Example sentences of "be expect [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nor is it self evident that the profession could reasonably be expected to fund such a massive activity out of its own pocket . |
| 2 | If so , the conductivity of the rock at high pressures would be expected to mirror that of carbon . |
| 3 | I can not be expected to monitor these statements . |
| 4 | Practices receiving substantial payments should be expected to employ sufficient ancillary staff — for example , nearer two full time equivalent staff per doctor rather than the one to one ratio so often seen . |
| 5 | ‘ We ca n't be expected to wait six weeks for another good performance . ’ |
| 6 | The biological resources that just supported small nomadic populations at a neolithic level of culture can not be expected to support larger populations at southern standards of living . |
| 7 | Inspectors previously specialised in particular areas of pollution control will be expected to regulate industrial processes presently outside their experience . |
| 8 | How can people be expected to submit detailed applications when , for a variety of social reasons and through no fault of their own , they do not have the wherewithal , information and literacy to express themselves ? |
| 9 | ‘ It goes yellow if you keep it for too long and I do n't see how anyone can be expected to use fifty tablecloths even in a lifetime — not mucky-looking yellow ones . |
| 10 | But as anarchy increases , so we will be expected to use that influence . |
| 11 | Guzmán would remain potentially highly dangerous , even in prison , because his followers could be expected to use all possible means to try to force his release . |
| 12 | Antislavery success , it was assumed , would be a large step towards creating a proper moral order in the world and from that could be expected to flow greater social and political harmony . |
| 13 | He could n't be expected to manage much more than an hour on his feet , after which he 'd be living up to his name , although not — Diane hoped — to his reputation . |
| 14 | This peaking effect was destroyed by boiling the solutions , a process which might be expected to destroy long-chain water polymers . |
| 15 | If you are called for an interview with a local authority , you would not be expected to answer detailed questions relating to local government law . |
| 16 | At the end of your talk you will be expected to answer any questions which the audience may have to ask . |
| 17 | But while you will usually be expected to remember other pieces you have seen before — and how you analysed them — you should not discuss those other passages in your answer ( unless you are explicitly instructed to , which none of the above questions do ) . |
| 18 | Local planning authorities should be encouraged to explore the scope for this kind of provision in their areas , rather than be expected to allocate large marina sites in their plans . |
| 19 | Employers may be expected to allow reasonable opportunities for their employees to engage in public service , but substantial demands for time off may either be refused or constitute a block to career advancement . |
| 20 | The Association would regard the professional responsibilities of the librarian to include full discretion over the acquisitions made by the library service within the terms of the general guidelines laid down by an employer : in the case of public libraries these guidelines should not be expected to allow local censorship . |
| 21 | Article 35 of the First protocol restates the basic rules of limitation of the methods and means of warfare and the prohibition of methods and means ‘ of a nature to cause superfluous injury or unnecessary suffering ’ ; to this it adds a prohibition of methods or means ‘ which are intended or may be expected to cause widespread , long-term and severe damage to the natural environment ’ . |
| 22 | Well , he could n't be expected to shed any tears . |
| 23 | However , this patient group will include some individuals with severely compromised left ventricular function in whom insertion of an ICD may prevent sudden death but can not realistically be expected to extend overall survival . |
| 24 | Such advisers will certainly be expected to spend much more time in schools and to ensure that the demands of the National Curriculum are being met . |
| 25 | In most cases a man earning £300 per week would be expected to spend more than the man earning £100 per week , and so the transactions demand should be larger for the former . |
| 26 | Under normal circumstances , understudies would be expected to attend all the rehearsals to familiarise themselves with the production , but , because Alex and Charles knew the play so well , they were given a dispensation to take most of the first week off , which would save both them and their replacements the embarrassment of the early stumbling rehearsals while the newcomers were trying to memorise the lines . |
| 27 | However the Tube is not designed as anything more than a temporary tent so it should n't be expected to give normal tent performance . |
| 28 | Mr Sands said : ‘ While I appreciate that Conservatives ministers need to be vigilant , I do not believe that my staff should be expected to give personal details , which will be kept on police computers , merely to help a political party publicise its election campaign . ’ |
| 29 | However , in this case the patinated metal is zinc , which would not be expected to turn black on pickling as zinc has no black corrosion products . |
| 30 | The first photographs required long exposures , and animals can not be expected to sit still as long as Victorian adults did ; but by the last quarter of the nineteenth century fast exposures were possible . |