Example sentences of "[pers pn] be [adv] expect [that] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is widely expected that bondholders will then be asked to convert some of their holdings into a new convertible preference share . |
| 2 | It is also expected that IBM may want to shed up to a further 30,000 people from its 300,000-strong pay roll , with undisguised lay-offs clearly on the agenda . |
| 3 | By the end of the 1980s , it was confidently expected that people in the Soviet Union would enjoy a super-abundance of goods and the leisure time to appreciate them . |
| 4 | The club have kept this one very quiet as it was not expected that Hanley , who returned from a summer in Australia with a bad pelvic strain , would come back before the New Year . |
| 5 | But it was never expected that voters would forsake their loyalties in large numbers for an abstract principle . |