Example sentences of "[be] expect [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No results , however , are expected for some time ; and in any case , Whitehall expenditure reviews are notorious for failing to deliver anything of significance . |
| 2 | Antineutrons are expected by some particle physicists , who believe on theoretical grounds that neutrons could change into antineutrons on their way from the Sun to the Earth . |
| 3 | This comes even when death has been expected for some time , but is even more dramatic when the death is sudden . |
| 4 | The third had been expected for some time . |
| 5 | Perhaps part of the problem is that far too much has been expected of positivist criminology or , alternatively , positivist criminologists have been responsible for fostering too grandiose expectations . |
| 6 | A spokesman for Dowty 's says the work had been expected by Dowty landing gear ; and so it wo n't affect the request for workers to take a pay freeze . |
| 7 | The actual local air traffic will be compared with the level which would have been expected by natural growth as predicted by a successful Federal Aviation Administration model . |
| 8 | Little problem had been expected from that workforce : it was young , unorganized and naive . |
| 9 | Certainly in the matter of military aid , as the working party concluded , the US ( without sending troops ) was in a position to make a unique contribution : but even more positive results might have been expected from economic assistance . |
| 10 | All we are expecting at this stage is modest growth in this half year . |
| 11 | By now he had had confirmation of the news he had been expecting for some time . |
| 12 | ‘ Our information is that Mr Evans left the Club in order to go and see what was delaying the arrival of his wife whom he had been expecting for some time . ’ |
| 13 | And , as is often the case in the media , literary texts have the habit of not turning out to mean what might be expected at first sight . |
| 14 | Speedy success was essential , since records gathered over the previous 80 years showed that at best only three weeks of rain-free weather could be expected at that time of the year . |
| 15 | THE Scottish Football League programme has been badly affected over the last couple of weeks , not only by the injuries which might reasonably be expected at this stage in a crowded season , but , unusually , by a flu virus which has caused havoc in the playing staffs of some of the Premier Division teams . |
| 16 | Resigned to being detained for several minutes , Melissa forced herself to be pleasant , making suitable replies to his comments on the weather and agreeing that it was a bit unsettled , that frost was still likely to be a problem but was only to be expected at this time of year . |
| 17 | All that can sensibly be said is that , given everything capitalism had gone through over the previous few years , a collapse of confidence was to be expected at some point . |
| 18 | " Sacrifices could be demanded in the name of democracy which could not be expected for mere patriotism for the social order as it was . " |
| 19 | Table 6.8 shows the percentage of accesses to synonyms to be expected for various bucket sizes , in the 80/20 case . |
| 20 | Accountants might therefore pay more attention to indicating the types of profiles to be expected for each category of SBU ; clearly , unthinking comparisons between them with respect to their financial performance should be avoided . |
| 21 | On the technical side , the outcome may well be some way from what would be expected of perfect contestability , even if the assumptions approximate to the conditions I have outlined . |
| 22 | Nevertheless , the differences in fit from what would be expected of multifactorial inheritance are small and the pattern of familial aggregation indicative of a recessive influence ( with affected sibling pairs predominating over parent-offspring pairs ) could have occurred for other reasons , as discussed below . |
| 23 | ‘ You did all that could be expected of any man , ’ said the abbot firmly . |
| 24 | Now , this is , to some extent this is perhaps to be expected of any group which is erm which runs the risk of being persecuted and then , they will be |
| 25 | Comparable rocks are to be expected under Mesozoic cover further east . |
| 26 | As can be seen , the abeam position came later , as would be expected with that wind . |
| 27 | Therefore in insulin-deficient states a decrease in receptor numbers would be expected with consequent delay in LDL clearance . |
| 28 | Although a change to lumen negativity would be expected with active anion secretion our results are in accordance with those of Sachar , who found marked accumulation of water and electrolytes in the intestine of patients with cholera without alteration of the transmural potential difference in the small bowel . |
| 29 | A marked contrast in behaviour would be expected during continental collision between the very thick crust of the Andes , where relatively rapid subduction has occurred throughout at least the Cenozoic , and the Alpine region where the closure of the ocean separating North Africa and southern Europe has been more gradual . |
| 30 | This single value can not be used statistically when comparing chemistry with geology , but it does suggest that some elements of PhD research are diffused into the literature in a much more widespread manner than could be expected by simple inspection of the titles of papers . |