Example sentences of "be expect [verb] [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.

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1 They also are expected to call for a UN arms embargo .
2 ‘ You are expected to perform straight away and if you are in a front-running car you are expected to perform like a front-runner immediately .
3 As a consequence they pose real problems to the policy maker , practitioner and manager , who are expected to respond to a problem the magnitude and significance of which are open to wide and sometimes conflicting interpretations .
4 Northern Ireland , with the pressure off , are expected to go for a win .
5 Children are expected to conform to a plan .
6 It suffices that customers are expected to act in a way that will provide economic benefits to the entity .
7 Arguments about carbon emissions are expected to come to a head in the forthcoming UNCED " Earth Summit " to be held in Rio de Janeiro in June 1992 , where a global warming treaty is expected to be signed .
8 We are an integral part of a large organisation and are expected to work as a team .
9 Both the statement and financial figures are expected to relate to a plan for development over a period of 3–4 years .
10 However , students are expected to bring to a module and to use in an examination perspectives related to their particular fields of study .
11 Augustus Aikhomu replacing it with a vice-presidency to which on Aug. 30 he appointed Aikhomu ; the appointment caused some surprise in that the job had been expected to go to a civilian .
12 Augustus Aikhomu replacing it with a vice-presidency to which on Aug. 30 he appointed Aikhomu ; the appointment caused some surprise in that the job had been expected to go to a civilian .
13 The court said that in the circumstances of that case the auditor could not have been expected to act as a specialist valuer , and was therefore not liable for failing to reach that higher standard .
14 Town might have been expected to dispose of a side they have already beaten twice this season , but not necessarily with ten men for 68 minutes of the game .
15 I mean fifteen hours in in a week is not much at all when you consider how much you 're expected to do for a degree
16 Furthermore , there is not a strong tradition of non-formal education within the labour movement in the USA which might ideally be expected to serve as a training ground for working with Highlander .
17 Lady Merchiston 's situation , Theda recognised , was symptomatic of the whole , and she could appreciate that the Diggorys could scarcely be expected to cope with a task that would baffle an army of servants .
18 Those in working-class jobs and those with no jobs at all might be expected to opt for a party that offers some degree of social change and appears more empathic toward the " have-nots " than toward the " haves . "
19 Nursing care is individual to each patient , as the patient should not be expected to conform to a set pattern of treatment .
20 Moreover , a cash supplement to income would also be expected to lead to a fall in work effort .
21 A left hemisphere advantage for matching by name ( Cohen , 1972 ) would be expected to lead to a RVF superiority on a memory search for letter names .
22 In practice , more than this minimum is likely to be required for entry to the majority of the courses offered by the University , in order to ensure that those admitted to degree courses possess a sufficiently broad educational background and that they may reasonably be expected to benefit from a university education .
23 As a fixed term appointee you will be non-mobile and not normally be expected to transfer to a post outside reasonable daily travelling distance of your home .
24 Equally , the ‘ periphery ’ has an interest in policy making and can be expected to contribute to a feedback process from implementation into policy elaboration .
25 They were expected to continue for a month , with a 10-day break in early September .
26 The ACP countries also expressed concern that the aims of the convention would be jeopardized by the planned introduction of a single market in the Community by 1992 , the opening towards East European countries , and the EC 's willingness to grant concessions to third countries under the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ( GATT ) , all of which were expected to lead to a dilution of aid and benefits for ACP countries and to weaken the EC 's commitment to the convention .
27 So should voters , it would be rather absurd I think , well Mill thinks , that if jurors were expected to come to a decision on the basis of what they would prefer , would you prefer this person to be sent down or would you prefer them to get off .
28 At a subsequent season they were less keen when they found they were expected to work on a raft near the famous Sporting Club .
29 However 3,076 prisoners and 1,731 others on parole were expected to benefit from a pardon law , details of which were published on May 14 .
30 Four friends will be keeping pace with him on the ground , carrying all the spares he might need for a flight which is expected to last for a month .
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