Example sentences of "be expect [to-vb] [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But as anarchy increases , so we will be expected to use that influence . |
| 2 | On the other hand , the group of verbs which occur with predicate qualifiers will be expected to exhibit some degree of compatibility with the noun phrase element of the structure which they govern , although this does not imply that they have to make exactly the same sort of sense when they occur with that phrase alone as they do when the adjective is present , for the very reason that the adjective provides the syntactic-semantic condition under which the relation between the verb and its object holds ; compare leave the items and leave the items date-stamped . |
| 3 | Market makers can aim to run only modest positions in any group of similar stocks or they can run large but offsetting positions , i.e. being long on certain stocks and short on others such that capital gains and losses can be expected to cancel each other out . |
| 4 | Patients refused admission can not be expected to take much comfort from this explanation of their plight . |
| 5 | Trade has been stimulated by the process of detente , and the moves towards ‘ democratisation ’ of the Eastern Bloc can be expected to continue this process . |
| 6 | Note that since the CRE sequence exhibits inversion symmetry , the conformation of the dodecamer would also be expected to respect this symmetry . |
| 7 | An acceptable formula will probably be expected to make each school 's ‘ budget share ’ depend mainly on the numbers of pupils in the school , but also to take into account such factors as the ages of the children , the subjects they are studying , and the numbers with special needs ; and also perhaps the levels of social advantage and disadvantage in the community the school serves . |
| 8 | However , the builder may be expected to make some contribution towards travelling time and costs where he has failed to obtain suitable sub-contract labour within the vicinity of the site and a subcontractor is requested to travel an excessive distance . |
| 9 | To be expected to relinquish this power , and give up some of the spoils to the likes of SARU , who had been at the forefront in demanding the non-participation of the Springboks in international competition since it was ‘ impossible to play normal sport in an abnormal society ’ , must , understandably , be a difficult to swallow . |
| 10 | You will be expected to keep this knowledge up to date , to make the time to look at studio representatives ' portfolios of illustrators , story board artists or photographers . |
| 11 | He argued that , on the one hand , reproduction is mainly practised by peasants and others of low rank , who could hardly be expected to show much interest in whether they produced male or female children . |
| 12 | However , you would be expected to show some knowledge of , and interest in the affairs of the authority in question and of the issues affecting local government generally . |
| 13 | On the other hand , ’ the flat menace in his voice silenced her indignant denial before it could be voiced , ‘ a woman in her twenties might reasonably be expected to show more intelligence . |
| 14 | GPs with their own budgets and District Health Authorities will be expected to place either block contracts for a defined range of services , or cost and volume contracts , for a certain number of cases , for most services . |
| 15 | Certainly , the habituation process described in Chapter 2 will be engaged during the first stage of a latent inhibition experiment and might be expected to play some part in determining the outcome . |
| 16 | Few could be expected to assume that eccentricity . |
| 17 | Consequently , the master or captain of the tanker or dry bulk shipment vessel may reasonably be expected to sign each bill . |
| 18 | A girl brought up in a convent with the whole town knowing her circumstances could not be expected to feel any warmth towards the people who lived in splendour over in Westlands . |
| 19 | Whether the risk is one against which the occupier may reasonably be expected to offer some protection will depend upon factors which are more usually taken into account when assessing the standard of care , e.g. the nature and extent of the risk , practicability of precautions and , possibly , the type of entrant . |
| 20 | Scotland ‘ A ’ are also supposed to be meeting Italy on Saturday , 19th December 1992 , in Aberdeen , but one wonders how the Italians will be expected to approach this fixture . |
| 21 | Later on in life those same children may be expected to regard that Bible with such reverence , that the placing of a hand on a copy of it automatically makes their obligation to tell the truth more compelling . |
| 22 | As in Article 85 an illustrative list of prohibited practices is to be published , which will include such specific practices as price fixing or any other practices which may be expected to have that effect . |
| 23 | Everyone pretended to ignore the reaction of the surveyors to the fact that the senior administrative member of Rostov 's staff was a member of a race which could be expected to have little respect for the Imperial establishment . |
| 24 | As a result she was present at the important council meetings at the end of the year and it would be surprising if her voice was not heard in the discussions about the future of Aquitaine — all the more so since she could be expected to have some influence over her children , and particularly over Richard . |
| 25 | The second was that the son ‘ could be expected to have some influence over his elderly parents , and that is something of which the plaintiffs … should have been aware . ’ |
| 26 | It could be argued that the requirement of regularity is unduly restrictive and reflects the rationale of the Trade Descriptions Act 1968 , namely , the additional duties imposed on suppliers should only fall on those who can , because of the regularity of their dealings , be expected to have some competence in relation to the goods supplied . |
| 27 | This module would , Minsky suggests , alone have access to the model ( again possibly false , of course ) of how it itself related to all the other , lower , modules , and it might be expected to have some property of the type we refer to as consciousness or self-consciousness . |
| 28 | Candidates will normally be expected to have some postgraduate or teaching experience , although training will be provided by the University 's Centre for Teaching , Learning and Assessment . |
| 29 | A counter-notice which must be served within 21 days after service of the Notice , should only be given where it is required that the party whose statement it is sought to admit , should be called as a witness , but there are witnesses who can not , or should not be called , that is if dead , beyond the seas , or unfit to attend , or who can not after reasonable diligence be identified , or can not reasonably be expected to have any recollection ; consequently in respect of all those persons , the opposing party is not entitled to serve a counter-notice requiring such person to be called unless he can contend that the person can , or should be called . |
| 30 | There are five specific reasons for not calling a witness given in r25 — namely , that the witness is dead or beyond the seas or unfit by reason of bodily or mental condition to attend as a witness or that , despite the exercise of reasonable diligence , it has not been possible to identify or find him or that he can not reasonably be expected to have any recollection of matters relevant to the accuracy or otherwise of the statement . |