Example sentences of "[pron] be expect [prep] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Norms , in this context , are common standards of social and work behaviour which are expected of individuals in the group .
2 It was anticipated that the rains which were expected in May would slow the government 's military campaign , as they had done in previous years .
3 The blitz will be headlined by the long-awaited eight-way system and a 25% to 30% performance boost for the uni-processor 9021 , which is expected to tail off somewhat as more processors are added and coupling overheads multiply .
4 These soft facts include the sorts of things that the people in the problem area are worried about , the social roles which the people within the situation think are important , and the sort of behaviour which is expected of people in these roles .
5 The University will take account of the report of the Academic Auditors ( which is expected in August 1993 ) and of reports of the HEFCE quality assessors as they review individual subjects .
6 These people will be highly attractive to would-be new entrants , who are expected to head-hunt them .
7 However , spectators , who are expected to number over 100,000 during the practice and match days , will have no cause to complain about viewing facilities — as they did in 1989 .
8 However , spectators , who are expected to number over 100,000 during the practice and match days , will have no cause to complain about viewing facilities — as they did in 1989 .
9 Large firms are able to provide lifetime employment for their employees who are expected in return to be dedicated ‘ company men ’ .
10 well she 's expecting in August
11 ‘ Darling , this is Miss Huntley , who was expecting to lunch with Angela today .
12 Henry ( Harry ) Tremayne Markham , who was expected around November 1st , was born in London on October 11th .
13 We are expecting in excess of 10,000 redundancies , which will be spread over three years .
14 ‘ It 's part of the pattern , Charles ; society disintegrates before our eyes and we are expected to paper over the cracks . ’
15 They are expected by friends and neighbours to follow the normal passages of grieving , yet often they are consumed with anger .
16 They 're expected in court in two weeks time
17 But often the- when they were in small houses where they had to do everything , erm they tended to find that they were they were expected to sort of skivvy much more .
18 Artemis 's father was away for a week 's sport in Leicestershire , and apparently it was expected of Artemis that she should be ready and able to go out and ride her new horse side-saddle alongside her father on his return .
19 Also it was expected of Rangers to attend divine worship .
20 It was expected in Kit 's house that there would be some period of study after supper , most nights at any rate .
21 Which is odd , because he was expected in Italy on Monday , apparently . ’
22 ON a day when conditions were typical of what is expected at Barcelona in July , British Flying Dutchman crews proved they are no longer the lame ducks of the Olympic team by finishing first , second , fourth and fifth off Hyeres yesterday .
23 By laying down such standards the law is capable of defining what is expected of managers , of giving normative guidance on how they should fulfil their role .
24 So far , more specific and explicit statements of what is expected of individuals have not materialised ( March 1990 ) .
25 This provides an outline of the purpose of each module and what is expected from students .
26 North understood what was expected of people entrusted with secrets .
27 However , this is not what was expected from Study 1 where recall seemed to be strongly related to ratings of subjective risk .
28 The rigidity of what was expected from children in terms of compliance to religious and moral ideologies could have no more perfect expression than in the two small late 18th century carved wooden figures of the Blue Coat Schoolboy and Schoolgirl which until recently were to be found in All Saints Church , Maidstone .
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