Example sentences of "be expected of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Quite correctly , the ACS insists that such contractors produce the same standards of catering that are expected of the ACC . |
| 2 | Great things are expected of Meeting the Dawn by Hishida Shunso ( est £130,000 ) . |
| 3 | Different rates of use are expected of ‘ serious , and ‘ recreational ’ fiction — and within these groupings certain types of works ( e.g. Bulgarian novels in translation ) must be expected to issue less frequently than others ( e.g. novels by Graham Greene ) . |
| 4 | No monastic or holy order within the Christian tradition demands greater dedication and discipline , and the basic requirements of a satyāgrahi correspond to the vows of poverty , chastity and obedience , that are expected of certain Christian orders of monks and priests . |
| 5 | Good things are expected of south eastern electricity business SEEBOARD , which saw a change of top management earlier in the year . |
| 6 | ‘ The highest standards of personal morality are expected of bishops , clergy and all Christians who have personal responsibility for others . |
| 7 | That is , we must also feel that the immediate personal sacrifices that are expected of us are just and fair , if we are to comply . |
| 8 | The handbook , however , that is recommended for potential writers , You Can Write a Romance and Get it Published , breezily enjoins its readers to ‘ Remember that these are formula books tried and proved to be successful ’ and proceeds to outline the characterizations and plotting that are expected of the successful romance . |
| 9 | Norms , in this context , are common standards of social and work behaviour which are expected of individuals in the group . |
| 10 | So you know , get say people from this country and America doing it , and they would come out different say to people from Japan , because their culture is different and certain different things are expected of them . |
| 11 | The underlying problem was , perhaps , that too much had been expected of the Queen . |
| 12 | He played Bobby Dupea with explosive sensitivity , as a promising musician who rejects a career to become an oil-rigger ; a rebel who , like Nicholson himself , had the chance of taking a particular course in life which would have provided him with comfort and stability , but chose a different route to that which might have been expected of him . |
| 13 | Maud 's living room was not what might have been expected of a Victorian scholar . |
| 14 | Paul had done less well than had been expected of him at Balliol , not through his own fault . |
| 15 | Paul Hale 's devotion to duty went beyond what could have been expected of anyone , said Mr Justice Otton . |
| 16 | Perhaps part of the problem is that far too much has been expected of positivist criminology or , alternatively , positivist criminologists have been responsible for fostering too grandiose expectations . |
| 17 | Never has so much been expected of general medical practitioners and practice staff ; general practitioners are being pressed to do audit , participate in commissioning , become fundholders , do research , improve consumer responsiveness , and develop new skills in the transfer of services from secondary to primary care and development of community care . |
| 18 | But the Gospels themselves confirm that Jesus and his entourage , in keeping with what would have been expected of the Messiah , were militant nationalists who did not shrink from violence . |
| 19 | If she does not , they will have the consolation of knowing that they did all and more than could have been expected of those unfamiliar with the assistance which the court can give in such situations . |
| 20 | But in view of the difficulties , more would have been expected of the occasion : more in time — an extra day perhaps — and more in emotional commitment . |
| 21 | Perhaps too much has been expected of it : education policy is too weak an instrument for counteracting the great weight of inequality in British society . |
| 22 | ‘ As his stepmother , would n't it have been expected of you ? ’ |
| 23 | We had next to none when I was at drama school and young actors need to know more about what will be expected of them on film sets and television studios . |
| 24 | I thought it would be expected of me . |
| 25 | ‘ But we can not do anything until we know what will be expected of football clubs in the future in terms of all-seater grounds or any other issues . |
| 26 | Had they managed this comfortably , without laying claim to the truth , more could be expected of them . |
| 27 | The result of all this politics — and Ramsey 's sense that he might be reading the wrong subject , because his interests were now more modern than ancient — meant that his classics did not go as might be expected of someone who won a scholarship . |
| 28 | And standing on the resting birds are massive caryatids — each one as grim and unsmiling as might be expected of a lady who is balancing an arch on her head . |
| 29 | That money was invested as might be expected of the Tysons . |
| 30 | ‘ But in the Government 's view the Department 's handling of the case was within the acceptable range of standards reasonably to be expected of a regulator . ’ |