Example sentences of "expect that [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Collector knew it was time he hurried downstairs … he had expected that something like this would happen , but not so quickly . |
| 2 | Patristic doctrine ( which it might be expected that one who is Orthodox should revere ) , when expounded for example by the Cappadocians ( the authors in large part of the doctrine of the trinity ) is that the persons of the trinity are alike in all respects save in their mutual relations . |
| 3 | The report from the three wise men concludes : ‘ The significance of Super-SARA , from a Community point of view , has already been severely eroded during the years that the project has been under discussion and it is expected that its significance will be yet further undermined before the completion of the project . ’ |
| 4 | While the Midland had expected that its reserves would be lower than either Barclays or NatWest , both newly merged , it was horrified to learn that the true capital of Lloyds , a bank it had always looked down on , was £266m , £73m higher than its own . |
| 5 | If she lives on her own and poor health has robbed her of a normal social life , it is to be expected that her loneliness may have created such a build-up of unexpressed thoughts , feelings and opinions that she may need to talk herself to a standstill before she is ready to converse with you , and interest herself in anything you have to say . |
| 6 | In any case she had not expected that her role in the assessment would be limited to receiving information back from an EWO : ‘ We did n't ask for it [ the assessment ] — it was the education system who said it should be done — if I accept them into my home I do n't expect them to disappear for twelve months , if they invited themselves in . ’ |
| 7 | It was expected that her counsel would ask Sir Stephen Brown , President of the Family Division , for a ‘ residence order ’ , allowing the girl to remain with her boyfriend . |
| 8 | For Jaq called to mind the fat , fussy majordomo and Lord Voronov-Vaux of the red vision — but not a bloodthirsty vision , and the great-eyed girl who had scampered from his bed , and all the survivors of the Genestealer uprising who had dolefully expected that their lives would at least continue after the disaster . |
| 9 | Where children attend different types of schools , it is to be expected that their school attainments will differ . |
| 10 | When lords met , especially if they spoke different languages , it was expected that their followings might quarrel . |
| 11 | It is expected that their development plans for the new financial year will put a roof over the heads of about 7,000 people . |
| 12 | There are times when it is convenient for us to go to sleep ( the shops are not open , etc. ) and when it is expected that we will not be noisy . |
| 13 | It was not known whether they would be the most advanced protagonists of environmental scanning , but for various reasons it was expected that they would have views about scanning and about the extent to which they wished to undertake formal environmental analysis . |
| 14 | For example , did the guild have storage space within the church or was it expected that they make provision elsewhere ? |
| 15 | Charles 's appointments were of better men , but he used Laud , Williams , Juxon and others as his highest secular officials ; in that capacity it could hardly be expected that they would not be the subject of the same Parliamentary criticism as were laymen . |
| 16 | Such ‘ notepad ’ machines are currently being introduced into the market , and it is expected that they will become an effective alternative to keyboards in applications where handwriting will prevail . |
| 17 | The rest of the time , they were not disposed to look at Peter as a human being , but only as a rector , a creature of whom standards of motive and conduct were expected that they did not expect of themselves . |
| 18 | Germans were resentful of France 's post-war attempts to keep them under close control , and it could not automatically be expected that they would agree to join European institutions . |
| 19 | He had not expected that they would be worshipped like gods , but on a world where technological ability excited only minimal interest , all of them were at a considerable disadvantage until they were able to prove themselves against local standards of performance . |
| 20 | The meanings of these expressions was considered in the previous chapter , and it may be expected that they will be interpreted in essentially the same way in this context . |
| 21 | ‘ Whoever put the clothes there might reasonably have expected that they would be found within a few days ? ’ |
| 22 | As some staff had been in the Dean Centre for much of their working lives , it was only to be expected that they would leave Belford Road behind with some regret . |
| 23 | In Chambers , copy documents are not required in the High Court ( RSC Ord 32/21 ) , and it is not expected that they will be provided in the county court . |
| 24 | It was expected that they would interview him later today . |
| 25 | Whereas in most databases you have to go to quite a lot of effort to create the linked structure , in Delta Five it is expected that your databases will have this structure , and you have to work quite hard not to conform ! |
| 26 | He is , by nature , an organised man and it was expected that his teams would be well organised . |
| 27 | Apparently he had expected that his explanation would be taken as an insult . |
| 28 | It is expected that his Conference presentation will make use of videoprojection to demonstrate some practical applications . |
| 29 | Other manufacturers have also banned CFCs from their products and it is expected that there will be a sizeable cut in the use of CFCs in the early nineties . |
| 30 | In saying this , of course , we are simply restating the fundamental question of psycholinguistics and it is not to be expected that there is some answer to the problem of explanation or even a commonly agreed way of investigating the issues involved . |