Example sentences of "[pers pn] [modal v] expect [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Images scanned and printed on a 300dpi system using 32 levels of grey look surprisingly good ; better than you might expect at any rate . |
| 2 | As you 'd expect with this age group , there is an immediate barrage of responses . |
| 3 | The JD Tele wins out on knobs , since the Signature 's volume control is horribly graunchy — again , not what you 'd expect for this kind of money . |
| 4 | Many of the features you 'd expect from fully-blow programs , like Symantec Timeline , are missing . |
| 5 | Unique pieces , as you 'd expect from Just Desks . |
| 6 | As you 'd expect in this part of the world , the route passes through spectacular countryside . |
| 7 | So this wealth of information — all of it updated much more regularly than you could expect through normal information channels — is greatly under-used . |
| 8 | The BBC Diet , as you would expect with this sort of title , is a very reliable sound diet that is recommended . |
| 9 | Plugging in a 4-string bass the tone is generally tight , controlled and correct , much as you would expect at this price . |
| 10 | Jimmy was creative in attack , as you would expect of any protégé nurtured at Upton Park , and he possessed a fierce shot . |
| 11 | Located right in the city centre , convenient for the city 's air terminal and main railway station , the Warsaw Marriott is as luxurious as you would expect from any hotel managed and operated by Marriott Hotels . |
| 12 | . Now what I 'm now going to do , I 'm going to tell you what these initials are , so if you , on the back of the piece of the paper , you make some notes , because some of these obviously are going to be what you , your personality is , but you also need to note , if you look at the type of things that you can expect from different people in the teams , or the strengths and weaknesses that some people may have in your team . |
| 13 | I knew Ellen hated the cold , and I tried to warn her of the conditions we might expect in those latitudes . |
| 14 | ‘ Mr Clinton has already emphasised the areas of continuity we can expect in foreign policy under his presidency . |
| 15 | Then we 'd be able to see what our harvest has brought from London , what we can expect from this place , and from the King . ’ |
| 16 | Moreover farmers , at least , continue to appreciate the skills of farm workers , so that the latter obtain much higher esteem from their employers than they can expect from many newcomers . |
| 17 | A short ‘ idiot 's guide ’ to fundraising ( of the sort this idiot would need ) with suggestions about events and methods of fundraising ( including how much they can expect from house-to-house collecting ) , any rules they need to know , how to link with CA , how to do a bit of educating through a display or briefing meeting or a good enjoyable social occasion to launch the effort and raise the level of interest and understanding . |
| 18 | For an officer in Northern Nigeria to complain that his emir refused to take his advice was to put his career at the gravest possible risk ; he could expect in due course to be moved to ‘ easier work ’ — in other words , to administrative oblivion . |
| 19 | … a boy or youth who is induced by means of gifts whether in money or in kind to participate in homosexual behaviour as a source of easy money or as a means of enjoying material comforts or other pleasures beyond those which he could expect by decent behaviour , and we have encountered cases where this has happened . |