Example sentences of "to expect [adj] [noun pl] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since outcome is determined partly during pregnancy , it is logical to expect pregnant women to ask more questions , expect answers and make informed decisions related to their lifestyle . |
| 2 | If governments acted to remove some of the existing constraints to economic growth in DRAs it would be reasonable to expect private investors to move in from outside to exploit the opportunities thus created . |
| 3 | Social workers appear to expect few benefits to accrue from residential care . |
| 4 | While it is probably too much to expect English politicians to learn from Scotland , I would have hoped that in Scotland we will still try to understand the problems rather than take refuge in moral outrage and simply condemn . |
| 5 | It is unrealistic to expect social workers to empathise with the child , the mother and the abuser , ’ says Bernadette Manning , head of child protection . |
| 6 | Of course , one has to expect such things to occur amongst maids and footmen , and a good butler should always take this into account in his planning ; but such marrying amongst more senior employees can have an extremely disruptive effect on work . |
| 7 | The perception of social advantage in general abstention from collective bargaining is too remote from the circumstances of the individual worker for him ever to support through the ballot box a general prohibition on trade unions , let alone to abstain privately from their immediate protection in a world where there is no reason to expect other workers to confer a reciprocal advantage on him by similar abstention . |