Example sentences of "be expect [to-vb] [adj] [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You are expected to take adequate steps to protect yourself . |
| 2 | We are expected to make seasonal adjustments to change our clothes , make-up and even our bodies in accordance with fashion . |
| 3 | He and Dr Kohl are expected to meet next week following the swearing in of a new East German government on Monday . |
| 4 | If you are called for an interview with a local authority , you would not be expected to answer detailed questions relating to local government law . |
| 5 | At the sub-national level , the peripheral/least favoured regions might be expected to exhibit lower labour costs relative to the core regions . |
| 6 | ‘ If nitrate does , indirectly , cause cancer , it will be the long-term average that matters and the effect of any increase in cancer rates would be expected to take many years to become apparent … |
| 7 | Press reports in late November 1989 had stated that more than 200 US members of Congress were expected to sponsor renewed moves to erect protectionist measures against Japan . |
| 8 | We were expected to have enough initiative to overcome the physical problems , maybe when the streets were under water or covered in snow , to get to our appointment on time . |
| 9 | Dealers were expected to get these cards filled in at the same time as fulfilling their quotas of business , but nobody had time . |
| 10 | HMIP is expected to order National Power to fit costly sulphur-removing equipment to the plant , in order to meet EC regulations on sulphur emissions from fossil fuel power stations . |
| 11 | The European Remote Sensing Satellite , ERS-1 , cost £500 million and is expected to spend three years observing the Earth from space . |
| 12 | The survey is expected to take two months to complete and will be carried out through questionnaires sent to venture capitalists and advisers throughout the EC . |
| 13 | The Argus will leave with the helicopters on board next week and is expected to take seven days to reach the Croatian port of Split . |
| 14 | Electronic Data Systems Corp has won a 10-year contract from Southland Corp to install as many as 4,000 automated teller machines in 7-11 stores across the US : installation will begin in June and the process is expected to take three years to complete and the General Motors Corp subsidiary will manage processing , administration , fulfillment and enhancement of the kit . |
| 15 | In response , the Lord Chancellor established a review of the financial conditions for legal aid in November 1989 , which is expected to take three years to complete its work . |
| 16 | Rather than eliminate any further jobs on top of the 1,000 that the company has budgeted to shed this year , IBM UK Ltd chief executive Nick Temple is expected to ask senior staffers to bear some of the pain and accept pay reductions — and it could happen : Temple has been telling anyone who will listen that if IBM UK makes a penny profit this year , it will be the most amazing turnround in corporate history . |
| 17 | THE Japanese government is expected to introduce further measures to prop up Tokyo 's fragile stock market next week , following a meeting between the ‘ big four ’ stockbroking companies and the Ministry of Finance yesterday . |
| 18 | A NEW service which is expected to encourage more travellers to switch from road to rail made its inaugural run into Middlesbrough station yesterday . |
| 19 | THE GOVERNMENT is expected to provide financial assistance to help protect Sinn Fein advice centres from loyalist attacks . |
| 20 | It 's expected to take 9 months to complete . |
| 21 | The sum , substantially in excess of estimates by the country 's central bank which had recently estimated borrowing to pay for war costs at around $10,000 million [ see also pp. 37987 ; 38166 ; 38212 ] , was expected to cover current expenditure reported to be running at some $20,000 million . |
| 22 | According to a World Bank report published on Sept. 23 , the administration of the US$1,200 million Environment Fund set up under the auspices of the UN was expected to face severe problems stemming from disagreements centring on the degree to which national governments would assume responsibility for environmental projects such as pollution control . |