Example sentences of "be expect [verb] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I can not be expected to monitor these statements . |
| 2 | ‘ We ca n't be expected to wait six weeks for another good performance . ’ |
| 3 | The biological resources that just supported small nomadic populations at a neolithic level of culture can not be expected to support larger populations at southern standards of living . |
| 4 | Inspectors previously specialised in particular areas of pollution control will be expected to regulate industrial processes presently outside their experience . |
| 5 | How can people be expected to submit detailed applications when , for a variety of social reasons and through no fault of their own , they do not have the wherewithal , information and literacy to express themselves ? |
| 6 | ‘ It goes yellow if you keep it for too long and I do n't see how anyone can be expected to use fifty tablecloths even in a lifetime — not mucky-looking yellow ones . |
| 7 | If you are called for an interview with a local authority , you would not be expected to answer detailed questions relating to local government law . |
| 8 | At the end of your talk you will be expected to answer any questions which the audience may have to ask . |
| 9 | But while you will usually be expected to remember other pieces you have seen before — and how you analysed them — you should not discuss those other passages in your answer ( unless you are explicitly instructed to , which none of the above questions do ) . |
| 10 | Employers may be expected to allow reasonable opportunities for their employees to engage in public service , but substantial demands for time off may either be refused or constitute a block to career advancement . |
| 11 | Well , he could n't be expected to shed any tears . |
| 12 | Mr Sands said : ‘ While I appreciate that Conservatives ministers need to be vigilant , I do not believe that my staff should be expected to give personal details , which will be kept on police computers , merely to help a political party publicise its election campaign . ’ |
| 13 | He wants us to plan a city in which the inhabitants will be expected to explore new lifestyles , to discover new ways of life appropriate to our time . |
| 14 | It also meant that all political structures , especially the less specialized and differentiated ones found in Third World states , could be expected to perform additional functions to those which were their main raison d'être . |
| 15 | It concentrated upon Clinton 's advocacy of a " new covenant " between the government and the governed whereby the former would provide greater resources while the latter would be expected to shoulder greater responsibilities . |
| 16 | ‘ If nitrate does , indirectly , cause cancer , it will be the long-term average that matters and the effect of any increase in cancer rates would be expected to take many years to become apparent … |
| 17 | job flexibility : will the employee be expected to undertake different duties if required ? |
| 18 | These days , most US chart-toppers can be expected to notch reasonable placings in the UK listings , though there are exceptions . |
| 19 | Deep sea fishing countries such as Japan , Korea and Russia can be expected to oppose such organisations being given legally enforceable powers to control fishing . |
| 20 | Katharine will be expected to make two speeches during her visit , but for now she 's practicing the most important phrase : thank-you for having me . |
| 21 | No legislation could be expected to make ready-money dealings the universal rule . |
| 22 | Aguirre , previously thought of as one of the President 's most loyal officers , described it as " unfair and unjust " and stated that a leader who was incapable of " making a just and proper decision over a simple matter such as appointments can not be expected to make correct decisions about the complex affairs of state " . |
| 23 | Peter Field , the chief Australian negotiator , said that although developing countries in the " Cairns Group " would be expected to make lower cuts in protective import tariffs , their endorsement of the proposals showed that they were " prepared to bite the bullet " . |
| 24 | Finally , CytR would be expected to make identical contacts to the two cAMP-CRP complexes in deoP2 . |
| 25 | One was to acknowledge that GATT 's rules should take account of levels of economic development , and that developing countries henceforward would not invariably be expected to make reciprocal concessions to the rich , developed countries . |
| 26 | Furthermore , graduates can be expected to make fewer demands on the public purse in later life . |
| 27 | The Swedish Prime Minister , Carl Bildt , justly complained that ‘ membership has unspecified potential obligations ’ , and that Sweden thus could not be expected to make binding assurances that she would participate in a common defence policy which has not yet been defined . |
| 28 | The resources needed will not come easily , but tasks defined in partnership can be expected to unlock new stores , not necessarily the most conventional , of energy and material . |
| 29 | What was he doing , acting the liberal again , and in front of country people who could n't be expected to comprehend modern attitudes ? |
| 30 | Without a market for externalities the price system can not be expected to bring marginal costs and marginal benefits of these externalities into line . |