Example sentences of "[pron] [be] expect [verb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Derry fielded their published side , at least nine of whom are expected to feature in next Sunday 's Pairc An Iuir blockbuster . |
| 2 | Er then er S Sun that 's Saturday , then Sunday erm I er the surgeon wa was coming in about er lunch time , roundabout lunchtime , and I was expecting to go after that and prior to that , I did n't know she was coming , one of the nuns , it was i I was in the convent |
| 3 | They are the authors of the first of five volumes which are expected to appear in quick succession in the next eighteen months and catalogue the complete work of Magritte , his paintings , collages , gouaches , drawings , objects and sculpture , but exclude his designs for advertising posters and other commercial activities . |
| 4 | The four week visit furthered the process of mutual understanding of local government systems , which is expected to lead to joint research activities . |
| 5 | Sheriff Andrew Bell adjourned the trial , which is expected to last for two to three weeks , until tomorrow . |
| 6 | Mr Goldring told the jury on the second day of the trial , which is expected to last for three months , that Bradley had been put on an intravenous drip but in the early hours of the next morning he shouted out , complaining of pain around the drip site . |
| 7 | In effect , the bidder thereby divides the profit which is expected to result from improved efficiency between itself and the original shareholders . |
| 8 | The smallest contribution to the total will be made by production from the Danish sector which is expected to rise by 8 per cent to an average of 169,000 bpd . |
| 9 | Oracle Corp is to support Novell Inc 's NetWare running native on Hewlett-Packard 's Precision Architecture RISC NetWare server , which is expected to ship in 1993 : Oracle will offer a version of its Oracle7 database NetWare Loadable Module . |
| 10 | The ruling RPT firmly rejected in May a return to a multiparty system government [ see p. 37809 ] , but after mass protests and rioting in Lomé in October , described as the worst disturbances in 23 years of one-party rule , the RPT central committee approved a proposal for the drafting of a new constitution which was expected to provide for political pluralism [ see p. 37767 ] . |
| 11 | The mining , which was expected to begin in 1986 , was estimated to produce 100 jobs in the short term with a possible 300 long term jobs involved . |
| 12 | Inevitably , this reputation as a man of letters militated against his artistic reputation ; in England , you are expected to excel at one thing only , if that . |
| 13 | How could she be expected to cope with stupid computers that had n't the wit to understand a simple error , or calculators that came up with the wrong numbers ? |
| 14 | ‘ She 's expected to behave in certain ways because she 's royalty and I 'm not . |
| 15 | when he or she is expected to adhere to general rules of conduct , what might be called the family 's ‘ standing orders ’ . |
| 16 | This year Mr Rooker stayed out of the race , and has nominated Mr Davies who is expected to pick up most of his votes . |
| 17 | She had the awful feeling she was expected to behave in some glittering , unusual way to live up to her father 's memory . |
| 18 | She was the one who was expected to liaise with civic authorities and heads of other churches . |
| 19 | ’ . Under Para 10 , the Royal Botanic Gardens are specifically mentioned , so it is clear that we are expected to comply with this Directive . |
| 20 | In 24 hours , night-time included , we were expected to climb on five different cliffs in three different ranges . |
| 21 | The number of teenagers there is expected to fall by 45 per cent between 1980 and 2000 . |
| 22 | In 1987 school fees rose by an average of 11 per cent as compared with an inflation rate of 4.1 per cent , but despite higher fees the independent schools are growing by about 6,000 pupils a year , and by the end of the century they are expected to account for 8.5 per cent of the school population . |
| 23 | It is expected to close in five years . |
| 24 | It is expected to arrive in early September and will take part in the Autumn Steam Gala on Saturday , Sunday , September 26 and 27 together with a selection of Great Western locomotives . |
| 25 | Dividend growth last year was 10.3 p.c. in France and although it is expected to slow in 1992 , will recover to similar levels in 1993 , according to Mr Rooney . |
| 26 | He is expected to play in both games — Against the United States and Costa Rica . |
| 27 | He was expected to practise for several hours a day , but was entrusted to supervise his own timetable . |