Example sentences of "[adj] [is] expected [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is expected to be a ballot calling for industrial action . |
| 2 | This is expected to be a ginger group for ‘ new thinking ’ in foreign policy . |
| 3 | In 1982 this rose to 70% and by 1990 this is expected to be comfortably exceeded . |
| 4 | For the first 10 months of this year , it totalled £362 million , although this is expected to be wiped out by outflows this month and last month . |
| 5 | This is expected to be particularly revealing as Mr Camber , a curator at the British Museum before he went to work for Sotheby 's , heard about the hoard from an ex-colleague and became involved in negotiations over it in Switzerland some time before Lord Northampton , presenting himself as the single owner of the treasure , first approached Sotheby 's in 1988 with a view to selling . |
| 6 | The amount spent on school fees is about £2 billion a year , but this is expected to almost double by 1991 . |
| 7 | This is expected to be the first of many similar cases to come to light as local councils draw up registers of contaminated land under the Environmental Protection Act . |
| 8 | Not only is tourism to Israel continuing to increase this year , but the number of Israelis travelling abroad in 1993 is expected to top 900,000 following the lifting last January of a $100 travel tax . |
| 9 | to 8,500 is expected in the current year . |
| 10 | Much is expected of him by India 's neighbours , whose relations with New Delhi deteriorated in the last two years of Rajiv Gandhi 's government . |
| 11 | The Junior boys and Cadet girls are defending champions but much is expected of the Junior girls side , with the U-12 girls having an outside chance of upsetting Leinster . |
| 12 | An invited audience of at least 250,000 is expected at the outdoor event . |
| 13 | A crowd of over 20,000 is expected for the third game of the Springboks ' four-match visit to England and North officials have begun negotiations with Leeds City Council to use Leeds United 's ground . |
| 14 | UK GDP in 1992 is expected to be up 1.25 per cent , while chemical production growth is likely to be 2 per cent according to the CIA panel . |
| 15 | The figure for 1992 is expected to be about 950 . |
| 16 | The world grain harvest during 1992 is expected to be the lowest for five years at 686 pounds per person . |
| 17 | The state of Texas is making a substantial contribution , and about $1.7 billion is expected from foreign partners . |
| 18 | There 's a popular misconception that a beginner 's instrument does n't have to function in any way like a professional model , because much less is expected of it , and that is just not altogether true . |
| 19 | Writing and reporting skills are now much more sophisticated than even five years ago , and much more is expected of nurses and health visitors in completing documentation , preparing care plans and relating progress and evaluation reports , and in providing background reports for the information and assistance of other health professionals . |
| 20 | The European headquarters are in Hemel Hempstead , Herts , and there is another office in Leeds , but Locus is aiming to broaden its European base by means of acquisitions on the continent : the first is expected by the end of this year . |
| 21 | First , ‘ payment by results ’ demeaned education and reduced it to a mere cramming exercise in which all that is expected of pupils is a capacity for recall . |
| 22 | There should be delegation of authority according to the results required , ie. a subordinate must be given sufficient authority to do all that is expected of him . |
| 23 | That is expected to be followed by six more episodes at a cost of £1.6 million each . |
| 24 | That is expected to be followed by a beta test programme later next year and commercial release in 1994 . |
| 25 | That is expected to be in about four to six years . |
| 26 | The problem is as Mr has said , if that is expected to be replicated across future years , this would represent a ten percent reduction in the statutory service , er , which is only partly under control of this Committee , with mixed responsibilities with the Registrar General . |
| 27 | A particularly notable omission was children of high ability , the more serious in view of the widespread evidence nationally that such children underachieve in primary schools , partly because too little is expected of them . |
| 28 | All Scottish sportsmen and women tend to produce their best when least is expected of them . |
| 29 | THE Ombudsman 's report on the Barlow Clowes affair in which 18,000 investors lost £100 million is expected to be highly critical of ministers ' role in the affair . |
| 30 | In a series of transactions in 1992 , we sold substantially all our US and Canadian onshore interests , receiving some $250 million , and a further Can$88 million is expected at the end of 1993 for the remainder of our shareholding in ELAN Energy Inc. [ formerly LASMO Canada inc ] . |