Example sentences of "[adv] [be] expected [prep] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | Previously it had only been expected to be able to offer a 16-way system in its first go-round . |
2 | The relief of strain energy would thus be expected to be proportional to the square of the crack length , or rather depth , and in fact this rough guess is confirmed by calculation . |
3 | The applicant is required to certify that he has taken nature conservation into account when implementing his scheme , even though the average farmer can not be expected to be capable of assessing such impacts . |
4 | At the same time , a vuggy porosity was also created in the lower unit of carbonate mudstones but this was found to have resulted from the dissolution of patches and veins of replacement halite ( Fig. 29b and c ) and as such can not be expected to be present away from the areas where replacement has occurred . |
5 | This combination can not be expected to be homogeneous to start with . |
6 | Second-hand goods can not be expected to be perfect . |
7 | As it stands , the crucial implication of these findings , if they are correct , is that increasing the availability of support for people with adverse living circumstances in an attempt to prevent depression would not be expected to be effective . |
8 | ‘ Everyone agreed this was a rather daft time to conduct the inspection , when staff can not be expected to be enthusiastic . |
9 | ‘ Everyone agreed this was a rather daft time to conduct the inspection , when staff can not be expected to be enthusiastic . |
10 | To this end the purchasing department can usually be expected to be responsible for the following : |
11 | The Germans , defeated , suffering every form of deprivation , were not and could hardly be expected to be enthusiastic about dismantling the only source of their livelihood and handing it over to the hated Russians . |
12 | It came from human tissues , and so could reasonably be expected to be harmless to them , unlike the synthetic antibacterial substances such as arsenicals and flavines which were the best known at the time . |
13 | While the information assembled here facilitates the design and implementation of interventions that might reasonably be expected to be effective , chapter 9 shows that there is little firm evidence to demonstrate such effectiveness in many specific high-risk situations . |
14 | we replied that our only object was to secure a Government on such lines and with such a prospect of stability that it might reasonably be expected to be capable of carrying on the war ; that in our opinion his Government , weakened by the resignations of Lloyd George and Bonar Law and by all that had gone on during the past weeks , offered no such prospect and we answered the question therefore with a perfectly definite negative . |
15 | By the nature of your job , you may reasonably be expected to be aware of the standards that are required . |
16 | But when you first started when you 're not quite sure what 's happening you ca n't be expected to be perfect the first time you have a go at something can you . |