Example sentences of "be expect [verb] a number " in BNC.
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| 1 | France are the only member of the Five Nations to accept an invitation , although it can be expected to see a number of England 's high-order in the Barbarians side and Irish charm amongst the Irish Wolfhounds . |
| 2 | Once expected by the end of last year , and the subject of technology demonstrations earlier this year , the exact scope of CICS/6000 is still not clear , but it is expected to include a number of technology elements from other vendors , including MicroFocus Cobol , parts of the Open Software Foundation 's Distributed Computing Environment ( DCE ) technology , and Transarc Corp 's Encina transaction processing software , developed with IBM 's backing . |
| 3 | The SFO is expected to take a number of weeks to decide on whether to mount further investigations with a view to taking action against individuals and organisations . |
| 4 | The high costs placed on the licensee to retune millions of domestic VCRs and satellite receivers , plus a 30 per cent original programming starting base , is expected to deter a number of bidders . |
| 5 | Because of the complexity of the balance of forces represented in the new parliament , the formation of a government was expected to take a number of weeks . |