Example sentences of "[verb] [be] expect [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | This comes even when death has been expected for some time , but is even more dramatic when the death is sudden . |
| 3 | This is not the support that might have been expected for fellow Germans stuck on the communist side after 1945 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Both of the hypertonic ORS contained higher glucose concentrations and higher water obsorption might have been expected from these solutions because of a greater stimulatory effect on active glucose transport . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | By now he had had confirmation of the news he had been expecting for some time . |
| 8 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 9 | Several aspects of the reshuffle , which had been expected for several weeks , were attacked by opposition groups who demanded greater reductions . |
| 10 | The third had been expected for some time . |
| 11 | Little problem had been expected from that workforce : it was young , unorganized and naive . |
| 12 | Although the tax cuts were lower than many commentators had predicted , Lamont forecast a higher public-sector borrowing requirement ( PSBR ) for both the 1991-92 and 1992-93 financial years than had been expected by financial analysts . |
| 13 | 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 . |