Example sentences of "[pron] is expect [verb] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Equally , the ‘ signposting ’ role now being adopted by UNEP 's GRID project — which is expected to offer on-line access to a catalogue of environmental data sets and details of the responsible agencies in 1991 — is to be welcomed .
2 She is expected to place great emphasis on Britain 's contribution to controlling the hole in the ozone layer and global warming .
3 Thatcherites have been rewarded with the rapid promotion of Michael Portillo , who is expected to keep public spending in check as Chief Secretary to the Treasury .
4 The Tunnel itself is expected to generate additional traffic as well as attracting business from existing modes .
5 And he goes on : ‘ No one is expecting to make big money — all players would ask is to be treated reasonably in line with what they achieve . ’
6 Ultimately , it is expected to provide overnight accommodation for up to 30 volunteers .
7 Salim leaves them , takes off on the first of a series of ‘ flights ’ , and treks to the interior , to a country which appears to be compounded of the Congo and of Uganda , in order to earn a living from a store which he has acquired from a man whose daughter he is expected to marry one day .
8 They divorced after 20 years of marriage and he is expected to marry 37-year-old heiress Charlotte Morrison , Britain 's second richest woman .
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