Example sentences of "we expect a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We expected a big postbag but nothing could have prepared us for the fantastic response we received ! |
| 2 | ‘ We expected a physical game and we certainly got one . |
| 3 | Its intensity ( that is , its energy content ) is given by the square of this , so we expect a transmitted fraction of unc as is indeed the case . |
| 4 | We welcome the emphasis on safety in the North sea , but we expect a parallel prioritisation of the extremely dangerous potential accident sites onshore , and we expect to see an improvement in that situation . |
| 5 | What we are doing , if we expect a negative outcome , is providing our fear with food from the imagination . |
| 6 | Over the next twelve months we expect a further increase in those needing our Home Care service to enable them to live and die at home . |
| 7 | We expect a further reduction in 1993 . |
| 8 | There should then be no plateaux in the Hall voltage because as more electrons are added to an unfilled Landau level we expect a smooth decrease of the Hall voltage . |
| 9 | Those ultimate motivations will be the subject of the next section , but here we are interested in exactly what it is that we expect a pragmatic theory to do . |
| 10 | In the first month of its operation it received 280 inquiries ; but commenting on this figure , a spokesman said : ‘ We expect a dramatic increase in inquiries once head teachers come back from holiday and examine the information we have sent them ’ . |
| 11 | So can we expect a glorious future where dreams and technology merge or are the implications more sinister ? |
| 12 | The decades since 1950 , the 40 most revolutionary years in the history of human society , should lead us to expect a massive disintegration of old values , a collapse of old certainties . |
| 13 | There is a streak of sadism in his performance which leads us to expect an answering streak of masochism in Katherine . |