp of malcontent communists and nationalists , and about a third undecided . |
| 22 | Under PR , a party with 10 per cent of the vote can expect 10 per cent of the seats . |
| 23 | Those caught in the ‘ genteel poverty trap ’ can expect little sympathy from people earning the national wage of £15,790 or less . |
| 24 | Young people in rural areas can expect little more than basic primary school education and the girls may not even receive that . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | 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 " . |
| 27 | In the case of a contested bid the offeror can expect little co-operation from the target or its directors . |
| 28 | This will be particularly important in relation to contested takeovers where the offeror can expect little co-operation from the board of the target . |
| 29 | But gipsies and travellers can expect little support fromk Tory MPs whop maintain the nusiance and distress to local communties must be stopped . |
| 30 | The marrow regenerates itself rapidly while the patient spends the next three months in a plastic bubble ; 30 per cent can expect total remission . |