Example sentences of "be expect from the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | More promising hints about the islands are expected from the Soviet foreign minister , Alexander Bessmertnykh , who was due in Tokyo on March 29th to agree on Mr Gorbachev 's itinerary . |
| 2 | The Conservative Government 's attempts at reviving the private-rented sector have met with very little success though in due course more substantial results are expected from the 1988 Housing Act . |
| 3 | However , they also escaped the severe censure that might have been expected from the high-minded moralists who strutted busily through the Victorian England of his day . |
| 4 | Leonid I. Ponomarev then applied the resonance theory to the case of deuterium — tritium ( ‘ dt ’ ) fusion and discovered that in a complicated molecule where two deuterons and one triton were encircled by two electrons and one muon the theory predicted that the fusion rate leapt enormously relative to what had been expected from the earlier simple theories . |
| 5 | The casualty rate so far was no more than might have been expected from the hazardous nature of the operation , and although he could not , in all honesty , say he was in command of the whole ship , he at least held the strategic upper hand . |
| 6 | The hon. Member for Dagenham ( Mr. Gould ) told us in the briefest and skimpiest of ways — that is to be expected from the new model Labour party — of the Labour party 's pledge to return to a policy of fair rates . |
| 7 | Migration ( Figure 4.5B ) has played the key role in these growth patterns — indeed , to a greater extent than might be expected from the overall rates of population change , because it is also compensating for substantial natural decrease in some of the fastest growing counties , principally those noted as retirement areas like East and West Sussex , the Isle of Wight , Dorset and Devon ( Figure 4.5A ) . |
| 8 | As might be expected from the above , the most extensive changes to be made were in procedures for recording audit work . |
| 9 | As might be expected from the foregoing analysis , an investigation by the DTI Innovation Unit and the Technology Group of the CBI found that innovative ‘ Best Practice ’ companies go to great lengths to generate and capture ideas , from both internal and external sources , with careful attention to the balance of technology push and market pull and the rigorous implementation of screening processes and on-going reviews . |
| 10 | Analysis of the radio waves emitted by the Moon indicate that the thermal conductivity of the outer Moon increases rapidly with depth , just as would be expected from the increasing compaction of a fragmented medium . |
| 11 | She had a pretty shrewd idea that Desmond had only the haziest notion of how much could be expected from the various books , and she had intended to keep it that way . |
| 12 | The provision of a placid monetary environment in which monetary policy was not itself a source of instability was the most that could be expected from the monetary authorities . |
| 13 | Similarly , as observed by Bradford and Burdett ( 1989 ) , larger numbers of children in southern England go through the private education system than would be expected from the social class patterns there . |
| 14 | Normally , little jumble could be expected from the few cottages on the headland , but Alex Mair , anxious to associate the power station with the community , had put up a notice on the staff board and the two tea chests were usually fairly full by the time the October sale came round . |
| 15 | As would be expected from the previous discussion , the main decline in wage-earning employment came in the ( male-dominated ) industrial sector , while the non-industrial wage-earning category , which includes a substantial majority of women , showed a slight increase . |
| 16 | The EEC 's response to the disintegration of Yugoslavia is an equally important indication of what might be expected from the Common Foreign and Security policy . |
| 17 | Notwithstanding the possible ground for distinguishing between the two cases , therefore , there remains a fundamental doubt as to just how much policy innovation can reasonably be expected from the British judiciary especially in such a politically sensitive area as defence policy . |
| 18 | The type of answer to be expected from the Painful Plodder would be as follows : |
| 19 | Similar results were expected from the three polychrome wood statuettes from the twelfth dynasty ( 1938–1759 BC ) of a clothed lady , nude concubine and robed portrait of the scribe Seneb , but only the lady sold , for $430,000 ( est. $200,000–300,000 ) to an American collector . |
| 20 | A new , hard-edged approach is expected from the joint services maxi-yacht , Satquote British Defender , in the second leg to Fremantle , Western Australia . |
| 21 | The learning that is expected from the accompanying ward experience can be made explicit , and here the names of the staff who might act as resource personnel can help the new learner particularly . |
| 22 | A five-year development plan calling for expenditure worth Rs190,000 million ( US$4,400 million ) , of which more than 64 per cent was expected from the private sector , was announced by the government in mid-December . |