Example sentences of "[adv] expect [adj] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | So expect two years of dull , decent , gritty competence , explain the Major-domos — and steady , unspectacular results . |
| 2 | Often they are organized by younger people who merely expect ageing members to be passive recipients of organized events . |
| 3 | That is to say , for 100 feet of water one could only expect 240 feet of sediment of normal density . |
| 4 | The organisation concerned would normally expect these roles to be occupied by men . |
| 5 | The theme of the play ( as Lewis somehow expects all readers of his memoirs to remember ) is the rejection and suppression of erotic love . |
| 6 | They 'll hardly expect separate cards from the two of us , though since you 're likely to be sending them one it would n't hurt to add my name to yours . |
| 7 | In an interspecies cross like the mule one would always expect marked differences between the two parents ' white cell antigens , and on the analogy with humans , habitual abortions should be rare . |
| 8 | Insurance companies understandably expect proper precautions to be taken for the security and safe storage of musical instruments . |
| 9 | Some 70 per cent of Borders properties can also expect reduced demands for water tax . |
| 10 | Larder , who has given the captaincy to tough utility forward Paul Hulme , is also expecting great things from giant Welsh second rower Paul Moriarty . |
| 11 | Finally , where there are important divisions between kinds of culture and society , one might well expect systematic differences between the associated languages for example , it is likely that literacy has systematic effects on the lexical , syntactic and semantic structure of languages , even if these have never been spelt out ( see Goody , 1977 ) . |
| 12 | We must therefore expect certain aspects of computer design to reappear throughout the book , to be seen from a slightly different angle each time . |