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

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1 It is expected that a technical report will be released by the EC next week .
2 It was in any case only to be expected that a serious move by the Community to advance further through a reduction of national sovereignty and freedom to act independently would generate a nationalist opposition .
3 It was expected that a similar equation would govern the proton , the only other supposedly elementary particle known at that time .
4 The annual outpatient workloads were also similar , and , assuming a similar case mix of new patients , it might be expected that a similar volume of inpatient work would be generated .
5 ‘ It might be expected that a substantial proportion of these also involved stolen vehicles , ’ he said .
6 All other Lead Bodies are also progressing well with the development of standards and it is expected that a wide range of new qualifications will be available within the next year or so .
7 It had been expected that a limited corp of staff would remain as a support unit after the last aircraft departs in January .
8 Certain common variables are being developed , and it is expected that a joint publication reviewing pay since 1970 will be produced , as well as a series of publications relating to the various dimensions separately .
9 With the creation of a single European market , it may be expected that a good command of a European Community language and familiarity with the country in which it is spoken will become an increasingly valued asset .
10 It was expected that a UN-supervised referendum to resolve the conflict over the region [ for details and background see pp. 37628-29 ] would be held in early 1991 .
11 Developments in Scotland are also being followed keenly south of the Border , where it is expected that a Scottish Lord Chancellor will introduce family legislation for England and Wales which will follow the example set by his countrymen .
12 OUR man in the stalls writing a preview more in hope than expectation : Last night it was confidently expected that the Fifth Estate 's performance of Scapegoat at the Netherbow Theatre , Edinburgh , would go ahead .
13 By lunchtime it was expected that the sit-down run throughs would be complete and timed to run an optimum length of twenty-four minutes , thirty seconds .
14 In the South Wales region it is expected that the annual quantity required from this source will rise from about 2.8 mt to 3.6 mt over the 20 year period , despite the fact that as a proportion of overall consumption it will fall from 15% to 10% .
15 In the South Wales region it is expected that the annual quantity required from this source will rise from about 2.8 mt to 3.6 mt over the 20 year period , despite the fact that as a proportion of overall consumption it will fall from 15% to 10% .
16 It is expected that the first demonstration will compute the exercise boundary of US options with continuously paid dividends and will be tested using a simulated data feed .
17 It is expected that the new system could be in place in the year 1993–94 .
18 Housing is a basic need and it is therefore to be expected that the lower income groups will pay a higher proportion of their income to meet housing costs than the higher income groups , in spite of the fact that they live in less adequate accommodation .
19 Foreign investment in 1989 rose by almost 76 per cent to 8,600 million ringgits , and it was expected that the upward trend would be maintained for 1990 .
20 It is expected that the appointed person will have an excellent record in applied scientific research coupled with a sound understanding of commercial contract research .
21 Secondly , the number of significant train accidents recorded in 1990 was the lowest on record and it is expected that the final figure for 1991 will show a further decline .
22 However , by November it was expected that the 1990 cereal harvest , an important element in gross domestic product ( GDP ) , would be the best since 1987 .
23 But I would have expected that the whole thing would have to be operated by , somebody who was qualified .
24 It was widely expected that the formal ban on direct trade with the Soviet Union would be lifted in 1990 leaving only mainland China , Albania , Cuba and North Korea on the prohibited list .
25 It was n't purely coincidental that she happened to be carrying the details of previous work experience , for she 'd expected that the secretarial agency might want to see them .
26 When long hair was the trademark of the hippy and the dropout , it is to be expected that an anti-hippy movement should adopt short hair .
27 It was expected that an economic upturn would lead to attempts to repay foreign debts and thus gain Libya access to fresh lines of international credit .
28 We expect that a significant number will choose to continue with both , at least until Standard Grade in S4 .
29 We expect that a considerable number of these were teenagers with occasional/part. time jobs or school leavers picked up by special employment measures .
30 Euro-American society is already suffering from a bad self-esteem problem , and I expect that an uncritical belief in the moral supremacy of nature will make it worse .
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