Example sentences of "are [adv] expected to be [adj] " in BNC.

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1 As a rule , you are not expected to be technical , and should avoid being drawn into technical conversations .
2 And while you are not expected to be perfect ( who is , ever ? ) you are expected to have something to offer .
3 You should be able to forgive yourself once you realise that you are not expected to be perfect ; indeed , if you were , you would not need to be here at all — your spirit would be continuing its learning process somewhere else .
4 It will include an extension mechanism , and QuickTime , AppleScript and Apple Open Collaboration Environment are being converted for the environment , but are not expected to be ready until the second half of next year .
5 If they fail to win 50 per cent this time , they are not expected to be able to rebuild the alliance .
6 ‘ I 'm sure you know ’ , Miss Honey said , ‘ that children in the bottom class at school are not expected to be able to read or spell or juggle with numbers when they first arrive .
7 It is acceptable to ask them over for a meal they are not expected to be able to manage without a caring woman .
8 Initial implementations are not expected to be 64-bit — that should first appear in the PowerPC 620 chip , expected next year .
9 Kelly and Forrester picked up knocks on Saturday but are both expected to be fit for Battyburn .
10 What is different about a vocational course is that you are also expected to be creative and to produce new ideas , novel applications and improved methods of doing things .
11 In addition to being good teachers able to motivate their students they are also expected to be able to plan and present a scheme of work , write a syllabus with clear aims and objectives .
12 Company profits are now expected to be level this year compared with a near 2 per cent fall last November , but next year 's improvement has been cut from 4.4 per cent to 2.9 per cent .
13 Unfortunately , they have no power over political parties , who are n't expected to be legal , decent , honest or truthful .
14 Whereas women are frequently family breadwinners ( in contrast with women in white South African society ) , they are otherwise expected to be subordinate to men .
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