Example sentences of "expect [prep] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 A first planeload of ANC exiles returned home from Zambia on March 7 , and a further 550 were expected during the ensuing weeks .
2 £80–120,000 ( $150–220,000 ) is expected for a Florentine bronze statuette of the Knife-Grinder after the antique , No.14 from the French Royal Inventory of Louis XIV , and a Netherlandish figure of Venus Marina of the early seventeenth century is expected to sell for a similar figure .
3 However , as shown in Fig. 5 , there is an apparent inhibition of transcription following UV irradiation ( Fig. 5 ; P-P ( u ) and B-P ( u ) ) , as would be expected for a trypanosome gene transcribed by a distant promoter .
4 In a seminar last week at CERN , Rubbia presented five events , or collisions , in which the particles that emerge are consistent with what is expected for a particular mode of decay of the particle .
5 Four months ' observations of QB 1 reveal an orbit that would be expected for a Kuiper-belt object , although there is still considerable uncertainty in the eccentricity .
6 The result is that a distribution of relaxation times is to be expected for a given process and this results in a broadening of the dielectric loss peak .
7 Survival curves were identical for patients who were and were not operated on and were only slightly worse than expected for the general population matched for age .
8 AFTER the fourth and final session of the sale in Amsterdam of porcelain from the Vung Tau , the junk which sank off Vietnam in 1690 , Christie 's announced a sale total of £4,165,667 — more than four times what was expected for the entire cargo .
9 Swales is not at the US Cup , though he is expected for the final match in Detroit against Germany on June 19 .
10 He remains worried that margin benefits expected for the second half will now be pushed out to next year and has slashed his full-year forecast from £27 million to just £15 million , with £25 million pencilled in for 1993-94 .
11 A crowd of over 20,000 is expected for the third game of the Springboks ' four-match visit to England and North officials have begun negotiations with Leeds City Council to use Leeds United 's ground .
12 Over 300 paintings are expected for the open competition and there will also be painting demonstrations , displays by art suppliers as well as an auction of paintings by well-known artists .
13 I 've just sent a cable to the club : list of delegates expected for the next week 's visit — does that sound okay ?
14 They do n't set their own terms about what they expect for a good quality of life , so other people do it for them and we do a bad job of it . ’
15 This was also expected as a learned mechanism did not adhere with either hypothesis .
16 There was a reception at the Italian Embassy ; he was expected as a special guest .
17 A second all-night session was not expected as the line-by-line examination of the measure resumed for the 18th day of its committee stage .
18 The fallacy that secondary impotence is to be expected as the male ages is probably more firmly entrenched in our culture than any other misapprehension .
19 Today the Optimists will be out at Ballyholme , where a good turnout is expected as the European Championship , to be hosted at Newtownabbey Boat Club in August , draws near .
20 America 's faltering recovery continued with a 6.7% rise in housing starts in April over the previous month , lower than had been expected after a first quarter in which housing starts had been curbed by bad weather .
21 Table 11.3 gives a guide to the duration of jet-lag that might be expected after a single journey .
22 With the advent of the Copernican system , the universe , according to Ray , had acquired a new elegance , more in keeping with what might be expected of a divine architect .
23 She had n't wept or clung to him , demanded to know what he felt about her , uttered those naive and sweetly foolish declarations of undying love expected of a young girl whose virginity had just been taken .
24 ‘ Responsibility is accepted in the preparation of this report for the skill and diligence reasonably to be expected of a competent surveyor and valuer but the information it contains is for the confidential information only of the clients for whom it is prepared and of any building society , bank or other lender to whom written application for a mortgage advance has been made or will be made within 28 days after the date of this report .
25 The city has a wealth of things to do and see ; historic monuments , a harbour , and all the amenities expected of a modern city including extensive sports facilities , art galleries , theatres and museums .
26 Patients sometimes make demands on a therapist which exceed what can reasonably be expected of a therapeutic relationship and which do not appear likely to help solve their problems .
27 Maud 's living room was not what might have been expected of a Victorian scholar .
28 According to s31(10) where the question of whether harm suffered by a child is significant turns on his health or development , this must be compared with the standard of health or development which could reasonably be expected of a similar child ( s31(10) ) .
29 Richard Duke of York meanwhile was an excellent dancer — as might be expected of a youthful extrovert with several fun-loving sisters .
30 Thus none of the proposed candidates has the properties expected of a rapid retrograde messenger .
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