Example sentences of "expect [adj] [adj] [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The forecast tax charge for the year is thirty four per cent which is below last year 's rate of thirty five and we expect this low rate to continue in the future . |
| 2 | ‘ We have made a strong start to 1993 and we expect this positive trend to continue . |
| 3 | People expect these two strata to answer the phone , to draft a memo . |
| 4 | I am proud of what I have done as a practising solicitor and I expect all other solicitors feel the same . |
| 5 | As might be expected young disabled people entering the adult world of employment , housing and social life face even greater problems than their peer group . |
| 6 | Nobody should expect this sleeping dog to lie . |
| 7 | If true , we might expect male peeking rates to increase as the number of females in the flock increase . |
| 8 | But one should not expect such economic movements to determine the details of changing musical practice in any mechanical way . |
| 9 | What form would you expect such local politics to take ? |
| 10 | Many hon. Members on both sides of the House have cut their political teeth in local government and one would expect such Conservative Members to show more loyalty towards it . |
| 11 | In specific areas such as space exploration , computer science , and popular music , an author can expect many young readers to have a considerable ( not to say a remarkable ) amount of existing knowledge . |
| 12 | In the normal course of events , one would expect those high standards to suffice for more than five years ; but these are not normal times . |
| 13 | If lithospheric extension occurs primarily along such detachment faults rather than by thinning throughout the entire zone of lithospheric extension , then we would expect opposing passive margins to display a marked complementary asymmetry ( Fig. 4.19 ) . |
| 14 | Decade-long plans for the museum 's controversial and costly expansion program are on hold , Ross says , until better economic times , but he does expect any enlarged Whitney to remain on its current Madison Avenue site . |
| 15 | However , they do not expect any radical revision to emerge in the run-up to legislation . |
| 16 | One would expect modern social representations to incorporate opposing themes ( see Billig , 1982 , for a discussion of the internally contradictory themes of modern ideology ) . |
| 17 | Since Middle Devonian shelf-edge reefs with stromataporoids and corals outcrop in Devon ( House et al. 1977 ) , it is reasonable to expect these potential reservoirs to occur in the subsurface of the intervening tract . |
| 18 | Despite the persistence of huge environmental problems , Western donors and lending institutions are financing only projects that give a good return on investment and are expecting Eastern European countries to pay for much of the clean-up themselves . |
| 19 | I know of no realistic reason for expecting any sixth-form college to introduce charges of the kind described . |
| 20 | The organisers are expecting 40,000 young people to visit it during its four-day run . |
| 21 | It therefore has a surprise effect on the reader who expects each new clause to move the discourse forward . |
| 22 | Within the next 20–25 years Anglian expects another nine supplies to go over the limit . |
| 23 | expects all public services to put the customer first ; |