Example sentences of "[be] expect [to-vb] the [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Men can have one dark suit and wear it all day and no one will even notice , but women are expected to have the right clothes for lunch and afternoon tea and working in and then have some stunning outfit for evening . |
| 2 | New books and dictionaries are expected to contain the new spellings , while Proust , Racine and the rest will gradually be re-edited so as to make them conform . |
| 3 | Mr Yeltsin , who in normal circumstances might have been expected to restrain the Russian nationalists , is fighting for political survival against a Congress of People 's Deputies highly critical of his economic reforms . |
| 4 | Since private shareholders can not be expected to subsidize the wider goals of society as a whole , public ownership may then be inevitable . |
| 5 | Since this experimental programme included greater cooperation with the village practitioners , it would be expected to reverse the antagonistic attitudes described above . |
| 6 | Unlike the IBA , however , the ITC will not be responsible for broadcasting television programmes , and it will be expected to enforce the statutory duties by financial penalties imposed on offending television companies . |
| 7 | In particular , criminal statistics only show what police forces record , and the police clearly can not be expected to record the numerous offences which they do not know about . |
| 8 | The Post Office Guide will give details of the postal services , and of course the receptionist will be expected to know the local hairdressers , doctors , dentists , shops , restaurants , bars and clubs . |
| 9 | Nevertheless , the Labour Party is being pressed to support AV , because in a British election it would be expected to help the Liberal Democrats at the expense of the Conservatives . |
| 10 | Some students felt they had been rather hard pressed in relation to their knowledge of chemistry , but Coleman rightly said that a properly educated gentleman could be expected to understand the general principles and applications of chemical science . |
| 11 | In addition they will be expected to encourage the young participants , aged 17 to 25 , to create a record of their own experiences through a series of workshops . |
| 12 | It is the way Biggs fights and he can be expected to steal the early rounds . |
| 13 | They can not be expected to consider the inflationary consequences of their commercial activities . |
| 14 | In response to this first reason , it should be noted that major UK companies with involvement in European markets already have to maintain sophisticated compliance programmes with respect to EC Article 86 : parallel UK legislation might , therefore , be expected to reduce the total costs of compliance for these companies as it would cut out some duplication . |
| 15 | They were expected to attend the urban celebrations of the great festivals and took part in the pageantry and the festivities . |
| 16 | In addition , Labour is expected to promise the Liberal Democrats fair representation in a new House of Lords , and also in the European Parliament , with PR elections in both cases . |
| 17 | The company also said that it will continue with its application to the Department of Trade and Industry to operate a ‘ personal communications network ’ , which is expected to present the same opportunities in the next decade as cellular mobile radio is doing in this . |
| 18 | Following the trend spearheaded by Unify Corp with its Accell 4GL toolset a few years ago , Ingres Corp is expected to make the first moves in liberating its own toolsets from the Ingres database next month . |
| 19 | A running board was the information given to the driver of what , where he was expected to run , what time he was expected to leave the various termini . |
| 20 | Indeed , socialism was expected to release the dynamic qualities of the British people that would create the wealth needed to sustain standards of living and world power . |
| 21 | Buster Watson was expected to win the 100 metres , but I came through and clocked 10.4 seconds for a personal best and a county record , which still stands . |
| 22 | Once primary standards were attained , the state was expected to attain the secondary standards ‘ within a reasonable time ’ . |
| 23 | The increasing wind was expected to help the smaller boats , and the leaders for most of the race may be deposed when the handicaps are computed . |