Example sentences of "expect a [adj] [noun] of " in BNC.
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1 | Even if the company had too much money for its own good and wanted to go way over the top it should certainly expect a finished block of 60,000 square feet for £9.4m . |
2 | Very few professional men then could expect a net income of £2,000 a year by the age of forty . |
3 | Guests can expect a fantastic standard of both accommodation and service , and we think the food 's pretty good as well ! |
4 | Why did he expect a good crop of sugarbeet ? |
5 | What appalling style , even twenty years ago one could expect a better standard of English . |
6 | The question is how this expansion can be paid for , given that the new Secretary of State has said quite candidly that his present view is that higher education can not expect a higher share of public spending than it currently receives . |
7 | Thus , one might expect a similar kind of opening of the iron-free structure to expose charged ligands and to allow entrance of ferrous ions . |
8 | Their results suggest Europe can expect a greater frequency of blocking anti-cyclones which will lead to warmer summers but cooler winters , a greater frequency of severe winters , drier springs and summers , wetter autumns and winters , and an increased growing season . |
9 | But if he killed Harry , would n't you expect a greater amount of soaking ? ’ |
10 | If we had a large enough sample of observations on Y t , X t and Z t we would expect a linear regression of Y t on X t and Z t to yield the result that the estimates of 1 and 22 were the same — except for sampling variation — if it really is true that . |
11 | For example , scales a tritone or a semitone apart have only two notes in common ; all other notes are different , and so one can expect a considerable degree of conflict unless ( as in the Bartók example ) adequate vertical consonance can be maintained . |
12 | If a company can limit its interruption claim to a period of three months rather than three years , it could expect a premium reduction of between 25 and 50 per cent . |
13 | Do not expect a cast-iron guarantee of success . |
14 | Iraq , which is thought to have capacity to produce at least twice as much oil as Kuwait , did not send its oil minister to the OPEC talks — an indication that the authorities in Baghdad do not expect an early resumption of export trading . |
15 | Patients must not expect an endless supply of alternative drugs . |