Example sentences of "[vb mod] expect the [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | Of course the parallel between ontogeny and phylogeny can not be carried the whole way through — prehistoric human beings did not look like newborn babies — but there are various reasons why we might expect the early stages of embryonic development to have some relation to the early stages of our evolution . |
2 | Hm , I 'll expect the other friends will take something . |
3 | U unfortunately it 's not a perfect system because in relation to mineral applications , whilst as you would expect the largest fees are associated with the largest areas of er application for new mineral working and whilst it has to be admitted that those sorts of applications do take a lot of time in order to process them . |
4 | Coun Scott , who is also a Tory member of Darlington Council , said : ‘ The plans for the unit are proceeding as expected and we would expect the tender documents to be in within a few days . ’ |
5 | Whichever of the possibilities is realised in practice , we would expect the two languages — Creole and unrelated Standard — to retain their integrity as languages and not to converge linguistically to any great extent , except in terms of vocabulary : in other words , they are likely to remain fundamentally dissimilar in their grammar and phonology . |
6 | On average , one would expect the faint sources to be the more distant ones . |
7 | As one would expect the best results are obtained when all of the correct words were present in the lattice , with quite a large decrease in performance being found when the lattice quality drops to 89% . |
8 | But in a society where the official rate of unemployment doubled between 1979 and 1981 , from 5.3 per cent to 10.4 per cent and reached over 3.5 million or nearly 15 per cent during 1986 , where the Government , in the name of the market , is committed to weakening the ability of workers to defend their jobs , where the Government , in its desire to break what it sees as the ‘ dependency culture ’ , has systematically set about dismantling the welfare provisions which protected the poorest and weakest in society , where the Government , as part of its programme to establish a new thrusting entrepreneurial society , has encouraged a widening of differentials in income and wealth , we would expect the societal tensions produced to be expressed in , among other things , rising levels of crime . |
9 | That level of contact must certainly be maintained in future under the Commission , and I would expect the national coaches to be co-opted on to the Commission itself as non-voting members . ’ |
10 | This consists of : The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales The Institute of Chartered Accountants in Scotland The Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland The Chartered Association of Certified Accountants The Institute of Cost and Management Accountants The Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy Although there is no legal requirement for companies to comply with SSAP9 , auditors will expect the financial accounts of companies to meet the guidelines laid down . |
11 | TOURISTS going abroad can expect the following rates for sterling : |