Example sentences of "[pron] might expect [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | Though you might expect some echoes of a Telecaster or a Les Paul Junior , it actually sounds like neither . |
2 | Accepting even a weak Whorfian view that language used influences thought and representation to some degree , then one might expect great differences in the way that deaf people structure information . |
3 | Because three-quarters of women with gonorrhoea will have the infection in the urethra , one might expect urethral discharge to be a common finding in infected women . |
4 | While one might expect eventual decisions to be made purely on the merits of the case , earlier evidence indicates that some objections are more likely to succeed in influencing decision-makers than others . |
5 | Where both husband and wife have substantial commitments to the job world , one might expect domestic responsibilities to be shared . |
6 | With such differences in the quantity and quality of mosaics one might expect different levels of stylistic affinity — and combinations of these levels — to be prominent . |
7 | The use of inappropriate forms of assessment to grade and rank-order pupils ' work for the purpose of making comparisons or to achieve so-called ‘ unified standards ’ is illustrated by the worst abuses of norm-referencing , which has been roundly and justifiably criticized by many writers , even in those areas of the curriculum where one might expect this system to be welcomed . |
8 | Even in these circumstances , where one might expect unemployed people to be net receivers , McKee shows that they give as well as receive and the list of what they give looks remarkably similar to the list of items which they receive . |
9 | Thus , using a plural in a continuation based on the verb + with conditions , where we might expect some sort of strain , does indeed produce a reliably higher number of continuations using both . |
10 | Not surprisingly these features are principally confined to the cities of the province , though we might expect some form of provision at those sites where water transport clearly played a part in moving bulky products like building stone or pottery ( p. 43 ) . |
11 | The net effect will vary according to the cost conditions within the particular industry under consideration , and within the real world we might expect considerable variation from one industry to another . |
12 | If this is true we might expect paired males to be more vigilant than bachelor males . |