Example sentences of "[indef pn] expect [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nobody expected this : we can all remember the period of China-mania in the United States in the 1970s , and the anticipation of a ‘ tripolar world ’ . |
| 2 | Secondly , although the integral values of the Hall resistivity at the plateaux can be explained by a simple theory that glosses over many of the complications of real inversion layers , nobody expects such outstandingly good agreement , better than 1 part per million , with a theory so coarse . |
| 3 | But with grown-ups there is nothing to expect any more . |
| 4 | Granted that psychologists have described a whole taxonomy of memory , procedural and declarative , episodic and semantic , working and reference , should one expect similar underlying biochemical and cellular changes to be involved in each , or would every form of memory have its own special biochemistry ? |
| 5 | How can one expect inward investment when no assistance is given to our existing industries ? |
| 6 | After all , one expects better value for money for one 's computer time . |
| 7 | After all , this is a heavy , man-sized aircraft , so one expects he-man control forces . |
| 8 | One expects military sculpture to be massive and crude , and this is very true of a Hercules scene from Corbridge from the Chapel of the Standards in the western principia ( Site xiv ) . |
| 9 | Should the ensuing insomnia mean dropping off during the day , then again you will be awakened , this time by real Hercules transport planes — Elveden Forest , being in East Anglia , is very close to numerous air-bases and so many jets scream overhead that one expects any minute to bump into a tight-lipped Kate Adie dressed in camouflage fatigues . |
| 10 | If one buys a house near a railway line , one expects some disturbance from it , and that is a factor which will no doubt be reflected in the price . |
| 11 | No one expects this rump of a service to be viable . |
| 12 | Jimmy Davidson , coach to the highly successful Ulster side , was given the job and everybody expected serious improvement . |
| 13 | Everyone expects better results in the next quarter . |
| 14 | There were also problems with halftone screens but anyone expecting decent halftones at 300 or even 600dpi is on a loser anyway . |