Example sentences of "[vb mod] [be] expect [conj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the light of certain of the clinical evidence it might be expected that one factor influencing the direction or degree of perceptual asymmetry obtained in laboratory experiments among left handers would be their degree of sinistrality . |
| 2 | If the key processes are biochemical , then it might be expected that each memory will have its specific representation in terms of the synthesis of unique proteins or other molecules . |
| 3 | It might be expected that subsequent cohorts of elderly people will be more likely to have children , and be survived by them , but other social and economic trends may reduce their ability and willingness to assume caring responsibilities for aged parents . |
| 4 | If bile reflux is important aetiological factor in gastric carcinogenesis in this situation , it might be expected that gastric mucosal DNA should also show evidence of bile related adduction . |
| 5 | Or , conversely , is there positive clumping of particular cone types , as might be expected if local patches of cones were descended from a single precursor cell ? |
| 6 | This would suggest that a spontaneous decline in the incidence of attempted suicide might be expected as greater numbers of people come into personal contact with someone who has attempted suicide and public attitudes towards attempters become more negative . |
| 7 | Given this shorter period of experimentation with other drugs prior to heroin use , it could be expected that these informants would have exhibited less variety in their pre-heroin polydrug use . |
| 8 | For example , in paragraph 2.19 it states ’ HMI was concerned to hear , repeatedly , from police officers that they were having to concede more and more ground to the hooligans in the street , as no police back-up could be expected when scanty resources were deployed to incidents . ’ |
| 9 | Each phase should share their knowledge and experience of the following : — approaches and methods used with pupils ; — the range and nature of materials used ; — the subject content covered ; — the outcome of pupils ' work ( e.g. particular levels of attainment that could be expected or anticipated ) . |
| 10 | The PBS deputy leader , Bernard Dompok , said that more arrests could be expected as federal leaders were aiming to " create uncertainty " in Sabah . |
| 11 | If a self-citation ( see 5.4 ) was , in the majority of cases , the first citation , it would be expected that these two values would be identical , because the first citation of the thesis would be in the author 's first related published paper . |
| 12 | The administration of additional inspired oxygen seemed to be of benefit ; in 15 patients with baseline hypoxaemia this would be expected as episodic desaturation has been reported to be more severe if baseline hypoxaemia is present . |
| 13 | To return to the main point : we introduced surface dyslexia as the pattern of acquired dyslexia which would be expected if neurological damage had affected the lexical procedure for reading aloud and spared the non-lexical procedure . |
| 14 | Moreover , there is little seismic evidence for the intermediate and deep earthquakes below the Himalayas that would be expected if active subduction is , in fact , occurring . |
| 15 | An upper jaw from Samburu Hills appears to have gorilla-like morphology of its teeth combined with thick enamel , which is very much what would be expected if thick enamel is identified as an ancestral hominine character . |
| 16 | But though the relationship , when satisfactory , is relatively straightforward and works as would be expected when any large organization is taken over by a new and competent managing director , there are other cases where problems can arise . |
| 17 | It can be expected that some rabbits confined in short burrows will begin to bolt quite quickly , at times almost instantly . |
| 18 | No precise information about the extent of trade in jet can be expected until different varieties of jet have been more precisely defined . |