Example sentences of "[been] expect [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This comes even when death has been expected for some time , but is even more dramatic when the death is sudden . |
| 2 | The third had been expected for some time . |
| 3 | Perhaps part of the problem is that far too much has been expected of positivist criminology or , alternatively , positivist criminologists have been responsible for fostering too grandiose expectations . |
| 4 | A spokesman for Dowty 's says the work had been expected by Dowty landing gear ; and so it wo n't affect the request for workers to take a pay freeze . |
| 5 | The actual local air traffic will be compared with the level which would have been expected by natural growth as predicted by a successful Federal Aviation Administration model . |
| 6 | Little problem had been expected from that workforce : it was young , unorganized and naive . |
| 7 | Certainly in the matter of military aid , as the working party concluded , the US ( without sending troops ) was in a position to make a unique contribution : but even more positive results might have been expected from economic assistance . |
| 8 | By now he had had confirmation of the news he had been expecting for some time . |
| 9 | ‘ Our information is that Mr Evans left the Club in order to go and see what was delaying the arrival of his wife whom he had been expecting for some time . ’ |