Example sentences of "expected [num] " in BNC.

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1 Other demographic factors which have a considerable influence on household formation are less easy to predict — one is marriage : for example , the 1978-based official population projections expected two-thirds more married men in the 20–24 age band than were actually found in 1985 ( Population Projections 1978–2018. 1980 ; Sparks , 1986 , p. 24 ) .
2 As expected Oct-1 could be specifically removed from the labelled probe by competition with excess unlabelled octamer binding sites including both the octamer binding site from HPV 16/18 as well as the homologous HSV octamer but not by the binding sites for other transcription factors such as Sp1 and NF1 .
3 Somehow she had expected six inches of semi-darkness , and half a face enquiring suspiciously what her business might be at this hour .
4 At some unconscious level that was exactly what she had expected six months earlier — to step off the plane and see the man of her dreams waiting for her on the tarmac .
5 It 's expected 30,000 people will use this pub over the weekend .
6 On the other hand , it would be incorrect to suppose that the first influx of nuclear workers in Thurso did not produce the twofold or greater increase noted in rural new towns : the only two cases at ages 0–14 in the period 1951–67 occurred in the five years following the influx in 1958 ( expected 0.41 ; not significant ) .
7 We had expected 25 years at the most .
8 Though I was , having expected one of the great historic documents of planning , bitterly disappointed with the Plan when I first studied it , I now think that in the circumstances Abercrombie did as well as any man , of the type who can survive in planning practice , could have done .
9 I had fully expected one locked room , the woman-of-the-glove 's room .
10 No second primary melanomas were detected in this group ( expected 0.026 ) .
11 6 invasive level-2 or deeper melanomas have developed in 4 patients ( expected 0.009 ) ; 2 have also developed level-1 or in-situ lesions .
12 It is interesting that in his later years Wordsworth regarded himself as a statesman as much as a poet ; he certainly annoyed his womenfolk by talking politics incessantly with Robert Southey , though one might have expected two writers to bore the company with literary theory .
13 The singer , best known for the classic Great Balls Of Fire , was expected two days ago but was said to be furious at taking second billing in the Giants of Rock 'n' Roll concerts .
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