Example sentences of "be expect [prep] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Showers are expected over the whole country — but the south-east may get a dry spell on Saturday and Sunday . |
| 2 | Some 150,000 Jews , Armenians and ethnic Germans have come to the US since 1975 , and 80,000 more are expected over the next year . |
| 3 | Over 300 paintings are expected for the open competition and there will also be painting demonstrations , displays by art suppliers as well as an auction of paintings by well-known artists . |
| 4 | MacGillivrays from Australia and America are expected at the five-day shindig , to include treks , lectures and whisky swilling . |
| 5 | Hundreds of chief executive officers and senior Unix executives from all the Unix licensees and significant end-user sites are expected at the invitation-only affair . |
| 6 | Up to 10,000 are expected at the 12-hour party scheduled to begin at 8pm tomorrow on a private estate . |
| 7 | The handbook , however , that is recommended for potential writers , You Can Write a Romance and Get it Published , breezily enjoins its readers to ‘ Remember that these are formula books tried and proved to be successful ’ and proceeds to outline the characterizations and plotting that are expected of the successful romance . |
| 8 | The Conservative Government 's attempts at reviving the private-rented sector have met with very little success though in due course more substantial results are expected from the 1988 Housing Act . |
| 9 | The first Abba/E systems running under Unitree are expected by the fourth quarter of 1993 . |
| 10 | The first Abba/E systems running under Unitree are expected by the fourth quarter of 1993 . |
| 11 | Shipments of products meeting their standards are expected in the first half of 1994 . |
| 12 | Nevertheless , in the restless whirl of Disney expansion that is itself something akin to a rollercoaster ride , the six Euro Disney hotels , 4500 cast members , golf course and 30 separate attractions are all on schedule for the opening in April and 11 million visitors are expected in the first year alone . |
| 13 | As many as 800 Irish supporters are expected in the Albanian capital Tirana for the match , despite advice from the Football Association of Ireland not to make the trip because of lack of facilities there . |
| 14 | A thousand people have come here in the last year and another thousand are expected in the next year . |
| 15 | However , they also escaped the severe censure that might have been expected from the high-minded moralists who strutted busily through the Victorian England of his day . |
| 16 | The casualty rate so far was no more than might have been expected from the hazardous nature of the operation , and although he could not , in all honesty , say he was in command of the whole ship , he at least held the strategic upper hand . |
| 17 | Over this time , 0.022 melanomas would have been expected in the local population . |
| 18 | That his choice is contrary to what is to be expected of the vast majority of adults is only relevant if there are other reasons for doubting his capacity to decide . |
| 19 | In these awards there are elements of Buggins 's Turn and resurrection , but what else could be expected of the merry band of superannuated politicians commanded to commend the necessary artists ? |
| 20 | It also pointed to an important development that can and should be expected of the classical perspective : the assertion of the relativity and selectivity of criminal definitions and their application . |
| 21 | The fallacy that secondary impotence is to be expected as the male ages is probably more firmly entrenched in our culture than any other misapprehension . |
| 22 | On the following day , the day of their return ( only they were not to be expected until the late evening ) Franca , who was so used to being by herself , was unable to perform any ordinary activity . |
| 23 | It was a part of the prophecy of disintegration and chaos to be expected in the latter days ; within that context it was but one detail in a large picture , but here it was all , it was an answer . |
| 24 | For instance , classifying an event as a ‘ riot ’ or as ‘ vandalism ’ may call forth different typical explanations for the event , and differences may be expected in the typical people involved in such activity , the typical consequences and the relevant steps necessary to prevent such behaviour . |
| 25 | If this is the case in Australia what kind of controls can be expected in the impoverished Philippines ? |
| 26 | The hon. Member for Dagenham ( Mr. Gould ) told us in the briefest and skimpiest of ways — that is to be expected from the new model Labour party — of the Labour party 's pledge to return to a policy of fair rates . |
| 27 | Migration ( Figure 4.5B ) has played the key role in these growth patterns — indeed , to a greater extent than might be expected from the overall rates of population change , because it is also compensating for substantial natural decrease in some of the fastest growing counties , principally those noted as retirement areas like East and West Sussex , the Isle of Wight , Dorset and Devon ( Figure 4.5A ) . |
| 28 | As might be expected from the foregoing analysis , an investigation by the DTI Innovation Unit and the Technology Group of the CBI found that innovative ‘ Best Practice ’ companies go to great lengths to generate and capture ideas , from both internal and external sources , with careful attention to the balance of technology push and market pull and the rigorous implementation of screening processes and on-going reviews . |
| 29 | Analysis of the radio waves emitted by the Moon indicate that the thermal conductivity of the outer Moon increases rapidly with depth , just as would be expected from the increasing compaction of a fragmented medium . |
| 30 | She had a pretty shrewd idea that Desmond had only the haziest notion of how much could be expected from the various books , and she had intended to keep it that way . |