Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] [modal v] expect a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus , where one would expect a large basin to have been made from sheet metal , it was instead cast with walls of amazing thinness . |
| 2 | However , she warned , " the fact that we are entering the path of economic development does not mean that we can expect a quick jump in living standards " . |
| 3 | Notice in particular that we have not used , anywhere in our analysis , the " shape " of the tubes T and S , so we can expect a similar analysis to hold for all homoclinic orbits to the origin which occur in the Lorenz equations . |
| 4 | There 's a weekly farewell dinner and you can expect a welcoming drink on arrival . |
| 5 | If we were to express this need openly and directly in social chit-chat we would risk offending others and we could expect a strong reaction in terms of them rejecting , over-powering or accepting us ( in this instance their luck could be in ) . |
| 6 | Happily , our foetuses are small , and we can expect a standard termination . |
| 7 | 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 ) . |
| 8 | He consulted diviners when Anne Boleyn became pregnant , anxious to know whether he could expect a male heir . |
| 9 | Therefore , a record company has to sell a large quantity of LPs before it can expect a substantial return on its investment . |