Example sentences of "expected [conj] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The years from 1966 to 1969 saw real GDP growing in excess of 10 per cent annually and , with growth at twice the level of Japan 's competitors , it was confidently expected that the substantial differences in productivity levels between large and small firms would be eroded . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Recently , the Auditing Practices Board ( APB ) suggested in the preface to its Exposure Draft , Going Concern , that ‘ … one year is normally the period during which it is expected that the financial statements can reasonably be relied upon ’ . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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% . |
| 6 | 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% . |
| 7 | There was guarded optimism that all Cambodian factions ( the three NGC elements and the State of Cambodia ( SOC ) regime based in Phnom Penh ) would accept the UN framework , as it was widely expected that the five states would put pressure on the respective factions they supported . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | It is expected that the new system could be in place in the year 1993–94 . |
| 10 | It may also be expected that the two systems will differ in other respects , such as the length of time each operates or the intensity of intervention , with care management being more concentrated and longer-term . |
| 11 | Lexandro had expected that the Imperial Fists ' home-base would be on a world . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | It is expected that the MMC investigators will be particularly interested in the CAA 's air traffic control operations which have been the centre of a long-running controversy involving aircraft ‘ near misses ’ , poor morale among controllers and equipment break-downs . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | It might have been expected that the tribal masks and statuettes that had such a profound effect on Picasso 's painting would have excited him to a new activity in the field of sculpture as they did Derain and , to a certain extent , Matisse . |
| 19 | But I would have expected that the whole thing would have to be operated by , somebody who was qualified . |
| 20 | It is also expected that the Physical Sciences Board will agree to forward to the General Board the name selected by the members of the department . |
| 21 | In West Sussex the English elm ( Ulmus procera ) is nearing extinction and it might be expected that the large numbers of standing dead trees will , at least temporarily , provide large amounts of insect food and sites for hole-nesting species . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | It might be expected that the main means by which teachers would become acquainted with the concept of SSE would be through their own LEA scheme . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | The new model joins the previously-announced 16-port model , although it has an earlier availability date : the company is aiming for late this quarter for the eight-port model , while the 16-port version is not expected until the third quarter . |
| 26 | It is certainly what would be expected if the latent inhibitor functions like a CS- but it could just as easily be a consequence of generalization decrement — adding another stimulus to the excitatory CS might modify the way in which the latter is perceived and thus reduce its ability to evoke the CR . |
| 27 | Increased development funds from the EEC may also be expected if the proposed IDP is accepted . |
| 28 | The hypothesized eastward movement of China towards the Pacific would be expected because the continental lithosphere of Eurasia would provide more resistance to lateral movement than the subduction zones of the western Pacific margin . |
| 29 | This might have been expected since the total amount of reactant gases shown by the equation is four moles whereas only three moles of gaseous product are formed . |
| 30 | When pressed by Jeremy Corbyn ( Labour ) about the department 's perceived shift towards means-testing and away from the universality he replied this was expected as the Labour party was also re-examining its commitment to universality — as John Smith has said ‘ nothing was ruled out and nothing was ruled in ’ . |