Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] can be expected [prep] " in BNC.

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1 It requires the cooperation of every citizen , and no law which unreasonably infringes the freedoms of that citizen can be expected to be effective .
2 Notes : All members of this group can be expected to be aged 60 or more and approximately 66 per cent female .
3 These contrasting strands can be expected to be found within the same minds .
4 It follows that few clues can be expected from the Moon about the development of its surface before about 4000 Ma ago .
5 But to our disgust , and as Nigel mentioned , also that we have seen a demise of factory inspectors , and this is borne out by the fact that figures at the present time show that an average workplace can be expected to be visited once in eleven years .
6 Simply stated , the relative growth rate of an unconstrained plant can be expected to be constant .
7 Toshiba Corp has been showing off the robotics work it is engaged on at its research centre , where it has a number of projects that are or have grown out of government-sponsored projects : it is developing eyes 2mm to 3mm in diameter for a micromachine for use in inspecting pipes in nuclear power stations , and also a software-controlled self-mobile robot for use in space where not all astronauts can be expected to be robot experts .
8 The return on money spent or lent in Eastern Europe can be expected to be better , politically and commercially , than those from similar outflows into the gurgling sink of Latin America and other parts of the South .
9 Thus the thickest potential net pay can be expected to be developed only in the latter situation ( see Figs. 25 and 26 ) .
10 ( 1 ) In a contested bid ( where little co-operation can be expected from the target ) the offeror will require a copy of the register of members of the target for the purposes of analysing key shareholdings .
11 Considerable variability can be expected during spring and from year to year , both because the location of the vortex varies with respect to the observing site , and because of the large horizontal gradient in HNO 3 across the vortex edge .
12 Nevertheless , from both physiological and psychological viewpoints , ageing is regarded as a continuous process so that considerable changes can be expected between 1 8 and 55 years .
13 More flexible pricing can be expected in the future .
14 Does this imply that inferior performance can be expected in these structures ?
15 If so , an equivalent effect can be expected in latent inhibition .
16 Current attention is being given to lowland agriculture , where greater impacts can be expected on farm output and wildlife .
17 However , certain features can be expected to be present in any viable theory .
18 It seems that a similar test might be applicable to international legal incapacity ; where a prior treaty is well-known and public , a third party can be expected to be aware of any limitations upon the capacity of a treaty member to enter into a treaty with itself .
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