Example sentences of "expect a greater [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After the majestic setting of Old Trafford , Middlesbrough could not have expected a greater contrast than Roots Hall . |
| 2 | Their results suggest Europe can expect a greater frequency of blocking anti-cyclones which will lead to warmer summers but cooler winters , a greater frequency of severe winters , drier springs and summers , wetter autumns and winters , and an increased growing season . |
| 3 | Looking after the status quo is rather more their tendency , so we can perhaps expect a greater emphasis on defence with rather less activity from the operatives up front — the strikers . |
| 4 | ‘ If Clinton can not get the economy started and has trouble financing his ambitious spending programme , you may expect a greater withdrawal from foreign commitments , trade sanctions — whatever he thinks it will take , ’ said one analyst . |
| 5 | But if he killed Harry , would n't you expect a greater amount of soaking ? ’ |
| 6 | Nevertheless , one may expect a greater similarity between two geometrically similar points than between two geometrically dissimilar points . |
| 7 | Mariot capped this by suggesting that , since the Earl Patrick would presumably intend to yield that castle should Berwick town fall to King Edward , he could expect a greater reward from that monarch if the castle was nominally his own , not just a crown possession . |
| 8 | It is also possible that late nineteenth and early twentieth-century working class women expected a greater degree of drunkenness and violence on the part of husbands than would be tolerated today . |