Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] [adv] expect [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I would not expect these decisions to be uniform across the country because of different local circumstances and the likelihood of different clinical views on the efficacy of particular treatment . |
| 2 | I ca n't expect any favours from Graham Gooch in that direction . |
| 3 | I readily acknowledge that I can not expect definitive statements from the Minister when the answers given by his ministerial colleagues , who have greater legal experience than the Minister and I possess , are , to say the least , somewhat circumspect . |
| 4 | ‘ You ca n't expect fried eggs to be all tidy . |
| 5 | If , however , you are cynical enough to believe that the shelf-life of a tax efficient investment is inversely proportional to the number of national press articles highlighting its advantages , then you will not expect these rules to remain as generous as this forever . |
| 6 | We should not expect three classes of behaviour corresponding to the three processes of adaptation . |
| 7 | However , direct coercive sanctions require continuous effort , and may in fact be a rather brittle form of social control , so we should not expect dominant groups in different societies to rely wholly and simply on such crude means of retaining their power and privilege , especially where their position has long been entrenched . |
| 8 | We must therefore expect certain aspects of computer design to reappear throughout the book , to be seen from a slightly different angle each time . |
| 9 | Finally , where there are important divisions between kinds of culture and society , one might well expect systematic differences between the associated languages for example , it is likely that literacy has systematic effects on the lexical , syntactic and semantic structure of languages , even if these have never been spelt out ( see Goody , 1977 ) . |
| 10 | Another implication of ( 16 ) , or ( 15 ) , is that , apart from questioning the adjective , the language would also provide a means to question the noun phrase alone while " leaving behind " the predicate qualifier ( even though one might not expect such questions to be particularly common in practice ) , and in fact such questions are perfectly grammatical : ( 21 ) who(m) did he paint seated ? what did he send registered ? |
| 11 | In an interspecies cross like the mule one would always expect marked differences between the two parents ' white cell antigens , and on the analogy with humans , habitual abortions should be rare . |
| 12 | Gerstner told the IBM Corp meeting in Tampa , Florida that he does not intend to ‘ lay out a grand scheme ’ for the company : ‘ There has been a lot of speculation , ’ Reuter reports him saying , ‘ that I am going to unveil some great plan , ’ Gerstner said ; ‘ You will see actions , and our actions will speak for themselves , ’ but added that some actions will not emerge until 1994 ; he described it as not entirely accurate to describe IBM 's strategy as ‘ splitting it up into a bunch of little pieces , ’ and added that the dividend may change based on IBM 's performance and outlook ; ‘ We ca n't expect quick fixes , ’ Gerstner told more than 3,000 shareholders at the meeting , ‘ But I do dare to ask your patience , ’ he said ; his top priority is to get IBM 's layoffs completed and ‘ rightsize ’ the company — ‘ I want to get it behind us so we can say to those remaining , ‘ You are are our team , ’ ’ he said ; he acknowledged several times that IBM 's bureaucracy had hampered the company , and elsewhere it was reported that he has ordered managers to dispense with the customary slides and flip charts when they address him — ‘ IBM has changed but some would say not fast enough , ’ but ‘ We can bring IBM back , ’ Gerstner said . |
| 13 | In retirement we must achieve a state of calm , for we can not expect large segments of our lives to be filled with ecstasy . |
| 14 | They 'll hardly expect separate cards from the two of us , though since you 're likely to be sending them one it would n't hurt to add my name to yours . |