Example sentences of "be expect [to-vb] [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 I can not be expected to monitor these statements .
2 At the end of your talk you will be expected to answer any questions which the audience may have to ask .
3 Well , he could n't be expected to shed any tears .
4 ‘ 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 …
5 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 .
6 Furthermore , graduates can be expected to make fewer demands on the public purse in later life .
7 The court accepted that the minister would not be expected to hear such representations as if he were a judge .
8 A national industrial relations system formulated with labour organisations which are an adjunct to a successful nationalist movement , which has secured independence , may be expected to show some characteristics different from [ one ] in which national independence antedated the union movements or in which the union movements played a minor role in the nationalist movement .
9 A local authority would be expected to offer these services before seeking an order unless it had clear evidence that the parents would be unwilling or incapable of making use of them .
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