Example sentences of "to expect [adj] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After all , it is common sense to expect low margins in the United States , given the intensity of the competition there . |
| 2 | Gould 's experiences so far had encouraged him to expect similar rewards from the next leg of the expedition , and he left Van Diemen 's Land in a spirit of optimism and with a light heart . |
| 3 | Dragged myself to the doctor who told me I had to expect such things at my age and prescribed vitamin pills . |
| 4 | Whilst recognising the need to introduce measures that would make Colleges more self-supporting , it was considered unrealistic to expect such measures to be effective immediately . |
| 5 | However , it is inefficient from a user 's point of view to leave course assessment to suppliers ( who will not necessarily be assessing the same thing as users ) , and inappropriate to expect individual users to be able to evaluate courses within any framework other than their own needs . |
| 6 | You are fully entitled to expect these reports on progress regularly . |
| 7 | Instead for many , many years there has been in Channel 4 a culture , which allowed you to expect these matters to be dealt with properly , without being made to feel that you were being perverse in raising the issue yet again or that you were making a point or a special case . |
| 8 | In particular , Thompson and Spencer 's list of the features of habituation was derived from studies of short-term examples of the phenomenon ; it may therefore be unreasonable to expect these features to be found also in latent inhibition ( see Lubow , Weiner , and Schnur 1981 ) . |
| 9 | Since their work on cats had conditioned them to expect all parts of the visual cortex to contain orientation selective cells this oversight is , perhaps , understandable . |
| 10 | Those who are caring for the bereaved need to be prepared to expect all kinds of strange reactions and uncharacteristic behaviour from them occasionally . |
| 11 | Halliday ( 1967 ) has a rather odd-looking set of tones : There is , of course , no particular reason to expect linguistic systems to be tidy and symmetrical , but I find it hard to see why Halliday chose these particular tones . |
| 12 | But it would be too much to expect foolproof results from either method : personal assessment based on experience ; or the more objective actuarial credit-scoring system . |
| 13 | Despite Clinton 's hopes for action within the first 100 days of his administration , it is more realistic to expect legislative hearings during March and April and the earliest Congressional action on any legislation in May or early June . |
| 14 | We have come to expect super classes on this course , and we were not disappointed ! |
| 15 | The report also warns drinkers to expect big differences in prices between locals in the same town , with upmarket pubs in prime locations charging more than a no-frills bar on the outskirts . |
| 16 | ‘ We are going to Liverpool at just the right time and there 's no reason for them to expect any favours from us . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ While in times past a royal wife would be expected simply to put up with a situation no matter how desperate , the Princess of Wales belongs to a generation that has come to expect greater things from life and certainly from relationships , ’ she wrote . |
| 18 | In such cases it would be reasonable to expect positive responses from the medical attendant after 8 weeks . |