Example sentences of "expect [prep] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unfortunately , the new baronet lived in India and no instructions from him were expected for many months . |
| 2 | This is not the support that might have been expected for fellow Germans stuck on the communist side after 1945 . |
| 3 | Road works : Serious traffic delays are expected for four weeks while British Gas carries out excavations of the A59 at Rice Lane , near Walton Hospital , Liverpool . |
| 4 | DELAYS are expected for four weeks on the northbound carriageway of the M74 in Lanarkshire between junctions 7 , for Larkhall , and 6 , Motherwell . |
| 5 | Commercial versions are not expected for 18 months . |
| 6 | Several aspects of the reshuffle , which had been expected for several weeks , were attacked by opposition groups who demanded greater reductions . |
| 7 | A decision by the Environment Secretary is not expected for several months after the close of the inquiry . |
| 8 | The European Commission opened talks with the heads of the national telephone monopolies yesterday about its plans to deregulate telephone service across the Community by 1998 : after the two-day discussions , the Commission will decide whether to formalise proposals calling for and end to national monopolies over all call transmission ; the usual row is expected between free traders like the UK , the Netherlands and Denmark and opponents in France , Belgium and Italy , Reuter reports from Brussels ; France Telecom and Belgacom said the plans were too ambitious , the Dutch and British Telecommunications Plc indicated support ahead of the talks . |
| 9 | Moody and high-strung though Anne was by nature , the girls ' brief quarrels were no more than might be expected between any siblings . |
| 10 | Some liquid bowel movements are expected after many types of intestinal perfusion studies and in most of the subjects in this study liquid bowel movements had stopped after 24 hours . |
| 11 | CONTROLS on imported fish will be enforced more strictly , the European Commission confirmed yesterday in Brussels , as expected after recent protests by Scottish , Welsh , English and French fishermen against cheap imports , mainly from Russian ships . |
| 12 | Here I can sketch only a part of that answer — although , as might be expected after seven years , I can also now take it a little further . |
| 13 | What causes most distress , however , is not the total number of hours but the inappropriate work expected of junior doctors during this time . |
| 14 | This was partly to save money ( since an ambassador had to live in a style and with an expense which was not expected of lesser mortals ) and partly to minimise the risk of quarrels over precedence . |
| 15 | Some are further ahead than others , but what will probably be expected of most authorities is some sort of erm perhaps a handbook or certainly some advice to parents about the implications of the new Act . |
| 16 | John Lee , M.P. , made a similar point : ‘ This is , above all , an intimate field of emotional human relationships where rationality is not always to be expected of human beings . |
| 17 | It is interesting that although idioms consist of more than one word , they display to some extent the sort of internal cohesion that we expect of single words . |
| 18 | There was much use of natural materials , and craftsmen expected like medieval masons to be given general rather than highly specific directions . |
| 19 | Yes , I 'm hearing the , the business anti-hostile feeling towards the monarchy in Scotland , and yet I can remember the Silver Jubilee celebrations when these same undertones were about , and yet , she was greeted on her royal progress all over Scotland , even in areas that you would n't have expected with vast crowds ! |
| 20 | Sharing a common modality may be enough to produce generalization decrement and thus , according to the account presented above , an overshadowing effect might be expected with these stimuli . |
| 21 | On 7 September an Alert No. 1 ( ‘ Cromwell ’ ) — i.e. invasion expected within twelve hours — was sent out in Britain , following the interception on 5 September of Goering 's order for a mass raid on London docks , involving 300 bombers — a switch from the target of the battered airfields . |
| 22 | The far-right Conservative party wants to use the ’ betrayal ’ of Namibia 's whites to beat the government in South Africa 's own general election , expected within six months . |
| 23 | Legal & General 's Business Protection Plan now enables firms to claim 80% of the sum assured when terminal illness is diagnosed and death is expected within 12 months . |
| 24 | A version for compartmented mode workstations such as DEC Ultrix MLS+ will be available in 90 days and versions for emerging systems such as SunOS CMW and ICL Plc DRS/NX V4.0 Security Option is expected within 90 days of full production availability of those systems . |
| 25 | Implications of the research for policy and practice are discussed and comparisons made with our nearest continental neighbours , France , and with what could be expected in normal families . |
| 26 | More arrests are expected in other areas of Northern Ireland as investigations continue into collusion between security force personnel and loyalist paramilitary groups . |
| 27 | If this theory were true a similar pattern might be expected in other journals . |
| 28 | One of which was the property in Frinton which was owned jointly by Mr and his step mother who was an elderly lady who was then residing in that er property and er around that time on the first of October Mr er telephoned Mr and er told him about that but at that time , was not anticipating that there would be an difficulties about the security on Frinton for these he had always , added his case , made it perfectly clear to the man at the National Westminster Bank with whom he was dealing , Mr that that property was not a property which er could er be offered as security because of the joint ownership and er while in conversation with the bank he understood that this letter had been sent and Mrs had been on holiday and that it was simply oversight on the part of the bank at this stage and that all would well after Mrs returned , which was expected in two weeks time . |
| 29 | Botanically , oases contain only the alga-lichen-moss communities that would be expected in continental habitats relatively recently freed from ice ( i.e. during the last few thousand years ) , where water is scarce and winds are strong . |
| 30 | Diagnostic radiology is growing at a rate of between 5 and 15 per cent per year in many technically developed countries which , together with the rapid growth rate expected in developing countries , will lead to substantial increases in the global dose commitment in the future . |