Example sentences of "be expect [conj] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | To the idealist , the whole world is a manifestation of a rational pattern in the mind of its Creator , and thus it is to be expected that natural forms should reveal a harmony and an underlying unity . |
| 3 | In all experiments on toroidal discharges neutrons have been observed in about the numbers to be expected if thermonuclear reactions were proceeding . |
| 4 | 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 ? |
| 5 | The PBS deputy leader , Bernard Dompok , said that more arrests could be expected as federal leaders were aiming to " create uncertainty " in Sabah . |
| 6 | No precise information about the extent of trade in jet can be expected until different varieties of jet have been more precisely defined . |
| 7 | 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 . ’ |
| 8 | Where unmet need relates to the services of another agency ( for example health or housing ) it is expected that similar steps will be taken to ensure that the shortfall is taken into account in that agency 's planning ( DoH , 1991a , p. 7 ) . |
| 9 | Following the Health and Safety ( Emissions into the Atmosphere ) Regulations 1983 , referred to earlier it is expected that local authorities will take over the responsibility for prosecuting persons for such offences , as Regulation 7 repeals s.78(3) of the 1974 Act which had required proceedings to be instituted by an inspector appointed under s. 19 of the Health and Safety at Work , etc . |
| 10 | The BAAB will encourage all its athletes selected for the Olympic Games to use the Vauxhall Invitation and it is expected that top Americans , already in Europe for the Grand Prix meets in Lausanne on July 8 , Crystal Palace ( July 10 ) and Nice ( July 12 ) , will also head for the North-East . |
| 11 | The French government tried to save money by accrediting the consul-general it sent to Japan in 1858 also as chargé d'affaires ( a device quite often used outside Europe , mainly in minor Latin-American states where it was expected that political relations would be very much subordinate to commercial ones ) . |
| 12 | At the same time it was expected that accompanying memoirs would be published explaining in detail the geology shown on the maps . |