Example sentences of "[modal v] we expect " in BNC.
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| 1 | Should we expect them to be ‘ selfish ’ or ‘ ruthless ’ , if they have no alleles ? |
| 2 | We have come to appreciate that we can not expect children to live by our adult standards too early , or too quickly , without doing them harm ; but nor should we expect them to socialize themselves . |
| 3 | So what is on offer and what should we expect from these weighty tomes ? |
| 4 | And why should we expect to have detected leakages from the domestic radio and television transmissions of our hypothetical aliens when we have made no effort to do so ? |
| 5 | Nor should we expect the very few who do not want to teach to continue to do so when they might be more usefully employed in management , audit , service , or research tasks . |
| 6 | How virulent should we expect animal parasites to be ? |
| 7 | In this day and age , why should we expect that ? |
| 8 | Yet what degree of commitment should we expect from someone before we decide to label them a Jacobite ? |
| 9 | What else should we expect to find from such a source ? |
| 10 | And what more , what more should we expect from a Party that is led nationally by a man who , in 1983 , says , there are no circumstances in which I would order or permit the firing of a nuclear weapon , which leads somebody to say , Kinnock 's lust for power is so great that he 's prepared to ditch any principle to get it . |
| 11 | I mean there 's no reason because we have n't got men 's issues , because all issues are men 's issues , nobody expects a male Prime Minister to go for any particular issue , but why should we expect a woman Prime Minister to go particularly for certain issues ? |
| 12 | What theme might we expect to find in the background of someone highly motivated by money over long periods ? |
| 13 | Why , why might we expect structural change to occur in this example ? |
| 14 | So if Bill Clinton becomes the 42nd president of the United States , what action could we expect him to take to stimulate America 's ailing economy ? |
| 15 | Nor could we expect the adherents of each approach to treat any anomaly as a reason for rejecting it . |
| 16 | All that needs to be said here and now is — how soon may we expect you ? ’ |
| 17 | ‘ And what time may we expect supper , Eleanor ? ’ her father asked , standing by the front window with his back to her . |
| 18 | May we expect that the cost of transporting freight from the mainland to Orkney and Shetland will be comparable with the cost of such transport to the Western Isles ? |
| 19 | When may we expect a statement on the medical services aspects which are so important to the Northern Ireland situation ? |
| 20 | What kind of formal marks , if any , would we expect to find at the beginning of a new paragraph ? |
| 21 | What factors would we expect to cause changes in the supply and demand for bills ? |
| 22 | What else would we expect to find in this id ? |
| 23 | A priori , what sign would we expect on those two variables ? |
| 24 | Nor will we expect to interfere with your day to day management of your business . |
| 25 | So we come back around the circle to the capital side of the balance of payments , and the operationally interesting question : for how long can we expect the world 's savers to make up our domestic shortage ? |
| 26 | How can we expect her to adopt the thought patterns of an earlier age ? |
| 27 | How can we expect to be lifted by the language of prayer ‘ if the sentence itself needs to be lifted — by a stretcher ? ’ he asked . |
| 28 | How can we expect to be lifted by the language of prayer ‘ if the sentence itself needs to be lifted — by a stretcher ? ’ he asked . |
| 29 | Alas , solitude is not very likely , there is so little of it in life , so what can we expect after death ! |
| 30 | Can we expect to find the fundamental and universal principles in development ? |