Example sentences of "[noun] [modal v] expect [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Labour will expect all staff in the civil service , and publicly-owned industries to carry out each policy irrespective of their point of view . ’ |
| 2 | Where a treaty provides for rights of navigation through a certain route , for example an interoceanic canal , it is evident that third party claims to use that route will be made , and that third parties will expect those rights to be irrevocable . |
| 3 | A national survey has shown one in 15 schools can expect some sort of fire . |
| 4 | Sentencing , Judge David Bryant told the gang : ‘ Dishonest people like you who choose to make your living out of stealing , transforming and selling other people 's motor cars can expect substantial sentences of imprisonment . ’ |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Sukarno and his associates could expect little sympathy from the returning Allies ; surely then the Dutch would be restored ? |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | In the case of a contested bid the offeror can expect little co-operation from the target or its directors . |
| 9 | This will be particularly important in relation to contested takeovers where the offeror can expect little co-operation from the board of the target . |
| 10 | As for other sectors , retailers can expect attractive deals from landlords throughout the country ; exactly the same goes for industrialists leasing premises either on the less prestigious business parks or run-of-the-mill estates . |
| 11 | I never see why people should expect interesting preachers in Lent . ’ |
| 12 | Without bitterness , but with five years ' experience , Lord Wilson said yesterday : ‘ No Governor should expect this job to be a bed of roses or to get plaudits or easy popularity . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | The Government can expect sustained flak on the wider constitutional issue now that this can of worms has been opened up . |
| 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 | Neither Mr Fallon nor Mr Bergg can expect any help from the borough council . |