Example sentences of "expect from [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 It was expected from her young people , by which she really meant her customers .
2 When I finally took off the overtrousers , the fleece trousers I was wearing underneath were completely dry , which is what I would have expected from their three-layer Gore-Tex construction .
3 An association between the ACE/ID polymorphism and blood pressure might have been expected from its anticipated effect on vascular tone and architecture .
4 Thenceforth his symphonic music inscrutably presented the emotions — albeit largely ironically — that the State expected from its leading composer while the quartets provided an outlet for the emotions within and for his personal responses to the event taking place in the world around him .
5 He failed , however , to get the rapturous reception he may have expected from his chief apologist on the international scene .
6 My work was during my student days , when much hampered with other cares , and I can excuse them for not thinking it what they would expect from their future minister .
7 ‘ Many people expect a standard from members of the Royal Family , which they do n't expect from their own families .
8 Public confidence in the police is enhanced when people know what they can expect from their local police force , and when outsiders are let into the process of inspecting how they work .
9 One early sign of the rewards the FDP could expect from its moderating role was the election of one of its leaders , Theoder Heuss , as Federal President in September 1949 .
10 If that sounds like the sort of utterance one might expect from your typical entrepreneur , it is probably because Michael Hirst is a great believer in the art .
11 For that plus all the news you 'd expect from your favourite lunchtime show , join Angus , Lloyd and me tomorrow at five past one .
12 If we read ‘ Ash-Wednesday ’ through with Tate 's commentary at our elbow , we see at any given point what he means : he has a good ear , as we might expect from his own poems ( which are however metrical , as ‘ Ash-Wednesday ’ is n't ) .
13 MEDICAL patients in Darlington and South West Durham now have a set of guidelines of what to expect from their local health service .
14 MEDICAL patients in Darlington and South West Durham now have a set of guidelines of what to expect from their local health service .
15 Nor , to judge from their efforts , do I see that I have much more to expect from my own people .
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