Example sentences of "[vb mod] [adv] expect [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We must therefore expect certain aspects of computer design to reappear throughout the book , to be seen from a slightly different angle each time . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 ) . |
| 4 | Moscow could also expect Iraqi interest in Brezhnev 's initiative since Baghdad had floated a ‘ Pan-Arab Charter ’ early in 1980 , which inter alia had asserted the need to keep the Gulf free from all superpower bases . |
| 5 | But City law firm Berwin Leighton , acting for the National Union of Journalists and the Graphical Paper and Media Union , said yesterday that all fund members could now expect full payment . |
| 6 | As the number of jobs in manufacturing has fallen , people who could previously expect full-time work have found themselves excluded from paid employment , often for considerable periods . |
| 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 | Some 70 per cent of Borders properties can also expect reduced demands for water tax . |
| 9 | Any answer to this question depends very much on how many workers can realistically expect permanent employment and in what sense pay is related to age . |