Example sentences of "[pron] would expect a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd have thought an organisation like Amnesty would be in the forefront of anti-sexism , but I 've come across sexism before where I would expect an enlightened attitude ( eg Greenpeace ) |
| 2 | His terracotta-tiled house with salmon pink shutters is hardly the sort of place you would expect a wealthy actor to buy . |
| 3 | Therefore we would expect a forward contract and a financial futures contract with the same specifications to have the same price . |
| 4 | ‘ We would expect a Labour government to sweep away all those laws which conflict with the right to union recognition , which conflict with the social charter , and which conflict with the conventions of the International Labour Organisation , such as banning unions at GCHQ , Cheltenham , and banning collective pay bargaining for teachers . ’ |
| 5 | If a child is exposed to two languages simultaneously , we would expect a single system at first which gradually becomes divided into two under the influence of linguistic input from two separate systems . |
| 6 | If we had a large enough sample of observations on Y t , X t and Z t we would expect a linear regression of Y t on X t and Z t to yield the result that the estimates of 1 and 22 were the same — except for sampling variation — if it really is true that . |
| 7 | What is reading ? — a simple question to which one would expect a simple answer . |
| 8 | Complete fluency in the first and second languages is taken as prerequisite for training ( and one would expect a working interpreter to command at least four or five languages ) . |
| 9 | I feel that once parents begin to become too aware of norms , they worry , and therefore unless a child is grossly out of sync , if you like , with their peers , I would n't say it would matter , but yes , one would expect a three year old to be talking at one extreme . |
| 10 | I feel that once parents begin to become too aware of norms , they worry , and therefore unless a child is grossly out of sync , if you like , with their peers , I would n't say it would matter , but yes , one would expect a three year old to be talking at one extreme . |
| 11 | one would expect a large variation in the fluency with which teachers can instruct in sign language ; many would have had no more than a relatively short course . |
| 12 | Thus , where one would expect a large basin to have been made from sheet metal , it was instead cast with walls of amazing thinness . |
| 13 | From the marked rise in the electrical conductivity of these saturated carbon-bearing samples as temperature and pressure increase , one would expect a high sample conductivity under lower-crustal conditions . |
| 14 | In fact , one would expect a public authority always to be inclined to search for a way to reach the same decision legally the second time round , if only to save face ; and the incentive to do so would be even greater if it were likely to be required to pay damages should it decide that its earlier loss-causing decision ought to be changed . |
| 15 | Using high copy number Long transgenics , one would expect a copy-dependent signal in the DNase I hypersensitivity assay . |
| 16 | In view of the fact that eradication of H pylori infection noticeably lowers postprandial G17 concentrations , one would expect an accompanying decrease in meal stimulated acid secretion . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Using that as their base-line ( or why would they have contracted her ? ) they would expect a high performance in her theoretical IQ . |