Example sentences of "expected [adj] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 The cooperativity between α-truncated polymerases and CRP is lost at the lac promoter , consequently it was expected that binding of CRP at its target in the -60 region would not lead to the occupancy of lac P1 by the mutant enzymes .
2 Pavlov ( 1927 ) expressed the view that the OR evoked by a novel stimulus constituted an ‘ obstacle ’ to conditioning ; and indeed , if conditioning is seen as a process in which the OR comes to be replaced by the CR , it might be expected that pre-exposure to the CS would facilitate this process .
3 It was expected that elimination of the anticipated need to recruit an additional personnel clerk would result in sufficient cost reductions to at least partially cost justify the system .
4 It was humiliating , and she had not expected that kind of reaction from him .
5 It is expected that adoption of each of these programmes will be delayed and this in turn will affect dates for calls for proposals , publicity events , etc , although we can not tell at the moment how long the delay will last and the consequences it may have .
6 It was expected that measurement of surface heat radiation would provide clues to the planet 's chemical composition and the reasons behind the planet 's " greenhouse effect " .
7 Marguerite 's voice was warm when Jenna had expected another burst of either anger or distress .
8 The tension drifted from Blufton 's eyes , as if he had expected another challenge to his veracity .
9 Many workers said they 'd expected another round of closures despite the earlier announcement of a reprieve for some of the collieries .
10 Other new production is expected this year from the Draugen field in Norwegian waters , the Pagerungan gas find in Indonesia and Point McIntyre in Alaska .
11 A DECISION is expected this week on which certificate to give Jurassic Park the Steven Spielberg dinosaur epic Britain 's children are already clamouring to see .
12 AN announcement is expected this week on the NewZealand-based company Fortex Group Ltd 's plans to establish a new lamb processing plant in the United Kingdom .
13 DETAILS are expected this week of a rescue package for the Gateway supermarkets group after bankers were warned it was on the verge of collapse .
14 Slightly more cheerful results are expected this week from another construction group , Amec .
15 Maude 's telegram from the Queen was also expected this morning at Trees Park Village , near Middleton St George , where she has lived for the last seven years .
16 He had expected some kind of tart from Les Halles and found a respectable Jewish matron in an unbecoming colour .
17 Fighting back tears , his 50-year-old widow Sam said : ‘ He gave his life to British Airways and could have expected some support from them .
18 They had expected some throwing of stones and worse from whatever straggle of peasants ventured down from the hills to the banks , and that they received .
19 The situation was complicated by the fact that a further United Kingdom election was expected some time during the autumn .
20 An official bulletin was expected some time after the consultation .
21 Being right in line with the posts we had expected some sort of obstacle to look round but not a moving one !
22 At best she had expected bland sympathy from him , but the sparks shooting in his eyes were genuine .
23 Brakeman for Great Britain Two , Edd helped the team to a better than expected thirteenth place after the first two of the four runs .
24 He had not expected colonial argot from such a source .
25 There are , of course , major problems in evaluating programmes , as we have already discussed , but one could perhaps have expected more concern about the amount of information transmitted by each method and about how each works in the classroom .
26 ‘ Being in Brighton has been beneficial to all of us , the food is good and we have trained on the Downs , ’ said Tolstikov , who could have expected more recognition at home following last year 's London win but instead found life harder , not better .
27 Woolwich would have expected any refusal of payment to lead to collection proceedings which would have been gravely embarrassing for Woolwich , the more so as it would have been the only building society refusing to pay .
28 Woolwich would have expected any refusal of payment to lead to collection proceedings which would have been gravely embarrassing for Woolwich , the more so as it would have been the only building society refusing to pay .
29 ‘ I would n't have expected any relation of Caro 's to be such an old-fashioned fuddy-duddy .
30 It was not that I eventually doubted that the Almighty responded to faith , but that because I had been so bound up by the desert , so full of self-interest , so neglectful of the God I was supposed to serve , that I could not have expected any co-operation from him .
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