Example sentences of "[adj] [modal v] [verb] been expected " in BNC.
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| 1 | This might have been expected to mitigate fear of death ; unfortunately , with the general decay of faith towards the end of the century , it was not only terror of hell that was declining , but also hope of immortality . |
| 2 | While this might have been expected , neither did it explore alternative ways of allowing mineworkers to use its educational resources . |
| 3 | This might have been expected since the total amount of reactant gases shown by the equation is four moles whereas only three moles of gaseous product are formed . |
| 4 | This increase is particularly impressive since the decline in marriage rates in the 1970s would have been expected to reduce household formation among young people , since historically young married couples have tended to set up their own households , and young single people to remain with their parents . |
| 5 | But in view of the difficulties , more would have been expected of the occasion : more in time — an extra day perhaps — and more in emotional commitment . |
| 6 | Among other findings , this produced five cases of young leukaemia within eight miles of the plant over the period 1979–84 , where less than one would have been expected on the basis of national rates . |
| 7 | No second primary melanomas were seen in this group , whereas 0.026 would have been expected . |