Example sentences of "could be expect [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Everyone pretended to ignore the reaction of the surveyors to the fact that the senior administrative member of Rostov 's staff was a member of a race which could be expected to have little respect for the Imperial establishment . |
| 3 | As a result she was present at the important council meetings at the end of the year and it would be surprising if her voice was not heard in the discussions about the future of Aquitaine — all the more so since she could be expected to have some influence over her children , and particularly over Richard . |
| 4 | The second was that the son ‘ could be expected to have some influence over his elderly parents , and that is something of which the plaintiffs … should have been aware . ’ |
| 5 | No legislation could be expected to make ready-money dealings the universal rule . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | The bargaining relationship between the railways and the state could be expected to show different patterns in the two countries . |
| 8 | Few could be expected to assume that eccentricity . |