Example sentences of "[be] expect [conj] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Resignations are expected when the DLV meet in Frankfurt today to discuss the aftermath of the Krabbe affair . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | It might have been expected that the tribal masks and statuettes that had such a profound effect on Picasso 's painting would have excited him to a new activity in the field of sculpture as they did Derain and , to a certain extent , Matisse . |
| 4 | We are expecting that the British economy next year should grow in line with the G7 average . |
| 5 | McKeown is the steward we 've been expecting and the other two will be working on the ship . |
| 6 | Housing is a basic need and it is therefore to be expected that the lower income groups will pay a higher proportion of their income to meet housing costs than the higher income groups , in spite of the fact that they live in less adequate accommodation . |
| 7 | It may also be expected that the two systems will differ in other respects , such as the length of time each operates or the intensity of intervention , with care management being more concentrated and longer-term . |
| 8 | In West Sussex the English elm ( Ulmus procera ) is nearing extinction and it might be expected that the large numbers of standing dead trees will , at least temporarily , provide large amounts of insect food and sites for hole-nesting species . |
| 9 | It might be expected that the main means by which teachers would become acquainted with the concept of SSE would be through their own LEA scheme . |
| 10 | It is certainly what would be expected if the latent inhibitor functions like a CS- but it could just as easily be a consequence of generalization decrement — adding another stimulus to the excitatory CS might modify the way in which the latter is perceived and thus reduce its ability to evoke the CR . |
| 11 | Increased development funds from the EEC may also be expected if the proposed IDP is accepted . |
| 12 | It has been suggested ; that this creates a system of judicial zoning , in the sense that the law recognises that in one particular area , near an industrial estate for example or in a rural community , certain odours are to be expected and the standard adopted will as a result be lower than in a purely residential area where odour pollution of the air is not expected . |
| 13 | The hypothesized eastward movement of China towards the Pacific would be expected because the continental lithosphere of Eurasia would provide more resistance to lateral movement than the subduction zones of the western Pacific margin . |
| 14 | As might be expected when the large area in which Gaelic was widespread is considered , plant names may differ from place to place or be recorded in variant forms , and the choice ( in most cases ) of one name only in the Flora was extremely difficult . |
| 15 | Such movements were expected when the current interest rate was well above or below its long-run mean , and there was a high degree of reversion each time period . |
| 16 | Secondly , the number of significant train accidents recorded in 1990 was the lowest on record and it is expected that the final figure for 1991 will show a further decline . |
| 17 | It is expected that the first demonstration will compute the exercise boundary of US options with continuously paid dividends and will be tested using a simulated data feed . |
| 18 | It is expected that the 1992 Asian tournament ( the next one in 1994 will be too late ) will also be used to find the two qualifiers from Asia who will play in the Asia Pacific Zone 1995 World Cup preliminaries . |
| 19 | In the South Wales region it is expected that the annual quantity required from this source will rise from about 2.8 mt to 3.6 mt over the 20 year period , despite the fact that as a proportion of overall consumption it will fall from 15% to 10% . |
| 20 | In the South Wales region it is expected that the annual quantity required from this source will rise from about 2.8 mt to 3.6 mt over the 20 year period , despite the fact that as a proportion of overall consumption it will fall from 15% to 10% . |
| 21 | It is expected that the appointed person will have an excellent record in applied scientific research coupled with a sound understanding of commercial contract research . |
| 22 | Recently , the Auditing Practices Board ( APB ) suggested in the preface to its Exposure Draft , Going Concern , that ‘ … one year is normally the period during which it is expected that the financial statements can reasonably be relied upon ’ . |
| 23 | It is expected that the new system could be in place in the year 1993–94 . |
| 24 | It is expected that the 25 Antarctic Treaty countries attending the conference will agree to negotiate a legal framework for a comprehensive environmental protection protocol for the world 's last unexploited wilderness . |
| 25 | It is expected that the MMC investigators will be particularly interested in the CAA 's air traffic control operations which have been the centre of a long-running controversy involving aircraft ‘ near misses ’ , poor morale among controllers and equipment break-downs . |
| 26 | A widespread opposition to the tour is expected because the late Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Ghandi 's assassination was carried out by a Sri Lankan Tamil . |
| 27 | Foreign investment in 1989 rose by almost 76 per cent to 8,600 million ringgits , and it was expected that the upward trend would be maintained for 1990 . |
| 28 | By lunchtime it was expected that the sit-down run throughs would be complete and timed to run an optimum length of twenty-four minutes , thirty seconds . |
| 29 | However , by November it was expected that the 1990 cereal harvest , an important element in gross domestic product ( GDP ) , would be the best since 1987 . |
| 30 | When pressed by Jeremy Corbyn ( Labour ) about the department 's perceived shift towards means-testing and away from the universality he replied this was expected as the Labour party was also re-examining its commitment to universality — as John Smith has said ‘ nothing was ruled out and nothing was ruled in ’ . |