Example sentences of "[be] expected [adj] [noun] [modal v] " in BNC.

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1 It was to be expected that resistance would begin here too .
2 It is to be expected that nature will surprise us ; what was significant about Forbes ' work was that he was a pioneer in studying the distribution of marine organisms , finding analogies between going deeper into the sea and going higher on land .
3 By encouraging people to vote against the complex at elections it is expected that legislature will then be able to pass laws and regulations and make institutional changes which will expunge this cancerous growth from American society .
4 Although part performance has been abolished , it is expected that equity will continue to intervene :
5 And at this stage it is expected that tagging will be confined to specified types and not involve the routine identification of all sheep — including hill ewes — as many farmers feared .
6 It 's expected 30,000 people will use this pub over the weekend .
7 Also , it was expected that ability would be more lateralised in men than in women .
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