Example sentences of "[adv] expect [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That is to say , for 100 feet of water one could only expect 240 feet of sediment of normal density . |
| 2 | This Christian Socialist , dedicated to equal shares and to soaking the rich ( who included his own family ) , was accepted and frostily admired as an incorruptible thorn in the nation 's conscience , forever reminding them that there was no jam today and they could only expect some tomorrow if they had earned it . |
| 3 | I guess that one would not normally expect such a work to plumb the depths , or explore an emotional range equivalent to a full-scale symphony . |
| 4 | The organisation concerned would normally expect these roles to be occupied by men . |
| 5 | I would not normally expect this from a Severum — but then I have never heard of a Severum eating Halfbeaks . |
| 6 | So not every teacher was one hundred per cent successful with mixed ability teaching , but I do n't think one can ever expect that with a new method and I think now that the system has been running for a number of years in the school that it 's possible for each department to support new members of staff and introduce them to the appropriate methods and approaches to mixed ability classes . |
| 7 | So , not every teacher was one hundred per cent successful with mixed ability teaching , but I do n't think one can ever expect that with a new method . |
| 8 | If he condemns people who are outperforming his members , he can hardly expect much respect for their standards . |
| 9 | They 'll hardly expect separate cards from the two of us , though since you 're likely to be sending them one it would n't hurt to add my name to yours . |
| 10 | In an interspecies cross like the mule one would always expect marked differences between the two parents ' white cell antigens , and on the analogy with humans , habitual abortions should be rare . |
| 11 | Even if it has , you should not always expect reliable reading of a file on a 5.25 inch disk when it has been written on a 1.2MB drive and you are attempting to read the file on a 360K drive . |
| 12 | It is not sufficient that someone had an opportunity to examine the goods , it must be shown that the manufacturer could reasonably expect that person to make an examination . |
| 13 | Mrs Mitchell added : ‘ When you move into a new house you could reasonably expect all the locks to work . |
| 14 | Such a thing is certainly not to be found on this earth ; yet those who pick to pieces the open texture or verbal infelicities of an international Convention rarely pause to consider how , when legislation prepared in a single legal system is generally so verbose , obscure , and generally badly drafted , one can reasonably expect more of the product of many hands drawn from widely differing legal systems with different cultures , legal structures , and methods of legal reasoning and decision-making , entailing maximum flexibility , co-operation , and compromise . |
| 15 | Granted the intriguing premise , one might reasonably expect some attempt to probe the morality of a privatised police force , and of a society which allows someone like Kuffs to buy and use firearms as casually as he does here , but no . |
| 16 | We once set a case involving a highly seasonal business which ended up with no cash , a big overdraft , lots of creditors and no hope of any more revenue for at least six months : those students who did n't recognize that some pretty drastic immediate action was required ( surprisingly , there were several ) could n't reasonably expect any marks ! |
| 17 | The view might be held that s3 has no application to such a clause , because s3 only applies to clauses under which the proferens purports to be entitled to a performance diffferent from that reasonably expected , whereas the effect of the clause quoted above is to define the performance which may reasonably be expected of the seller , so that the buyer can not reasonably expect any particular delivery date . |
| 18 | It is arguable that it is not , because since the contract allows the seller to vary the delivery date , the seller has performed exactly in accordance with the contract , and the buyer can not reasonably expect any other peformance . |
| 19 | We might also expect that , unlike university students , the polytechnic students are given an increased awareness of the social nature of science , as the CNAA has made a ‘ science and society ’ type module compulsory on science courses . |
| 20 | You may also expect more love and support than of late . |
| 21 | Moscow could also expect Iraqi interest in Brezhnev 's initiative since Baghdad had floated a ‘ Pan-Arab Charter ’ early in 1980 , which inter alia had asserted the need to keep the Gulf free from all superpower bases . |
| 22 | Some 70 per cent of Borders properties can also expect reduced demands for water tax . |
| 23 | Any answer to this question depends very much on how many workers can realistically expect permanent employment and in what sense pay is related to age . |
| 24 | On this view , we can only realistically expect positivist criminology to produce ‘ probabilistic ’ theories — associating variability of cause with variability of outcome ; we should expect no more than loose associations between specified causal variables and criminal behaviour . |
| 25 | They do n't really expect Labour to make things any better . |
| 26 | And there was something in his smile and the way it affected her , something in the way his eyes probed into her , that prompted her to add , ‘ To tell the truth , I do n't really expect that ever to happen . ’ |
| 27 | They do n't really expect any er any delay erm and they 're expecting to start shipping up here on the Monday . |
| 28 | Might we now expect some clarification regarding Trident . |
| 29 | Merseytravel finance director John Wilkinson said he did not now expect another toll increase to be even considered for another 12 months . |
| 30 | But City law firm Berwin Leighton , acting for the National Union of Journalists and the Graphical Paper and Media Union , said yesterday that all fund members could now expect full payment . |