Example sentences of "expected to last [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | The appeal began on 28 July and was expected to last two weeks , but after three days the judges decided they had heard enough . |
2 | When human life could be expected to last two or three times as long as it had done in the Middle Ages , great changes were bound to occur in the way men thought about themselves . |
3 | Political negotiations were scheduled for Aug. 10 and were expected to last two months . |
4 | The case was expected to last two years ; Honecker , who had terminal liver cancer , was considered to have only 18 months to live . |
5 | Mary Fone , 35 , of Bebington Road , Birkenhead , Wirral , will stand trial on November 1 and the case is expected to last two weeks . |
6 | It is expected to last two months with a break between June 19 and July 7 . |
7 | The inquiry , which will be held in Northallerton and Marton , near Middlesbrough , is expected to last two months with a break between June 19 and July 7 . |
8 | The inquiry , which starts in Northallerton on May 19 , is expected to last two months although the inspector 's decision is not likely to be known until early 1993 . |
9 | The walk is expected to last all day so bring a packed lunch . |
10 | The inquiry is expected to last all week . |
11 | The hearing is expected to last 10 days |
12 | The Congress , which is expected to last 10 days , is due to consider the economic crisis and hear a state-of-the-nation report from Mr Yeltsin . |
13 | The hearing is expected to last four days . |
14 | The trial is expected to last six to eight weeks . |
15 | The inquiry is expected to last six weeks . |
16 | The hearing , which was originally expected to last six weeks , became one of the world 's longest medical disciplinary proceedings , with McBride himself spending nearly seven weeks under cross-examination . |
17 | The sergeant has denied assault , in a trial that 's expected to last five days . |
18 | The appeal will take place in Stockton Town Hall on Tuesday , July 21 , at 10am and is expected to last one day . |
19 | The case , which is expected to last several weeks , continues today . |
20 | The trial is expected to last several weeks . |
21 | The trial is expected to last several weeks and began under heavy security in a city within range of Serb heavy artillery . |
22 | The largely ceremonial meetings which began in Madrid on Oct. 30 were expected to last three days and were intended merely to initiate a wider negotiating process . |
23 | The trial , the first of its kind , is expected to last three weeks . |
24 | The trial is expected to last more than a month . |
25 | The trial , in which 200 witnesses are due to testify , is expected to last another six weeks . |
26 | The bypass is part of a scheme to link the M4 and M5 motorways and the inquiry is expected to last another 6 weeks . |
27 | The trial , which is expected to last another 5 weeks , has been adjourned until Tuesday . |
28 | It remains open pending the outcome of the tribunal , which is expected to last 3 weeks . |
29 | Christopher How 's trial is expected to last ten weeks . |
30 | The trial is expected to last ten days . |