Example sentences of "[modal v] they expect " in BNC.
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| 1 | How could they expect him to perform with someone like that ? |
| 2 | Why may they expect a better future ? |
| 3 | In that event , how would they expect to protect the consumer ? |
| 4 | If investors require an expected return of 8 per cent p.a. , what prices would they expect to pay for the following : |
| 5 | If the expected return rises to 15 per cent what would they expect to pay for the above shares ? |
| 6 | Will they expect you to drive down ? |
| 7 | What influence can they expect to have over their own lives ? |
| 8 | How can they expect their leader to devote his energy to attacking the Tories when he has to spend time dealing with his own rancorous , ill-disciplined colleagues ? |
| 9 | I mean , they should n't want more than seven per cent because the cost of living , you know , the inflation 's gone down , but then when a bloke gets forty five thousand quid , you know eh , on a firm where they 've a , they 've made a profit , but he got an increase of forty five thousand pound which was of , no , no about forty per cent rather , forty per cent increase in his salary , I mean it 's bloody , I mean , how can , how can they expect , you know , the ordinary working man to put up with bloody awful increase , if , if they go and give bosses increases like that , I mean it does n't make sense . |