Example sentences of "would expect [adj] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If electrons are sent through the slits one at a time , one would expect each to pass through one slit or the other , and so behave just as if the slit it passed through were the only one there — giving a uniform distribution on the screen . |
| 2 | I think it would skip to environment being the prerogative of local authorities , there will be a great variation across the country , and I do n't think anybody seriously would expect that to happen about health and safety at work , and I think the same should be true of the environment . |
| 3 | Unveiling details of the £1.7m deal , Ed WAllis , PowerGen 's chief executive , candidly said he would expect some say in the way the weather was presented . |
| 4 | In any case , as the permanent under-secretary in the Foreign Office philosophically remarked , if the Americans were asked to " underwrite the Empire , they would expect some say in its running " . |
| 5 | One would expect this to occur in natural acquisition situations , such that adults ' and children 's interaction with others can be compared . |