Example sentences of "expect [art] [adj] [noun] from " in BNC.
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1 | It is then that we expect the best group from Southern Africa to be there , including the Homeland leaders . |
2 | I 've refused work , and I expect the same loyalty from Enya , even if she married Phil Spector tomorrow ! |
3 | Here is a volume you could present to someone with no interest in science and expect a pleasurable reaction from any but the most insensitive . |
4 | Also on the subject of Foundation , expect a new video from them , imported over here by Faze 7 . |
5 | My father would have expected an abject apology from me , I assure you , before he condescended to write . ’ |
6 | We would expect the best response from people who are re-evaluating their lives — a change of work , home or relationship — allowing their beliefs to be re-considered , ’ says Henry . |
7 | Whatever publishers ' position on the question of ‘ partner or competitor ’ , Richard Heath , of Heath Educational Book Supplies , stressed that ‘ booksellers are not asking for favouritism , we simple need a level playing field ’ , and , he warned , ‘ Publishers like Heinemann Educational , who attempt to gain market share for key national curriculum titles by offering schools 20 , 25 , 33 or even 50% discount for buying direct , can not then expect the same support from booksellers as we will give to publishers who show commitment to booksellers . ’ |
8 | There 's a little old rhyme about sowing crops which accepts that you ca n't expect the maximum potential from a crop every time — you 've got to allow something for the other occupants of the land and it goes : |
9 | If the restrictions are valid we would expect the generalized variance from the restricted and unrestricted models to be approximately the same . |
10 | Different manufacturers claim widely different life expectancies for both materials , but you can reasonably expect a five-year life from most types ( but as some manufacturers claim a life of only half this , and others double , check before you buy ) . |
11 | ‘ If Clinton can not get the economy started and has trouble financing his ambitious spending programme , you may expect a greater withdrawal from foreign commitments , trade sanctions — whatever he thinks it will take , ’ said one analyst . |
12 | Mariot capped this by suggesting that , since the Earl Patrick would presumably intend to yield that castle should Berwick town fall to King Edward , he could expect a greater reward from that monarch if the castle was nominally his own , not just a crown possession . |
13 | Given their portrayal by trade unionists as rich members of the bourgeouisie who were concerned only over the value of their property , they did not expect a sympathetic reception from workers . |
14 | ‘ I would n't expect a sympathetic hearing from you , anyway . ’ |
15 | But on March 20th , a week before the hearing was due , he withdrew his request , saying that he could not expect a fair hearing from the governor and had no wish to take part in an ‘ empty game ’ . |
16 | They were sure I could expect a large present from her , either before or after her death . |
17 | Some people did expect an awful lot from those youngsters for the few shillings they paid them . |
18 | While this is good news for millions of borrowers and mortgage holders , it is not such a rosy picture for those people who have come to expect a healthy return from their savings accounts . |
19 | Your ruler , Mercury , turns retrograde on the 11th which means that from this point you must be prepared to sit certain situations out and not to expect an immediate response from people . |
20 | In recent times , however , most people have come to experience and to expect an abrupt transition from full-time work to full-time retirement at an age when many of them feel reasonably fit . |
21 | Mr. Gould expected a rich harvest from the appearance of the plain , both as respect [ sic ] quadrupeds and birds , but it was remarkably destitute . |
22 | ‘ I expected a wee charge from Middlesbrough early on . |
23 | Yesterday the National Farmers ' Union of Scotland put its pennyworth in when Alex Brown , the milk committee convener , said the union expected a reasoned decision from the secretary of state . |
24 | Last night the grieving couple were still baffled by the tragedy that struck down six-year-old Elizabeth a week after doctors said they expected a full recovery from a brain tumour . |
25 | Analysts were expecting a good performance from Sainsbury , but at least one is advising investors to look elsewhere . |
26 | Maudie had been expecting a better response from her friends , or at the very least a little sympathy , but they seemed not to care . |
27 | ‘ Shearer is only 21 and Blackburn might not be one of the glamour clubs , but they will be expecting an awful lot from him . ’ |
28 | Extending this principle a little further , each one of these types expects a certain reaction from their chosen victim — perhaps terror , disgust , humiliation or just stunned silence . |