Example sentences of "[pers pn] can expect [is] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What you can expect is to be asked to justify your approach to nursing problems . |
| 2 | When such top growth can be persuaded to produce its own roots as with a cutting , the best you can expect is an indifferent plant and a poor root system . |
| 3 | I think in a two-minute interview what you can expect is no more than two or three questions , possibly four . |
| 4 | In other words , quite often , the best we can expect is a compromise . |
| 5 | The best we can expect is destruction , or a sudden running-down of an establishment or extensive rebuilding on a different plan or scale . |
| 6 | If they change their minds , the most they can expect is their funds returned without interest ; at worst they could lose some or all of their money . |
| 7 | The least they can expect is some direction from the political parties prior to the election . ’ |
| 8 | But when we 're dealing as we are in this case , with fraud , then clearly there has to be regulations , there has to be er primary legislation er so that was the point I 'm making but as I say , it 's not just me , it 's the stock exchange , the S I B , all of them believe that we need a single enforcement body to look at these matters and I do wish perhaps the minister does but the government must acc eople and a number of ople obviously with a number of traumas and a number of di exploit the different rules and regulations and to get through them because they know they are never going to be caught and the little chance of being prosecuted and even if they are prosecuted er then the chances of being convicted are remote and even if they are convicted I 'm afraid that the judicial shi system shows er that the worst they can expect is a few hours mowing the grass in front of an old folks home or perhaps a few months er in the country residence , albeit owned by Her Majesty . |