Example sentences of "can expect to be [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The voting pattern for the parties is so uniform throughout the country that the influence on a constituency of a particular candidate is insignificant ; candidates without the support of a major party can expect to fail and minor or ad hoc or single-interest parties can expect to be swept aside … |
| 2 | Those who pursue explication can expect to be seen as suspicious , for they embody the marginality of the anthropologist , described by Lévi-Strauss ( 1973 : 67 ) as being someone who is ‘ psychologically speaking maimed , an amputee ’ . |
| 3 | According to Goffmann , what lends credibility to our concepts of personal self is the recognition of certain rules or conventions which limit the claims we can expect to be acknowledged with respect to freedom from untoward threat , interference and so forth . |
| 4 | Field men can expect to be contacted not only with requests to handle complaints , instructions to attend pollutions or collect samples , but also on quite trivial matters . |
| 5 | But King He can expect to be freed in three years ' time but Don King is convinced the former champion 's conviction will be overturned at a forthcoming appeal . |
| 6 | With both types , the lenders have your new home as security , but since they 're taking a bigger risk than normal , you can expect to be charged a higher rate of interest . |
| 7 | If it succeeds , other shops can expect to be brought to court . |
| 8 | Neil Tennant may wonder how they can expect to be taken seriously but , to millions of record buyers the world over , they are the ultimate realisation of the rock dream ; tribal passion , myth , commitment and the belief that guitars really can bring down governments . |
| 9 | You can expect to be promoted within two or three years of qualifying . |
| 10 | City goalkeeper Tony Coton can expect to be carpeted by the FA following spitting allegations during Tuesday 's win at Wimbledon . |
| 11 | A pure Scot arriving in New York , Cardiff or any other of the non-Scottish capitals can expect to be welcomed by other Celts , whatever their original nation and however many generations have passed since their ancestors left it . |
| 12 | The average household can expect to be burgled once every forty years , for example , while violent confrontation between the intruder and victim is very rare — one per cent of ail cases . |
| 13 | A bureau that promises more output than it can deliver can expect to be penalized by lower budgetary allocations in the future ( Niskanen 1971 , p. 42 ) . |
| 14 | The lieutenant believed ‘ it will be a long time before he can expect to be advanced to be captain in so old a corps . |
| 15 | We are indebted to Beumont et al for having grasped the nettle in laying down the grade at which a girl or woman can expect to be respected as a climber and transcend the status defined by ‘ bimbo , ’ i.e. interesting only if she happens to be pretty . |