Example sentences of "[pers pn] [be] expect [to-vb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I wondered if I was expected to buy the next round as well . |
| 2 | Thus in effect reference centres are indistinguishable from small district hospitals , and they are expected to relieve the perceived overload at existing specialist city hospitals . |
| 3 | They were expected to support the M-19 coalition . |
| 4 | But why would someone who recognised that they were expected to derive the contextual implication that B did n't do the reading go on to produce the utterance in [ 15c ] ? |
| 5 | They were expected to attend the urban celebrations of the great festivals and took part in the pageantry and the festivities . |
| 6 | There was no doubt that they were expected to admire the former and scorn the latter ; anyone misguided enough to get the preference the wrong way round , would be regarded as at best naïve and misguided , and at worst corrupted in sensibility . |
| 7 | They were expected to recognize the national competitive importance of research and institutional efficiency , as formalized by the introduction of new postgraduate degrees ( especially the Ph.D. ) , and by the standardization of their administrative , faculty , and departmental structures . |
| 8 | China 's emissions of carbon dioxide , principally from its burgeoning coal industry , are increasing to the point where it is expected to become the largest single contributor of greenhouse gases within a few decades . |
| 9 | What is he going to say when he discovers that he is expected to transmit the first report from an advisory unit in the history of government to include an account of the Director 's domestic arrangements ? |
| 10 | Privately British officials believe Mr Patten will now have to endure a barrage of criticism from China over the next few weeks , following Prime Minister Li Peng 's report to the 8th National Party Congress next Monday at which he is expected to lambast the colonial administration for trying to subvert China with western-style democracy . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | European observers very often exaggerated his importance , however ; and the fact that he was expected to accompany the grand vizier on campaign in wartime often drastically reduced his influence on negotiations with foreign diplomats in Constantinople . |
| 13 | ( That the government was ready for a strike was a widespread interpretation of its appointment of Ian MacGregor to chair the NCB from September 1983 on ; MacGregor chaired British Steel in 1980–1 , a period encompassing its major dispute , and was believed responsible for the major cuts in job levels ; it was assumed that he was expected to achieve the same in the coal industry . ) |