Example sentences of "[be] expected [prep] [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | DELAYS are expected for four weeks on the northbound carriageway of the M74 in Lanarkshire between junctions 7 , for Larkhall , and 6 , Motherwell . |
| 2 | Some liquid bowel movements are expected after many types of intestinal perfusion studies and in most of the subjects in this study liquid bowel movements had stopped after 24 hours . |
| 3 | More arrests are expected in other areas of Northern Ireland as investigations continue into collusion between security force personnel and loyalist paramilitary groups . |
| 4 | Speedy success was essential , since records gathered over the previous 80 years showed that at best only three weeks of rain-free weather could be expected at that time of the year . |
| 5 | THE Scottish Football League programme has been badly affected over the last couple of weeks , not only by the injuries which might reasonably be expected at this stage in a crowded season , but , unusually , by a flu virus which has caused havoc in the playing staffs of some of the Premier Division teams . |
| 6 | Resigned to being detained for several minutes , Melissa forced herself to be pleasant , making suitable replies to his comments on the weather and agreeing that it was a bit unsettled , that frost was still likely to be a problem but was only to be expected at this time of year . |
| 7 | " Sacrifices could be demanded in the name of democracy which could not be expected for mere patriotism for the social order as it was . " |
| 8 | Accountants might therefore pay more attention to indicating the types of profiles to be expected for each category of SBU ; clearly , unthinking comparisons between them with respect to their financial performance should be avoided . |
| 9 | Therefore in insulin-deficient states a decrease in receptor numbers would be expected with consequent delay in LDL clearance . |
| 10 | A marked contrast in behaviour would be expected during continental collision between the very thick crust of the Andes , where relatively rapid subduction has occurred throughout at least the Cenozoic , and the Alpine region where the closure of the ocean separating North Africa and southern Europe has been more gradual . |
| 11 | This single value can not be used statistically when comparing chemistry with geology , but it does suggest that some elements of PhD research are diffused into the literature in a much more widespread manner than could be expected by simple inspection of the titles of papers . |
| 12 | This single value can not be used statistically when comparing chemistry with geology , but it does suggest that some elements of Ph D research are diffused into the literature in a much more widespread manner than could be expected by simple inspection of the titles of papers . |
| 13 | The growing divide between rich and poor might be expected in those bastions of the New Right , Thatcher 's Britain and Reagan 's US — but Australia ? |
| 14 | This was the wholesome outrage you might expect from any conscientiously angry young man , and could be safely ignored as the sort of bubbling over occasionally to be expected in intellectual cauldrons like Encounter . |
| 15 | I found parental " insignificance " a family situation which figured a good deal more often than might be expected from mere chance in the history of dependent individuals . |
| 16 | No particular outcome may be expected from such talk at all : it does not have a definable purpose , beyond maintaining social relations . |
| 17 | when I was a boy of fifteen you were expected to half acre of neeps in the day . |
| 18 | The European Commission opened talks with the heads of the national telephone monopolies yesterday about its plans to deregulate telephone service across the Community by 1998 : after the two-day discussions , the Commission will decide whether to formalise proposals calling for and end to national monopolies over all call transmission ; the usual row is expected between free traders like the UK , the Netherlands and Denmark and opponents in France , Belgium and Italy , Reuter reports from Brussels ; France Telecom and Belgacom said the plans were too ambitious , the Dutch and British Telecommunications Plc indicated support ahead of the talks . |
| 19 | A version for compartmented mode workstations such as DEC Ultrix MLS+ will be available in 90 days and versions for emerging systems such as SunOS CMW and ICL Plc DRS/NX V4.0 Security Option is expected within 90 days of full production availability of those systems . |
| 20 | A final decision over funding , to be agreed between the state council and the ministry of forestry , is expected by next March in time for China 's next five year economic plan . |
| 21 | Coutts had been informed that a cheque for $6m was expected at any moment from MGM films in America — payment for the distribution rights of Electric Dreams . |
| 22 | Does the right hon. Gentleman recall telling the House that a rise in inflation was expected in these months for what he called ’ technical reasons ’ shortly after the Prime Minister told the country that the Government had inflation licked ? |
| 23 | Subservience was expected by all levels of employer , titled or otherwise , and Marie Thwaites was one of a number of young men and women who were packed off to a life which was not only unacceptable by today 's standards , but hardly believable . |