Example sentences of "be expect [prep] be [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A friend once remarked : ‘ We are expected to be living sacrifices , but the problem is we keep crawling off the altar . ’ |
| 2 | Boys are expected to be assertive go-getters , so parents tend to approve of aggression in their male offspring as ‘ manly ’ . |
| 3 | ‘ People expect this to be a male-dominated field and female accountants are expected to be dreary number-shufflers . |
| 4 | To some extent this is true , since Michael Chisholm 's research has shown that subsistence land use results in settlements being not more than 1 kilometre ( ½ mile ) or so from most of their land ( Fig 59 ) and hence settlements should perhaps be expected to be 1–2 kilometres ( ½-1 mile ) apart . |
| 5 | According to an International Wheat Council report in April 1989 , world wheat stocks at the end of the 1988-90 season were expected to be 103,000,000 tonnes — down from 135,000,000 tonnes at the end of the previous year — with the biggest decline being in US stocks [ see p. 36280 ] . |
| 6 | It 's expected to be some weeks before all the shops damaged in the arson attack can be re-opened . |
| 7 | A security agreement signed by the Tunisian and Egyptian governments on July 13 envisaged a regular exchange of information and co-operation in the training of security personnel ; the main focus of co-operation was expected to be Islamist groups . |
| 8 | Fleming 's Level was expected to be 35 fathoms before intersecting the lode and was assessed at a likely £4 : 10s. per fathom with £23 10s. for the metals and sleepers . |