Example sentences of "we [vb mod] [adv] expect [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We should thus expect resistance from workers to attempts by management to wrest control from them , and the historical evidence for this is now forthcoming . |
| 2 | As the anticipated " crisis " fades from memory , we might also expect managers to show less concern for improving the career prospects and conditions of work of nurses . |
| 3 | We might therefore expect B's utterance to be interpreted as a non-co-operative response , a brushing aside of A's concerns with a change of topic . |
| 4 | He has a lifetime 's belongings here and we could hardly expect Carrie to move into Fern Cottage . ’ |
| 5 | We could hardly expect Jennifer to want to go to that place if he 's going to be there . ’ |
| 6 | But a Royal Bank spokesman said : ‘ We would only expect tenders to be based on the cost per hour , not the total cost . |
| 7 | We can also expect de-recognition by employers who are frightened to death by the T & G. It it 's already happening . |
| 8 | We can hardly expect adolescents to have respect for the possessions of others if they have no hope of attaining any of their own . |
| 9 | But it may be that more fundamental changes to the present institutional arrangements for audit will be needed before we can realistically expect auditors to be proactive in assessing and reporting on business risk . |