Example sentences of "[Wh det] [be] expect [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 31 | ( 5 ) It will be helpful if the announcement of the offer can coincide with positive public relations coverage for the offeror. ( 6 ) Ideally , a bid should not be announced at a time when it will have a reduced impact ( eg on a day which is expected to be dominated by other major financial news or company announcements ) . |
| 32 | Derbyshire 's Devon Malcolm is favourite for a recall on a Lord 's wicket which is expected to be quicker and bouncier than Old Trafford . |
| 33 | The ANC argued that the decision should be left to the constituent assembly itself , which is expected to be elected by the middle of next year by universal franchise . |
| 34 | He began digging for the pipe , which was expected to be about half a metre down . |
| 35 | Discussions were in progress for a mandatory EC-wide system of minimum technical standards for motor vehicles , which was expected to be in place by mid-1990 . |
| 36 | According to the Bush administration , the war was estimated to have cost about $50,000 million , most of which was expected to be offset by contributions of $36,000 million made recently by Japan , Saudi Arabia and Kuwait . |
| 37 | The government 's latest autonomy offer , which was expected to be endorsed by Barzani — the DPK leader — before the next round of negotiations , was made to a delegation of Kurdish leaders including Talabani , Nechirvan Barzani ( a nephew of Masoud Barzani and a leading DPK member ) , Sami Abdul-Rahman of the Kurdistan People 's Democratic Party ( KPDP ) and Rasoul Marmand of the Socialist Party of Kurdistan ( SPK ) , during six days of secret talks . |
| 38 | It set out a timetable for major political changes , starting with the signing of the new Union Treaty , which was expected to be ready within three months . |
| 39 | The committee was to submit its proposals to a 260-member consultative assembly responsible for drafting by the end of the year the new constitution which was expected to be presented for approval in a national referendum . |
| 40 | On July 13 the South Korean National Assembly unanimously passed a bill which accepted the UN Charter and thereby opened the way for a South Korean application for membership , which was expected to be filed on Aug. 5 . |
| 41 | Full enactment of the emergency package required a supplementary budget which was expected to be submitted to the Diet in October or November 1992 . |
| 42 | On Nov. 27 President José Eduardo dos Santos announced the appointment of Marcolino Moco , secretary-general of the MPLA-PT , as Prime Minister to head a transitional government which was expected to be named on Dec. 1 . |
| 43 | OIL prices remained firm yesterday after the latest flurry caused by Middle East tension and the start of what is expected to be a new round of petrol price rises . |
| 44 | The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission will soon publish what is expected to be a definitive assessment of generator problems . |
| 45 | 3. incongruity between what is expected to be and what actually is , or a situation or result showing such incongruity . |
| 46 | IN exactly 12 months time Dublin will stage the International Golden Oldies festival when 6,000 of the seer and mellow generation will furnish teams for what is expected to be the biggest celebration yet . |
| 47 | The cost is calculated with the benefit of advice from independent actuaries at what is expected to be a reasonably stable proportion of pensionable pay . |
| 48 | Due to injury the brothers will be unavailable to participate in what is expected to be the largest inland dinghy championship in Ireland for several years — the Heineken GP14 Inland Championship at Lough Erne . |
| 49 | And national guidance does contain some fairly specific indicators of what is expected to be structure plans . |
| 50 | INJURY-hit Derry City will receive little sympathy from high-flying Shelbourne at Tolka Park tomorrow afternoon in what is expected to be a severe test for the Brandywell side ( kick-off 3.30pm ) . |
| 51 | Next Thursday , home to what is expected to be a strong Sheffield Wednesday Reserve side . |
| 52 | The latest CBI distributive trades survey , published today , underlined what is expected to be confirmed in tomorrow 's retail sales figures for January , namely that there was quite a good bounce-back from the unexpected fall in December . |
| 53 | Simpsons ' directors yesterday recommended that shareholders accept Baldwin 's offer in what is expected to be the conclusion of a bitter struggle for control of the group . |
| 54 | It was generally believed that they were proposing to seek an electoral pact with the Conservatives , so as to ensure that they would hold their seats against what was expected to be a Conservative landslide at the next general election . |
| 55 | By chance a list of dresses taken by Mme Moulton to Compiègne has survived and it gives a very good idea of what was expected to be worn . |
| 56 | The intensity of reaction is normally very much less in these cases than after a severe loss such as bereavement but , even so , people can be surprised by their lethargy , sadness , even depression and bursts of irritation , which disturb what was expected to be so happy . |
| 57 | There had been some 400,000 arrivals since the 1988 elections ( including 240,000 from the former Soviet Union ) , and 240,000 of them were eligible to vote , which was seen as possibly a decisive factor in what was expected to be a close electoral contest . |
| 58 | One report described observers in Baghdad as surprised that what was expected to be Iran 's final offensive , taking in the Shatt island of Bovarian , began as a frontal assault against earthworks and water barriers east of Basrah where Iraq 's defences were at their most formidable . |
| 59 | Based in Zagreb , he succeeds Sir Donald Acheson , who went there in July last year on what was expected to be a two or three month assignment . |