Example sentences of "expected [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ A bit tired , but the doctor said that was to be expected for a day or two . |
| 2 | Some of this experimental technology will go into SAS release 6.09 , most will roll into version 7.0 , which is n't expected for a couple of years yet . |
| 3 | A similar sum is expected for a landscape drawing by Fra Bartolommeo entitled ‘ A farm on a ridge ’ , dating from 1508 , which , like other similar landscape drawings by the artist , appears to have been drawn for pleasure . |
| 4 | Yet rehabilitation was only expected for a minority about 25 per cent — of all the children in the study . |
| 5 | As an example we may take gaseous SiCl 2 H 2 whose IR spectrum ( Fig. 5.29 ) contains bands with three distinct types of envelope , as expected for a molecule with C 2 ν symmetry . |
| 6 | Along with output power the amplifier also requires the usual low distortion levels , low noise and wide frequency response expected for a piece of hi-fi gear . |
| 7 | A major confrontation was expected between a majority of Assembly delegates who wanted the PL-dominated Congress ( elected in March 1990 — see pp. 37311-12 ) to be dissolved and fresh elections held in order to defeat hardline PL politicians opposed to radical reforms . |
| 8 | Additional pressure for growth is expected as a result of the Channel Tunnel . |
| 9 | A hyponym , being more specific in sense than its superordinates , might be expected as a result to be more fastidious in respect of its lexical companions ; and thus the normal contexts of a hyponym might reasonably be expected to constitute a sub-set of the normal contexts of a superordinate . |
| 10 | The author has developed an iterative method of calculating the synonym percentages that would be expected as a result of loading buckets of various capacities to a range of packing densities . |
| 11 | In this connection , he claims that an increase in the number of myelomas ( tumour of the bone marrow ) in the area during the 1970s would not have been expected as a result of iodine-131 contamination , but could have arisen from ingestion of polonium-210 , an alpha emitter . |
| 12 | Built by Norcontrol , this highly computerised system was installed to provide better navigational control of the increased tanker movements expected as a result of the opening of the new L.P.G. and Ethylene Terminals at Braefoot Bay due in 1984 . |
| 13 | Retreating ice shelves could be expected as a result of global warming , but are not in themselves evidence of it . |
| 14 | According to Dr John Topping , of Washington 's Climate Institute , subsidence could more than double the local sea level rise expected as a result of thermal expansion due to the greenhouse effect . |
| 15 | The researchers , whose findings are published in Nature , say that the findings are consistent with those to be expected as a result of the greenhouse effect , but warn that they can not be sure " whether this is part of an overall climate change trend , or the normal variability of this section of the Tasman Sea " . |
| 16 | Applied to directors , this would mean that they would be required to exercise such care and skill as is reasonably to be expected of a person occupying the relevant position . |
| 17 | And standing on the resting birds are massive caryatids — each one as grim and unsmiling as might be expected of a lady who is balancing an arch on her head . |
| 18 | Walter Henry , as might be expected of a man of his background , calling and intellect , was much concerned with the well-being of his people and campaigned actively on their behalf . |
| 19 | Generosity was expected of a king ; loyal servants expected to be rewarded , and patronage if skilfully used could bring the king much support . |
| 20 | It uses less than three-quarters of the energy expected of a mammal of its size . |
| 21 | The poems are of course cleverly written but that is only to be expected of a writer of John Bitumen 's calibre . |
| 22 | Such applicants may be asked to take a test or take part in some other selection procedure to assess whether they are likely to be able to cope with the work expected of a university student . |
| 23 | This may not do justice to the proper degree of personal and professional self-regard which is expected of a head . |
| 24 | Perhaps this a characteristic to be expected of a country where it is said that one person in every three is a civil servant and that it requires 72 government permits to open a mild bar . |
| 25 | The Code of Conduct is primarily intended as an indication of the standards of behaviour expected of a member of the Association . |
| 26 | No less is to be expected of a vehicle sold with a manufacturer 's warranty . |
| 27 | Tough , fit , not in the least prone to injury and highly consistent in his performances , Cross was the epitome of the ideal player , and he was versatile too , in a time when this was not really expected of a footballer , for he moved across to right-back after the signing of Scotsman Bobby Orr , who much preferred to play at number three , in 1927 . |
| 28 | However , keep , paint , leave , produce , drink do not support subordinate clauses ; and , while they can be followed by the same sequence of noun phrase + adjective , the adjective is not clausal in their case but a predicate qualifier , and it shows the other characteristics to be expected of a predicate qualifier . |
| 29 | It heralded a flood of Italian imitation such as might be expected of a period when English culture was particularly fascinated by everything Italian . |
| 30 | Another phospholipase A 2 -derived lipid , platelet-activating factor , also has some of the properties expected of a retrograde messenger . |