Example sentences of "[pron] [be] expect [to-vb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am expected to do most of the work including taking care of him ( the mentally retarded boy ) which is very hard with all my school-work too . |
| 2 | What amazes me is that young families on income support can get almost any accompanying benefit , yet I am expected to meet these bills in full . |
| 3 | As a Scot , I was expected to take New Year 's Day as leave rather than Christmas . |
| 4 | On the database side , Unify is currently waiting to see how object technology develops before it makes a move , but is already hard at work on object extensions to its tools , the first of which are expected to emerge next year . |
| 5 | There are currently 53 collieries in operation , which are expected to produce 68 million tonnes this financial year . |
| 6 | Talks are continuing with British Telecommunications Plc , Mercury Communications Ltd , Sprint International Inc and Australia 's Overseas Telecommunications Corp , all of which are expected to make formal bids for the contract . |
| 7 | For each match , a new active word edge is created carrying the phonemic symbol just matched , and a pointer to the node in the tree which follows that phoneme branch , indicating the set of phonemes which are expected to follow such a beginning . |
| 8 | Though the move could help to speed up investment in a few large projects , there were fears last night that the sudden change in the offshore tax system could hit the bulk of the smaller oil and gas projects which were expected to provide most of the work for the offshore supply industry over the next few years . |
| 9 | Expenditure increases of 15 per cent were envisaged , with special emphasis on education and health , which were expected to absorb 39 per cent of total spending . |
| 10 | City of London Telecommunications — or COLT — has already started construction of the network , which is expected to go on-line towards the end of the year . |
| 11 | In response , the Lord Chancellor established a review of the financial conditions for legal aid in November 1989 , which is expected to take three years to complete its work . |
| 12 | The project , which is expected to take some 18 months to complete , will enable all library staff to have access through the online catalogue to up-to-date information on all periodicals and newspaper titles currently received , including the date of the last issue received , and , in most cases , the expected date of the next issue . |
| 13 | It played an important part in attracting investment from Digital UK Ltd , Sun Microsystems Ltd and Motorola , which is expected to create 3,000 jobs . |
| 14 | The £6 million scheme , which is expected to create 150 jobs with 85 more during construction , will provide DIY , electrical and furniture shopping facilities for the north-west of the city . |
| 15 | The Congress , which is expected to last 10 days , is due to consider the economic crisis and hear a state-of-the-nation report from Mr Yeltsin . |
| 16 | The trial , which is expected to last another 5 weeks , has been adjourned until Tuesday . |
| 17 | The case , which is expected to last several weeks , continues today . |
| 18 | It remains open pending the outcome of the tribunal , which is expected to last 3 weeks . |
| 19 | HSBC , which is expected to release good profits on Monday , still fell 38p to 603p , reflecting the 200-point drop in the Hang Seng index after the Hong Kong governor 's decision to proceed with plans for partial democracy in the colony in the teeth of Chinese hostility . |
| 20 | The dolphin is one of the most visible victims of the major disturbance of marine life caused by the controversial airport 's construction , which is expected to involve some 60 per cent of the world 's dredging fleet . |
| 21 | They are shutting off 35 roads in Handsworth , Birmingham , to create 28 ‘ public safety zones ’ for the event which is expected to attract 500,000 visitors . |
| 22 | Mr Brownhut said he had no idea why anyone should want to upset the show , which is expected to attract thousands of spectators from all over the province . |
| 23 | A NEW service which is expected to encourage more travellers to switch from road to rail made its inaugural run into Middlesbrough station yesterday . |
| 24 | The reshuffle clears the decks before Monday 's crucial scheduled central committee 's meeting which is expected to reveal alarming details about Bulgaria 's ailing economy and to tackle the problem of Mr Zhivkov 's internationally comdemned assimilation policy against the country 's Turkish minority . |
| 25 | Equally , the ‘ signposting ’ role now being adopted by UNEP 's GRID project — which is expected to offer on-line access to a catalogue of environmental data sets and details of the responsible agencies in 1991 — is to be welcomed . |
| 26 | The store is a further boost to the Post Office 's network of shops across the country which is expected to total 300 within five years . |
| 27 | The two sides agreed to hold a further meeting soon which is expected to produce firm proposals for resolving some of the Irish concerns on security . |
| 28 | Later , it was to take on consultative functions ; in practice , most observers expected it to act as a clearing house for mutual trade between its members , which was expected to remain important for some years , and to co-ordinate east European policy toward the European Communities ( EC ) . |
| 29 | During this time conditions were to be worked out for a monitoring scheme and new quota system , which was expected to allow renewed exploitation of certain stocks , notably of minke whales . |
| 30 | The Maltese Foreign Minister , Guido De Marco , was elected president of the session , which was expected to debate 153 items amongst which the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait assumed priority . |