Example sentences of "[be] expect [to-vb] [adj] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 The band are expected to perform two sets on the night and a number of special guests will be announced in the coming weeks .
2 At the same time , two other research programmes that stood to benefit handsomely from the stimulus plan — the $103 million proposed for the Advanced Technology Program ( ATP ) within the Department of Commerce and $47 million sought for cooperative research agreements between industry and the national laboratories in the Department of Energy — are expected to remain important priorities for the Clinton administration and to enjoy rising budgets in 1994 despite the temporary setback in Congress .
3 Friends of the Earth and the Women 's Environmental Network are expected to lodge formal complaints in Brussels that the UK Ecolabelling Board breached its obligation to consult relevant organisations before setting standards .
4 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 .
5 Dr Stroud and Sir Ranulph are expected to give more details about their experiences at a London news conference today .
6 States are expected to submit annual reports on issues such as pollution control , biodiversity conservation , trends in health , poverty and population .
7 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 .
8 From a modest 1,000 tonnes a year in the early 1970s , the world 's prawn farms are expected to produce 440,000 tonnes by 1990 .
9 Staff from the unit are expected to make frequent visits to Shetland and will liaise with officials in Whitehall and in Brussels .
10 Talks are continuing with British Telecommunications Plc , Mercury Communications Ltd , Sprint International Inc and Australia 's Overseas Telecommunications Corp , all of which are expected to make formal bids for the contract .
11 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 .
12 The International Monetary Fund and the World Bank are expected to impose strict conditions on any aid .
13 SSDs are expected to show active signs of working with the voluntary sector , health authorities , families , gay men , and ethnic groups .
14 Moreover it was confined to members of the Labour Party , its first rule stating that " all members are expected to become individual members of their constituency Labour Parties " .
15 What amazes me is that young families on income support can get almost any accompanying benefit , yet I am expected to meet these bills in full .
16 Professor Nicholas Day is the author of an unpublished Public Health Laboratory Service report on the spread of AIDS which has been expected to revise official predictions of heterosexual victims downwards .
17 This in itself was unusual , as the high-ranking patrons would have been expected to display classical scenes in their houses , leading to the supposition that these intimate portraits of courtesans were most probably on view only in the private apartments .
18 Two new stores have opened already and we are expecting to achieve stronger results in all area .
19 ‘ We ca n't be expected to wait six weeks for another good performance . ’
20 The biological resources that just supported small nomadic populations at a neolithic level of culture can not be expected to support larger populations at southern standards of living .
21 Employers may be expected to allow reasonable opportunities for their employees to engage in public service , but substantial demands for time off may either be refused or constitute a block to career advancement .
22 It also meant that all political structures , especially the less specialized and differentiated ones found in Third World states , could be expected to perform additional functions to those which were their main raison d'être .
23 These days , most US chart-toppers can be expected to notch reasonable placings in the UK listings , though there are exceptions .
24 Katharine will be expected to make two speeches during her visit , but for now she 's practicing the most important phrase : thank-you for having me .
25 Aguirre , previously thought of as one of the President 's most loyal officers , described it as " unfair and unjust " and stated that a leader who was incapable of " making a just and proper decision over a simple matter such as appointments can not be expected to make correct decisions about the complex affairs of state " .
26 Peter Field , the chief Australian negotiator , said that although developing countries in the " Cairns Group " would be expected to make lower cuts in protective import tariffs , their endorsement of the proposals showed that they were " prepared to bite the bullet " .
27 Finally , CytR would be expected to make identical contacts to the two cAMP-CRP complexes in deoP2 .
28 One was to acknowledge that GATT 's rules should take account of levels of economic development , and that developing countries henceforward would not invariably be expected to make reciprocal concessions to the rich , developed countries .
29 Furthermore , graduates can be expected to make fewer demands on the public purse in later life .
30 There had to be some rationalisation of research funding in this field , and if the earth sciences are typical , other subjects could be expected to show similar effects in varying degrees .
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