Example sentences of "expect [prep] [adj] [noun] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 This is not the support that might have been expected for fellow Germans stuck on the communist side after 1945 .
2 The peers also consulted the judges on occasion and when they did so in 1614 over the long-debated matter of the right of the King to tax through ‘ impositions ’ without Parliamentary approval , Coke took the view that the judges should not be required to give an opinion ‘ on the ground that they were expected in judicial course to speak and judge between the King 's majesty and his people , and likewise between His Highness 's subjects , and in no case to be disputants on any side ’ .
3 In the very different world of perfect competition , the constraints are assumed satisfied given competition between firms as to who is to produce , price-taking behaviour and , lastly , the indirect result that the individual profit maximizing behaviour which would be expected from self-seeking entrepreneurs leads to social welfare maximization the " invisible hand " result .
4 The growth of the industrial proletariat convinced him that state education for all was essential , though in 1809 he asked : ‘ What can you expect of national education conducted by a government which for twenty years resisted the abolition of the Slave Trade ? ’
5 They give details of what to expect of various opportunities open to you , and how to obtain further information on professional qualifications , future prospects , etc .
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