Example sentences of "[pron] can [adv] be expected " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I can hardly be expected to have a great deal of time for gardening , ’ she said , ‘ I am forced to pay out money for gardening help . ’ |
| 2 | I can hardly be expected to know that , can I ? |
| 3 | And I can hardly be expected to leave my three-year-old brother here in the care of a strange man . ’ |
| 4 | The skill demanded of a director is that which can reasonably be expected from a person of his knowledge and experience . |
| 5 | The sales cycle refers to the time which can reasonably be expected to pass before an order is concluded . |
| 6 | Whether or not you can reasonably be expected to take a job of a different kind or at a lower rate of pay will depend upon the circumstances . |
| 7 | I know you can hardly be expected to adopt all your expressions erm but you should n't be too technical in you know . |
| 8 | But dumb animals are incapable of considering themselves in this light ; which is not to imply that human beings always do , only that they can normally be expected to if required . |
| 9 | Blimpish or not , they can hardly be expected to do otherwise . |
| 10 | This less generous treatment does not seem unreasonable because it can surely be expected that the sample should be examined . |
| 11 | He can also be expected to make the most of whatever face-savers the mediators feel they can offer him . |
| 12 | Patients sometimes make demands on a therapist which exceed what can reasonably be expected of a therapeutic relationship and which do not appear likely to help solve their problems . |