Example sentences of "[adv] expect that [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was widely expected that the formal ban on direct trade with the Soviet Union would be lifted in 1990 leaving only mainland China , Albania , Cuba and North Korea on the prohibited list . |
| 2 | We can not contain it and still expect that the wider health of freedom of expression may be unaffected . |
| 3 | This not an invariable pattern for monographs , but readers can usually expect that the central figure of a book will receive prominence at the expense of any other artists . |
| 4 | OUR man in the stalls writing a preview more in hope than expectation : Last night it was confidently expected that the Fifth Estate 's performance of Scapegoat at the Netherbow Theatre , Edinburgh , would go ahead . |
| 5 | The tipsheet clearly expects that the aspiring author of romantic fiction is also a reader of the genre , and thus is familiar with its conventions : ‘ Think of what you as a reader would like to read . ’ |
| 6 | We firmly expect that the single market will benefit all English regions . |