Example sentences of "[pron] would expect [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | When the adjective is one which qualifies sense , one would expect the altered phrase to have become quite useless — perhaps even to be designated as ungrammatical — precisely because such adjectives require exhibition of the properties involved in the noun in order to have their own effect , by combining with those properties ; so , if the noun or pronoun head of the phrase merely indicates entity-hood without mentioning any properties , there is nothing for the sense-qualifying adjective to work on . |
| 32 | On average , one would expect the faint sources to be the more distant ones . |
| 33 | On this hypothesis one would expect the eastern spit , Sandbanks peninsula in the case of Poole Harbour , to be in a state of decay due to the cutting off of the supply of material by the breach . |
| 34 | Thus while both Higgenbotham ( 1983 : 124 ) and Palmer ( 1988 : 189 ) feel that a sentence such as John was seen to leave has the reporting " see that " meaning ( i.e. " Somebody saw that John left " ) , Mittwoch ( 1990 : 121 ) points out that if this were the case one would expect the perfect form of the infinitive to be completely acceptable and complement negation to be considerably better in a passive sentence than in the corresponding active one , which is not the case in ( 61 ) and ( 62 ) : ( 61 ) ? |
| 35 | This may not be covered in the initial simple descriptions of the portfolio grids , but one would expect the underlying risk analysis to include such matters . |
| 36 | Very well , no-one would expect a leading article in a newspaper — even a newspaper like this one which has , we hope , a reputation for behaving responsibly — to applaud plans to curb the freedom of the press . |
| 37 | Not only would their number have to be increased but they would also need to undergo years of specialized training for which they would expect a commensurate reward . |
| 38 | Using that as their base-line ( or why would they have contracted her ? ) they would expect a high performance in her theoretical IQ . |