Example sentences of "expected [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Subalterns posted to the Indian Army were expected to kill a tiger in order to prove that they were made of the right stuff . |
| 2 | The group also included Treasury ministers , who might be expected to support a change to private insurance if anyone would . |
| 3 | Against the background of a broad spectrum of strikes organized on April 21 , April 27 and June 2 , 1989 , by the socialist General Workers ' Union ( Unión General de Trabajadores — UGT ) and the communist Workers ' Commissions ( Comisiones Obreras — CCOO ) , the UGT executive decided for the first time on April 25 to give no recommendation to its members to vote for the PSOE in the European Parliament elections in June 1989 , on the grounds that a trade union could not be expected to support a government which pursued economic and social policies which were hostile to workers . |
| 4 | It is expected to report a profits slump on April 14 . |
| 5 | Computervision is expected to report a loss for the quarter that ended last week , after earning $4.8m in the prior quarter . |
| 6 | To begin with , I pay tribute to an intervention made by the hon. Member for Wolverhampton , South-West ( Mr. Budgen ) who , earlier today , rightly pointed out that in a democracy Parliament should be expected to debate a measure such as this in a sane and sensible fashion . |
| 7 | Version 5 however , is expected to include a facility to ‘ knit from the screen ’ , so if your computer and knitting machine are in the same room , you may find this more convenient than printing on to paper . |
| 8 | ‘ The Kuwait contract is important as it not only features ab initio pilot training but is expected to include a requirement for the School to teach very experienced airline pilots the special skills required to become line training captains , ’ says OATS ' Principal Ken Meehan . |
| 9 | The plan falls within the 244.5bn pounds spending ceiling and is expected to include a pay freeze , a squeeze on benefits , the cancellation of some capital spending projects and limited cash help for the introduction of the ne council tax . |
| 10 | Once expected by the end of last year , and the subject of technology demonstrations earlier this year , the exact scope of CICS/6000 is still not clear , but it is expected to include a number of technology elements from other vendors , including MicroFocus Cobol , parts of the Open Software Foundation 's Distributed Computing Environment ( DCE ) technology , and Transarc Corp 's Encina transaction processing software , developed with IBM 's backing . |
| 11 | Nor do I see why caregivers should be expected to sustain a focus on personal relationships which would not ordinarily exist in the encounters between young people and adults . |
| 12 | Dixons ' chairman , Mr Stanley Kalms , whose empire embraces 600 Currys outlets as well as 350 under the Dixons name , is expected to issue a rejection of the takeover attempt today . |
| 13 | The FASB issued an exposure draft on the subject in September 1991 , and was expected to issue a statement later this year . |
| 14 | Riven half expected to see a crocodile hanging from the ceiling , but instead there were bulbs of garlic and bunches of other herbs which he could not identify . |
| 15 | But she certainly had n't expected to see a selection of Penguin Classics . |
| 16 | France are the only member of the Five Nations to accept an invitation , although it can be expected to see a number of England 's high-order in the Barbarians side and Irish charm amongst the Irish Wolfhounds . |
| 17 | In principle , one could have expected to see a list of such bodies appended as a Schedule to the Act , but the Lord Chancellor , with all his ‘ numerous and talented counsellors ’ , was unable to cause one to be drawn up . |
| 18 | Some of the corporation 's governors were expected to attend a dinner at Broadcasting House last night , with the Birt issue the main topic of conversation . |
| 19 | Meanwhile , the US Congress is expected to pass a resolution which could stop the US importing fish from whaling nations . |
| 20 | Are they expected to observe a period of mourning ? |
| 21 | Partners are now expected to know a lot more about the broader picture of how businesses operate , not simply those areas relating to accountancy . |
| 22 | Partners are now expected to know a lot more about the broader picture of how businesses operate |
| 23 | The Police Committee is expected to request a grant from the Government to cover the extra expense . |
| 24 | The relevance of this analysis for out present purposes is that if contextual cues are helpful in retrieving associative information quite generally , then both of the associations formed during conditioned suppression training can be expected to suffer a loss when the context is changed . |
| 25 | An appetitive CR must usually be expected to suffer a loss , therefore , when the context is changed . |
| 26 | Both were sister papers of established dailies , the Telegraph and Mail , which could be expected to provide a core of readers and whose presses had spare capacity . |
| 27 | Benefits from lower raw material prices and the falling pound are expected to provide a boost on top of the move into higher-margin chemical materials in the United States . |
| 28 | Benefits from lower raw material prices and the falling pound are expected to provide a boost on top of the move into higher-margin chemical materials in the United States . |
| 29 | This airworthy Mitchell , which has been grounded within the Museum for the past five years , is expected to attract a lot of interest from the Australian warbird community . |
| 30 | A major raffle , for a two-week holiday in Florida and other top prizes , is expected to attract a lot of support . |