Example sentences of "[adv] expect a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this analysis er , if you set aside the effect of our sale of Elsivir er , the variance was forty nine million seventy percent of which relates to the U K. The drop in profits from our newspapers was the biggest and probably the most widely expected a substantial proportion of their costs are fixed and , er , they therefore are particularly sensitive to , er changes in volume . |
| 2 | The railway buildings at the hill stations , on the other hand , only expected a European clientele ( together with servants ) and were organized accordingly . |
| 3 | Looking after the status quo is rather more their tendency , so we can perhaps expect a greater emphasis on defence with rather less activity from the operatives up front — the strikers . |
| 4 | The book is set in the 1940s and this is how things were then , so to expect a different kind of portrayal would be unreasonable . |
| 5 | This is the deadly period when you can most expect a good take . |
| 6 | ( a ) because the rights of preference shareholders are subordinated to those of loan stock holders , preference shareholders normally expect a higher yield to reflect the difference in risk . |
| 7 | Thus we can normally expect a mature mind in a person at work and although developmental processes of growth and senescence are of some interest , studies of the person working usually assume that we are dealing with a mind which is equipped with the basic skills derived from play and education but one which has not been subject to any serious diminution of capacity . |
| 8 | But then no one should ever expect a criminal organization to be trustworthy . |
| 9 | Asked if the UN-mandated troops could do more to protect aid workers , Mr O'Reilly said : ‘ One can hardly expect a military escort can travel with every possible aid worker in Somalia … |
| 10 | This will go some way to draw the fire of the Government 's critics , but he can still expect a rough ride for the bill on the House of Lords . |
| 11 | While the possibility of a court injunction did not in itself upset the takeover schedule , the panel would still expect a formal takeover document . |
| 12 | The custodian of the birds , dozing in the sun and hardly expecting a long-distance message so soon after this morning 's arrival , jerked to his feet and looked up . |
| 13 | Sunderland also expect a big crowd for Friday night 's £5,000 marathon challenge match . |
| 14 | Hence , we may reasonably expect a resultative flavour when an adverbal adjective is combined with a change-of-state verb . |
| 15 | Different manufacturers claim widely different life expectancies for both materials , but you can reasonably expect a five-year life from most types ( but as some manufacturers claim a life of only half this , and others double , check before you buy ) . |
| 16 | B : Well , the milkman has come All that we can reasonably expect a semantic theory to tell us about this minimal exchange is that there is at least one reading that we might paraphrase as follows : ( 2 ) A : Do you have the ability to tell me the time ? |
| 17 | At around the same time , the first 66MHz versions should begin to trickle out and the company says that we should also expect a Pentium-based desktop machine in the ErgoPro range . |
| 18 | At around the same time , the first 66MHz versions should begin to trickle out and the company says that we should also expect a Pentium-based desktop machine in the ErgoPro range . |
| 19 | In turning the Polish armies back , the Red Army crossed the border and advanced on Warsaw , vainly expecting a Polish rising to support its advance . |
| 20 | Mr Litman refused to discuss details of the money involved but his Russian associates are clearly expecting a considerable boost to their meagre pensions . |
| 21 | Cameron now expected a glancing reference to Exodus 32 and a figuring of Aaron the idolator as the rebel and troublemaker who seduced the honest Israelites with the golden calf of dangerous principles . |
| 22 | So that the meeting and the usual Saturday-night social that was to follow it could end before curfew , proceedings had been due to commence at six but , even so , no one really expected a punctual start . |
| 23 | At 30 years old , I 'd really expected a slow labour . |
| 24 | If they wo n't order the stock , do they really expect a new franchisee to do it ? |
| 25 | Do the Tories really expect a responsible Council to take part in such a scheme ? |
| 26 | This increase seems to be part of a broader social trend in which clients increasingly expect a high quality of service from professional people . |
| 27 | Next came an accusation , which Niki reports as follows , with Dennis saying , ‘ If you pay somebody such an amazing amount of money , you can surely expect a little friendship in exchange . ’ |
| 28 | It fully expected a massive expansion . |
| 29 | His great Council had been held at Michaelmas 1102 ; by April of the following year he was once more abroad expecting a speedy return , but , as we have seen , he did not return until the end of 1106 . |
| 30 | Many players are guilty of having a lesson and almost expecting a magical remedy to their problems . |