Example sentences of "be expect [to-vb] [adj] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We ca n't be expected to wait six weeks for another good performance . ’ |
| 2 | The biological resources that just supported small nomadic populations at a neolithic level of culture can not be expected to support larger populations at southern standards of living . |
| 3 | Employers may be expected to allow reasonable opportunities for their employees to engage in public service , but substantial demands for time off may either be refused or constitute a block to career advancement . |
| 4 | It also meant that all political structures , especially the less specialized and differentiated ones found in Third World states , could be expected to perform additional functions to those which were their main raison d'être . |
| 5 | These days , most US chart-toppers can be expected to notch reasonable placings in the UK listings , though there are exceptions . |
| 6 | Katharine will be expected to make two speeches during her visit , but for now she 's practicing the most important phrase : thank-you for having me . |
| 7 | Aguirre , previously thought of as one of the President 's most loyal officers , described it as " unfair and unjust " and stated that a leader who was incapable of " making a just and proper decision over a simple matter such as appointments can not be expected to make correct decisions about the complex affairs of state " . |
| 8 | Peter Field , the chief Australian negotiator , said that although developing countries in the " Cairns Group " would be expected to make lower cuts in protective import tariffs , their endorsement of the proposals showed that they were " prepared to bite the bullet " . |
| 9 | Finally , CytR would be expected to make identical contacts to the two cAMP-CRP complexes in deoP2 . |
| 10 | One was to acknowledge that GATT 's rules should take account of levels of economic development , and that developing countries henceforward would not invariably be expected to make reciprocal concessions to the rich , developed countries . |
| 11 | Furthermore , graduates can be expected to make fewer demands on the public purse in later life . |
| 12 | There had to be some rationalisation of research funding in this field , and if the earth sciences are typical , other subjects could be expected to show similar effects in varying degrees . |
| 13 | The bargaining relationship between the railways and the state could be expected to show different patterns in the two countries . |
| 14 | However on the basis of the evidence from the research on the relationship between age and subjects which we have discussed above , it seems likely that non-traditionally qualified students in areas such as science and engineering might be expected to achieve lower levels of success than those in areas such as arts or social sciences . |
| 15 | These may be expected to play important roles in relation to decisions on public expenditure . |
| 16 | Candidates will be expected to offer high grades in the science subjects , be competent in both written and spoken English and show evidence of satisfactory financial support . |
| 17 | A local authority would be expected to offer these services before seeking an order unless it had clear evidence that the parents would be unwilling or incapable of making use of them . |
| 18 | The exposition of the convergence thesis also points to the fact that countries which are alike in other respects would be expected to develop significant differences in their industrial relations if they had industrialised at different historical periods . |
| 19 | Thus liberal arts courses might be expected to have different aims from vocational or professional ones , theoretical courses will differ from applied ones , and undergraduate courses will differ from those in the same subject at A level . |
| 20 | For example , a child who has difficulty perceiving pictorial materials may be expected to have considerable difficulties with any test which uses pictures as part of the elicitation procedure for reasons other than poor linguistic ability . |