Example sentences of "[vb mod] [adv] expect [to-vb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | However , in a semi-strong efficient market as the International Stock Exchange in London we should not expect to find any evidence for P/E ratio being a reliable predictor of returns or volatility of returns . |
2 | But if the child is a paraplegic spina-bifida victim , for example , the receiving teacher should surely expect to receive additional training to equip him/her to cope with the physical implications of the condition . |
3 | One great comber filled the canoe before she shook free from the cascading crests ; now they could not expect to make much headway and had to fight even harder to avoid broaching-to . |
4 | A Japanese boy could now expect to live 75 years , three years longer than a boy born in England or Wales . |
5 | If it were closed down suppose 750 of the men would not expect to find another job and would have to live off social security payments . |
6 | Where one would normally expect to find those details , there is the logo of the Sports Council , and the statement : ’ Additional copies of Relay available from Sports Council International Affairs Unit . ’ |
7 | The implications of this for employment are that we would still expect to see large-scale manufacturing in developed countries , absorbing substantial amounts of labour ( though this labour would be involved in knowledge work rather than metal-bashing ) ; and we would expect to see more labour employed again in small firms producing semi-custom-made products or services using machinery produced by the large companies . |
8 | In one way I would n't expect to find any witnesses — since what happened took place close to dawn . |
9 | The figures ' significance may , of course , be challenged on the grounds that the number of turns taken by Anderson in the last six scenes , and the length of those turns , is considerably smaller than in the earlier scenes , and we would therefore expect to see fewer performance errors . |
10 | The judge said he would never expect to see another crime like it . |
11 | A good time was had by all and who knows , next year the theme could be Television Adverts , when he will surely expect to get first prize as the TV Captain Chaos look alike . |
12 | In this political struggle it is also obvious that non-urban areas can not expect to receive equal treatment because politically their numbers are too small to count against the majority , who being concentrated , can receive more social provision at cheaper cost . |
13 | The 1991 results are likely to be poor but , as the dominant UK credit insurer operating in the longest and deepest recession for many years , one can hardly expect to see good figures . |