Example sentences of "[noun] [be] expected [verb] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | States are expected to submit annual reports on issues such as pollution control , biodiversity conservation , trends in health , poverty and population . |
| 2 | Those projects are expected to create 1,294 jobs . |
| 3 | Local authorities are expected to resolve any questions as to a child 's ordinary residence by agreement , failing which the Secretary of State will decide ( s30(2) ) . |
| 4 | Executives going on the course are expected to do 20–30 hours pre-work , in which they read the book and , with the help of questionnaires , assess themselves , their management styles and values . |
| 5 | job flexibility : will the employee be expected to undertake different duties if required ? |
| 6 | Economies of scale and the use of computers were expected to reduce administrative costs . |
| 7 | The relocation is expected to take two weeks . |
| 8 | The research is expected to have major implications for application of Decision Analysis , a widely used management decision aid . |
| 9 | The second shake-up in the past 12 months is expected to streamline internal services and review some of the marketing structures . |
| 10 | In December 1987 Peter Morrison , Minister of State for Energy , estimated that the North 's ( including Wear and Tees side ) offshore industry was expected to exceed 4000 jobs in 1988–9 . |
| 11 | SEVERE snow falls and high winds are expected to hit substantial parts of northern Scotland , Stonehaven and Drumochter northwards , for up to 24 hours from tonight , forecasters say . |
| 12 | Local authorities , parents and others concerned with the child are expected to agree reasonable arrangements for contact before a care order , whether final or interim , is made . |
| 13 | The work is expected to take six months . |
| 14 | Work is expected to take several years . |
| 15 | Despite its own financial woes , IBM is expected to provide 60 days ' redundancy pay for each of the employees . |
| 16 | The process of identification was expected to take several months but human rights groups were confident that it would provide evidence of indiscriminate killing . |
| 17 | The problem was that Barlaston sat above one of the richest coal mines in Europe and the whole village was expected to sink forty feet over the next twenty years . |
| 18 | Despite continued pressure from environmental groups to ban the use of lead , its consumption was expected to reach 4,430,000 tonnes in 1990 , very slightly ahead of the record levels attained in 1989 . |
| 19 | The band are expected to perform two sets on the night and a number of special guests will be announced in the coming weeks . |
| 20 | Dealers were expected to get these cards filled in at the same time as fulfilling their quotas of business , but nobody had time . |
| 21 | An orthodox Muslim is expected to pray 5 times a day on a " clean spot " facing the holy city of Mecca , and a special rug is an extremely convenient way of ensuring that this directive is obeyed . |
| 22 | The inquiry is expected to last six weeks . |
| 23 | In Taiwan , Eva Airlines is expected to start international flights in July . |
| 24 | Electronic Data Systems Corp has won a 10-year contract from Southland Corp to install as many as 4,000 automated teller machines in 7-11 stores across the US : installation will begin in June and the process is expected to take three years to complete and the General Motors Corp subsidiary will manage processing , administration , fulfillment and enhancement of the kit . |
| 25 | The outcome is expected to influence Scottish Homes in deciding whether Waverley or Eildon should go forward for a four-week postal ballot in June . |
| 26 | According to a World Bank report published on Sept. 23 , the administration of the US$1,200 million Environment Fund set up under the auspices of the UN was expected to face severe problems stemming from disagreements centring on the degree to which national governments would assume responsibility for environmental projects such as pollution control . |
| 27 | Saudi Arabia remained the only Arab state without diplomatic relations with China , but China had been a weapons supplier to Saudi Arabia since 1985 ; in addition the move was expected to open new links between Saudi Arabia and the Moslem minority in China . |
| 28 | Harris says the 88110 Symmetric Superscalar microprocessors are up to five times faster than the 88100/200 combinations in the Night Hawk 4000 and with secondary cache are expected to achieve 70 SPECmarks per microprocessor . |
| 29 | Even this type of housing , however , is not always allocated solely according to need and council tenants are expected to pay economic rents , i.e. rents that would be charged in the private market . |
| 30 | Other items of stonework and white marble figures are expected to bring five-figure sums and a total of £50,000 or more is hoped for when they go under the hammer on the 27th and 28th of this month . |