Example sentences of "expected [to-vb] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Relations with Taiwan were expected to be downgraded to " representative " status , but Taiwan 's state-run Chinese Petroleum Corporation was expected to continue to buy the bulk of its crude oil from Saudi Arabia . |
| 2 | He was expected to continue to pursue the broad objectives of the outgoing government , including regional peace in accordance with President Arias 's 1987 peace plan ( Esquipulas II — see p. 35441-42 ) , to which he had initially been opposed . |
| 3 | A professor of chemistry , Mr Gidaspov is expected to try to galvanise the party campaign , in the same way as Mr Yuri Prokofyev , the new party leader in Moscow . |
| 4 | A professor of chemistry , Mr Gidaspov is expected to try to galvanise the party campaign , in the same way as Mr Yuri Prokofyev , the new party leader in Moscow . |
| 5 | The Queen is expected to accept sacrificing the cash of minor members like Alice , Edward , the Duke of Gloucester and Princess Alexandra . |
| 6 | The heat is so intense that the rails are likely to buckle and passengers are expected to help repair the track . |
| 7 | Erland Johnsen , the Norwegian signed from Bayern Munich , is expected to help take the strain in Chelsea 's defence . |
| 8 | The economic crisis was expected to deepen following the passage through the US Senate on Sept. 20 of the Cuban Democracy Act to tighten the US 30-year economic embargo . |
| 9 | U.S. and allied warplanes are expected to start enforcing the ban , ordered by the UN on Wednesday , within the next two weeks . |
| 10 | Large crowds of Catholics from Poland , Ukraine and Belarus are expected to flock to hear the Pope , although officials in Vilnius said thousands of beds prepared for pilgrims were still unclaimed . |
| 11 | The ‘ development risks ’ defence is available where the defendant shows ‘ that the state of scientific and technical knowledge at the relevant time was not such that a producer of products of the same description as the product in question might be expected to have discovered the defect if it had existed in his products while they were under his control . ’ |
| 12 | ( c ) Where the defendant can show that : " the state of scientific and technical knowledge at the relevant time was not such that a producer of products of the same description as the product in question might be expected to have discovered the defect if it had existed in his products while they were under his control " ( s. 4(1) ( e ) ) . |
| 13 | Section 4(1) ( e ) states as follows : ( e ) that the state of scientific and technical knowledge at the relevant time was not such that a producer of products of the same description as the product in question might be expected to have discovered the defect if it had existed in his products while they were under his control … |
| 14 | Bloomsbury was five years old in 1991 , and might have been expected to have outgrown the cash-hungry habits of the start-up . |
| 15 | More units might have been expected to have explored the extra income potential of specialised products . |
| 16 | Thus , Gore was seen by many as an ideal candidate and was widely expected to have won the nomination if he had sought it . |
| 17 | THE Scottish economy is expected to have outperformed the UK economy in 1992 and will continue to do so in 1993 , according to the latest edition of the Scottish Office 's Scottish Economic Bulletin . |
| 18 | In the absence of a substantive response , Congress is also expected to move to extend the visas of 40,000 Chinese students in the US , many of whom fear persecution should they return home . |
| 19 | Mutalibov immediately declared a state of emergency in Baku , and cancelled presidential elections , due to be held on June 7 and widely expected to bring to power the Popular Front candidate , Abulfaz Elchibey . |