Example sentences of "expected [prep] a [adj] [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | £80–120,000 ( $150–220,000 ) is expected for a Florentine bronze statuette of the Knife-Grinder after the antique , No.14 from the French Royal Inventory of Louis XIV , and a Netherlandish figure of Venus Marina of the early seventeenth century is expected to sell for a similar figure . |
| 2 | Thus none of the proposed candidates has the properties expected of a rapid retrograde messenger . |
| 3 | It was held that the car was merchantable because some defects and some ordinary wear and tear should be expected with a second-hand motor car . |
| 4 | The court would be unwilling or unable to determine what speed would be expected from a competent getaway driver . |
| 5 | What 's even more amazing is that the Heartbreakers ' music is both memorable and professional , something which is seemingly least expected from a New Wave band . |
| 6 | In general , it seems sensible to suggest that any discretion will be exercised so as to improve regulators ' utility ( along the lines of what would be expected from a managerial utility maximization model like Williamson 's , 1963 ) . |