Example sentences of "to be expect [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am not expecting my parents to be reaching the end of their life when they are fortyish but I am likely to be expecting this , although probably unconsciously , when my parents are ninetyish . |
| 2 | Sir Patrick Mayhew , the latest incumbent of this difficult office , is not thought to be expecting any great political breakthrough . |
| 3 | As is to be expected such loans are liquid and generate income . |
| 4 | In contrast to the Sahel zone which is classified as semi-arid , Kuwait is arid ( Desertification Map of the World , FAO/Unesco 1977 ) so it is to be expected that desertification is a prominent problem and a major agent of environmental change . |
| 5 | It was only to be expected that sooner or later the Collector 's sense of duty would reassert itself . |
| 6 | It is to be expected that nature will surprise us ; what was significant about Forbes ' work was that he was a pioneer in studying the distribution of marine organisms , finding analogies between going deeper into the sea and going higher on land . |
| 7 | It was to be expected that resistance would begin here too . |