Example sentences of "[be] expect from the [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , they also escaped the severe censure that might have been expected from the high-minded moralists who strutted busily through the Victorian England of his day . |
| 2 | Migration ( Figure 4.5B ) has played the key role in these growth patterns — indeed , to a greater extent than might be expected from the overall rates of population change , because it is also compensating for substantial natural decrease in some of the fastest growing counties , principally those noted as retirement areas like East and West Sussex , the Isle of Wight , Dorset and Devon ( Figure 4.5A ) . |
| 3 | She had a pretty shrewd idea that Desmond had only the haziest notion of how much could be expected from the various books , and she had intended to keep it that way . |
| 4 | The provision of a placid monetary environment in which monetary policy was not itself a source of instability was the most that could be expected from the monetary authorities . |
| 5 | Normally , little jumble could be expected from the few cottages on the headland , but Alex Mair , anxious to associate the power station with the community , had put up a notice on the staff board and the two tea chests were usually fairly full by the time the October sale came round . |
| 6 | A new , hard-edged approach is expected from the joint services maxi-yacht , Satquote British Defender , in the second leg to Fremantle , Western Australia . |