Example sentences of "[adv] expect [art] [adj] [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | It does not expect a frail humanity to be capable of loving our neighbours more than ourselves : that would be a task of saintly dimension . |
| 2 | Furthermore , the above is transcribed into fine-class phonemes and , as we saw in the previous section , we can not expect the front end to be so accurate , and indeed we may not want it to try . |
| 3 | He was certainly not one of the ‘ tame ’ scholars and did not expect the young people to be so . |
| 4 | However , I do not expect the full effect to be felt until next year , when I am sure we can expect a megaseller each month . |
| 5 | He did not expect the French empire to be reconstituted at the end of the war . |
| 6 | They do not expect the medical profession to be disinterested , and are disappointed if it does not provide advice and support . |
| 7 | However often he and his ministers warned the population not to expect an overnight return to prewar prosperity , the head of the government was naturally held accountable for the persistence of food and fuel shortages , black marketeering , and bread rationing . |
| 8 | But then no one should ever expect a criminal organization to be trustworthy . |
| 9 | Mr Litman refused to discuss details of the money involved but his Russian associates are clearly expecting a considerable boost to their meagre pensions . |
| 10 | He also expects the three versions to be interoperable by 1995 . |
| 11 | He also expects the three versions to be interoperable by 1995 . |
| 12 | Cameron now expected a glancing reference to Exodus 32 and a figuring of Aaron the idolator as the rebel and troublemaker who seduced the honest Israelites with the golden calf of dangerous principles . |
| 13 | He had n't expected the red carpet to be unrolled for him , but he had thought that at last he would be at work , setting up his meetings , on the move . |
| 14 | ‘ We might even fight Tucker first , but until Lennox 's coronation on January 14 , I do n't expect a firm decision to be made about his first defence . ’ |
| 15 | And he certainly did n't expect the said Britton to be pointing at him in a manner usually affected by people like Darth Vader or Banquo . |
| 16 | ‘ Well , you would n't expect an industrial manager to be made Attorney General , would you ? ’ |
| 17 | Since the shift in demand was not predictable , even rational people would not have expected it , and so the typical supplier would be finding the price of the good on her island higher than she was initially expecting the average price to be . |
| 18 | Many players are guilty of having a lesson and almost expecting a magical remedy to their problems . |
| 19 | ‘ I never expected the first scrap to be so easy , ’ Callaghan said . |
| 20 | But do you seriously expect the same people to be there after so long ? |
| 21 | We would therefore expect the following year(s) to be nearer the average . |