Example sentences of "that it [be] expect " in BNC.
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1 | John does n't care for the paintings , and there 's no financial incentive , but he feels that it 's expected of him , by nurses , and by the stone and metal hydra called society . |
2 | Becker says that it is expecting too much of Third world bourgeoisies to think they can bring about societal transformations on a grand scale or act in the ‘ heroic ’ way of entrepreneurs a century ago ( Becker 1983 ) . |
3 | Maynard , Massachusetts-based Digital Equipment Corp indicates that it is expecting to have conversations with friends at Hewlett-Packard Co in the next few weeks about its participation in the Common Open Software Environment . |
4 | An examination of Figure 4.4 shows that it is expected that UK car production will increase in the next ten years ( largely as a result of Japanese investment ) and that consequently the share of car imports in the British market will decline , as will the motor industry trade deficit . |
5 | However , the predicate displays at least one of the characteristics of a semantic dependant , and that is that it is expected to bring to the construction semantic traits not encapsulated in the subject ; furthermore , in cases of pleonasm , it is the predicate whose specificity must be increased to achieve normality : |
6 | Advance corporation tax is to be carried forward to the extent that it is expected to be recovered in the foreseeable future . |
7 | The company said last October that it was expecting 20,000 subscribers by year-end , but at the start of March it had signed just 8,500 to the service . |
8 | This claim was based on the perception that ( i ) no police had been deployed to counter the attack , despite warnings that it was expected ; ( ii ) police had dispersed residents from barricades which they had erected to protect themselves ; and ( ii ) several of the attackers had arrived in police armoured vehicles and had later been escorted back to the hostel by police . |