Example sentences of "[be] expected [verb] several [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 The case , which is expected to last several weeks , continues today .
2 The trial is expected to last several weeks .
3 The trial is expected to last several weeks and began under heavy security in a city within range of Serb heavy artillery .
4 Work is expected to take several years .
5 The operation is expected to take several months .
6 Following the Supreme 's Court 's endorsement of Noonan 's ruling , the case was due to return to the Appeals Court to be reviewed by a panel of judges , a process which was expected to take several months .
7 The process of identification was expected to take several months but human rights groups were confident that it would provide evidence of indiscriminate killing .
8 A reconstruction programme , calculated to cost at least US$10,000 million , was expected to take several years .
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