Example sentences of "expect to show [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Profits are expected to show little change from last year 's Pounds 94m . |
| 2 | He argued that , on the one hand , reproduction is mainly practised by peasants and others of low rank , who could hardly be expected to show much interest in whether they produced male or female children . |
| 3 | However , you would be expected to show some knowledge of , and interest in the affairs of the authority in question and of the issues affecting local government generally . |
| 4 | Appeal courts are expected to show some mercy because the defendant has twice had to face the ordeal of being sentenced . |
| 5 | A national industrial relations system formulated with labour organisations which are an adjunct to a successful nationalist movement , which has secured independence , may be expected to show some characteristics different from [ one ] in which national independence antedated the union movements or in which the union movements played a minor role in the nationalist movement . |
| 6 | On the other hand , ’ the flat menace in his voice silenced her indignant denial before it could be voiced , ‘ a woman in her twenties might reasonably be expected to show more intelligence . |
| 7 | If what Jespersen suggests were true , however , one might expect to show some tendency to be dropped in the uses where it is " meaningless " and there is no sign of this occurring in any of the functions listed either by Buyssens or by Jespersen . |