Example sentences of "be expect [prep] [det] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 No results , however , are expected for some time ; and in any case , Whitehall expenditure reviews are notorious for failing to deliver anything of significance .
2 Some liquid bowel movements are expected after many types of intestinal perfusion studies and in most of the subjects in this study liquid bowel movements had stopped after 24 hours .
3 Antineutrons are expected by some particle physicists , who believe on theoretical grounds that neutrons could change into antineutrons on their way from the Sun to the Earth .
4 This is an area where rapid and big gains are expected in several fields : diagnosing by cheap and standard reagents based upon immunological methods ( eg monoclonal antibodies ) for viral and malignant diseases ; new methods of vaccine production ; the production of genetically engineered organisms to produce human hormones and interferon .
5 Several aspects of the reshuffle , which had been expected for several weeks , were attacked by opposition groups who demanded greater reductions .
6 This comes even when death has been expected for some time , but is even more dramatic when the death is sudden .
7 The third had been expected for some time .
8 Little problem had been expected from that workforce : it was young , unorganized and naive .
9 Both of the hypertonic ORS contained higher glucose concentrations and higher water obsorption might have been expected from these solutions because of a greater stimulatory effect on active glucose transport .
10 All we are expecting at this stage is modest growth in this half year .
11 By now he had had confirmation of the news he had been expecting for some time .
12 ‘ 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 . ’
13 Moody and high-strung though Anne was by nature , the girls ' brief quarrels were no more than might be expected between any siblings .
14 Speedy success was essential , since records gathered over the previous 80 years showed that at best only three weeks of rain-free weather could be expected at that time of the year .
15 More problematically , open market areas need not be expected at all sites , because temporary stalls or even trestle tables could have been erected in side-streets , as in some modern towns today .
16 THE Scottish Football League programme has been badly affected over the last couple of weeks , not only by the injuries which might reasonably be expected at this stage in a crowded season , but , unusually , by a flu virus which has caused havoc in the playing staffs of some of the Premier Division teams .
17 Resigned to being detained for several minutes , Melissa forced herself to be pleasant , making suitable replies to his comments on the weather and agreeing that it was a bit unsettled , that frost was still likely to be a problem but was only to be expected at this time of year .
18 All that can sensibly be said is that , given everything capitalism had gone through over the previous few years , a collapse of confidence was to be expected at some point .
19 Accountants might therefore pay more attention to indicating the types of profiles to be expected for each category of SBU ; clearly , unthinking comparisons between them with respect to their financial performance should be avoided .
20 Some are further ahead than others , but what will probably be expected of most authorities is some sort of erm perhaps a handbook or certainly some advice to parents about the implications of the new Act .
21 ‘ You did all that could be expected of any man , ’ said the abbot firmly .
22 Now , this is , to some extent this is perhaps to be expected of any group which is erm which runs the risk of being persecuted and then , they will be
23 As can be seen , the abeam position came later , as would be expected with that wind .
24 Sharing a common modality may be enough to produce generalization decrement and thus , according to the account presented above , an overshadowing effect might be expected with these stimuli .
25 ‘ This is only to be expected with more people taking advantage of the good weather to get out and about in the countryside .
26 Spreads may be expected by some traders , such as those who have views on subsequent movements in relative spot and futures prices but not price levels , to have a superior risk-return performance to single positions in futures .
27 The growing divide between rich and poor might be expected in those bastions of the New Right , Thatcher 's Britain and Reagan 's US — but Australia ?
28 Does this imply that inferior performance can be expected in these structures ?
29 No information is available about the potential net pay ( i.e. the thickness of rock capable of producing hydrocarbons ) that could be expected in these sediments .
30 If this treatment changes the fundamental disease process , a prolonged period of remission might be expected in these patients .
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