Example sentences of "[modal v] expect some " in BNC.
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| 1 | Therefore , we must expect some major changes in that region in the coming years and be prepared for anything that might arise as a result . |
| 2 | Thus , using a plural in a continuation based on the verb + with conditions , where we might expect some sort of strain , does indeed produce a reliably higher number of continuations using both . |
| 3 | Though you might expect some echoes of a Telecaster or a Les Paul Junior , it actually sounds like neither . |
| 4 | Examples are too numerous to list , but a particularly telling one from members of our own profession , where one might expect some awareness , can serve . |
| 5 | Over the last thirty years the achievements of physiologists and psychologists in studying dreaming have received a good deal of attention in the media , much of it sensationalist , so one might expect some of this information to have percolated through to become common knowledge . |
| 6 | Not surprisingly these features are principally confined to the cities of the province , though we might expect some form of provision at those sites where water transport clearly played a part in moving bulky products like building stone or pottery ( p. 43 ) . |
| 7 | This is the sort of trick you 'd expect some tinpot holy man to play , trying to impress the credulously . |
| 8 | And you 'd expect some broken headlights or something here on the road . |
| 9 | As for Mark Crowe , the Argus sport and nature ramble hack , well , I thought I could expect some loyalty there . |
| 10 | Clearly , we could expect some sort of boundary indication , such as a pause , to occur long before the end of this utterance . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | One would expect some cases to get widespread coverage , especially when there is serious re-offending after a previous life sentence . |
| 13 | If the explanation of a high standards and routines specification as symptomatic of the desire to be satisfied is correct , one would expect some relationship between this measure and answers to the ‘ Do you like housework ? ’ question . |
| 14 | Had the two interests been hostile , one would expect some evidence of local friction , but there is none . |
| 15 | Had the two interests been hostile , one would expect some evidence of local friction , but there is none . |
| 16 | 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 " . |
| 17 | Frequently the local authority will expect some form of planning gain using a planning agreement made under section 52 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1971 . |
| 18 | No formal examinations are specified for the certificate programme but HCIMA will expect some form of unseen ( possibly end of study ) testing to be part of the assessment schedule . |
| 19 | At the beginning of December , you can expect some extra developments regarding a domestic or professional matter , and this time you ca n't resist the winds of change . |
| 20 | Mirco is Czech and Annette is half-French so you can expect some creative cuisine here . |
| 21 | He has sub-titled his talk ‘ A Layman 's View ’ , but you can expect some thought-provoking views . |
| 22 | Football this afternoon Scarborough are playing Bury at the McCain Stadium so you can expect some extra traffic in Scarborough town centre with that football . |
| 23 | So in spite of the Conservatives domination of the area , we can expect some exciting contests in this election and perhaps even some upsets . |
| 24 | Cloud amounts will vary but we can expect some warm sunshine . |
| 25 | A national survey has shown one in 15 schools can expect some sort of fire . |
| 26 | North West deprivation can expect some relief through the Treaty 's plan for a Euro-Investment Bank which would have 24 members , including two from the region . |