Example sentences of "[adv] [pron] [modal v] expect [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 So we can expect this summer , in your view we can expect to see as many tourists from overseas as we normally do .
2 So one might expect chemical sensitivity to run in families , if enzyme defects are a common cause of the problem .
3 Normally we 'd expect these buoys to move west in the south equatorial current under the influence of the south easterly trade winds but during alminio winds become weak and westerly and buoys putting off the coast of Peru seemed to wander about aimlessly .
4 Their resources were considerable ; not only did they have vast incomes from taxation and from their own estates , but also they could expect considerable quantities of tribute from the subject peoples east of the Rhine and elsewhere .
5 Now we would expect that justification to emerge from this examination and in due course to be embodied in the er lower case script for the alteration itself .
6 If he is n't just amusing himself , then I can expect total siege .
7 Similarly , if score A has a positive Z score then we would expect variable B to have a variable Z score .
8 If the two sets of scores are positively correlated , then we would expect positive Z scores to occur together and similarly negative Z scores should be paired .
9 In general , if one individual is able to make its future actions plainer than another and if it derives benefit from doing so ( which does not seem implausible in a social context ) , then we should expect evolutionary change in the effectiveness of such signals .
10 Having seen that there is an a priori case for some governmental interference , we will pass on in chapter 3 to applications of the theory of the firm to regulated situations — how we might expect such firms to behave .
11 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 .
12 If , however , the vertical axis is defined as attainable competitive strength , then one might expect most investment to take place in the top left corner .
13 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 .
14 In time-dependent form therefore we may expect one relation between the deviatoric stresses and strains and another , independent one between the dilatational parts .
15 She made Johnson feel doubly at home , as she had ‘ lived many years in England ’ , therefore he could expect English manners and sense of comfort .
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