Example sentences of "[be] expect [verb] [det] [num] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 They are expected to win some 100 seats straight off in the first round of voting , and the Socialists none .
2 A selection of the 36 classic sports and competition cars that are expected to fetch several million pounds at a Brooks auction during the London Motorfair
3 A selection of the 36 classic sports and competition cars that are expected to fetch several million pounds at a Brooks auction during the London Motorfair at Earl 's Court on 26 October .
4 A spokeswoman for Lacy Scott Auctioneers , off Risbygate Street , Bury St Edmunds , said the programme had been expected to fetch several hundred pounds .
5 The trial , which is expected to last another 5 weeks , has been adjourned until Tuesday .
6 The trial , in which 200 witnesses are due to testify , is expected to last another six weeks .
7 The bypass is part of a scheme to link the M4 and M5 motorways and the inquiry is expected to last another 6 weeks .
8 The project , which is expected to take some 18 months to complete , will enable all library staff to have access through the online catalogue to up-to-date information on all periodicals and newspaper titles currently received , including the date of the last issue received , and , in most cases , the expected date of the next issue .
9 With general interest in Australia running at a reasonably high level in Japan , the exhibition is expected to attract some 250,000 visitors .
10 Attlee thought that the coalition should continue until after the end of the war with Japan , however long that should take — and , as we have seen , it was expected to take another eighteen months after the collapse of Nazi Germany .
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