Example sentences of "to expect [det] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dragged myself to the doctor who told me I had to expect such things at my age and prescribed vitamin pills . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | You are fully entitled to expect these reports on progress regularly . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 ) . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Those who are caring for the bereaved need to be prepared to expect all kinds of strange reactions and uncharacteristic behaviour from them occasionally . |
| 8 | ‘ We are going to Liverpool at just the right time and there 's no reason for them to expect any favours from us . ’ |