Example sentences of "be expected [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Showers are expected over the whole country — but the south-east may get a dry spell on Saturday and Sunday . |
| 2 | Over 300 paintings are expected for the open competition and there will also be painting demonstrations , displays by art suppliers as well as an auction of paintings by well-known artists . |
| 3 | MacGillivrays from Australia and America are expected at the five-day shindig , to include treks , lectures and whisky swilling . |
| 4 | Hundreds of chief executive officers and senior Unix executives from all the Unix licensees and significant end-user sites are expected at the invitation-only affair . |
| 5 | Up to 10,000 are expected at the 12-hour party scheduled to begin at 8pm tomorrow on a private estate . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | As many as 800 Irish supporters are expected in the Albanian capital Tirana for the match , despite advice from the Football Association of Ireland not to make the trip because of lack of facilities there . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Over this time , 0.022 melanomas would have been expected in the local population . |
| 12 | That his choice is contrary to what is to be expected of the vast majority of adults is only relevant if there are other reasons for doubting his capacity to decide . |
| 13 | In these awards there are elements of Buggins 's Turn and resurrection , but what else could be expected of the merry band of superannuated politicians commanded to commend the necessary artists ? |
| 14 | It also pointed to an important development that can and should be expected of the classical perspective : the assertion of the relativity and selectivity of criminal definitions and their application . |
| 15 | The fallacy that secondary impotence is to be expected as the male ages is probably more firmly entrenched in our culture than any other misapprehension . |
| 16 | On the following day , the day of their return ( only they were not to be expected until the late evening ) Franca , who was so used to being by herself , was unable to perform any ordinary activity . |
| 17 | For instance , classifying an event as a ‘ riot ’ or as ‘ vandalism ’ may call forth different typical explanations for the event , and differences may be expected in the typical people involved in such activity , the typical consequences and the relevant steps necessary to prevent such behaviour . |
| 18 | If this is the case in Australia what kind of controls can be expected in the impoverished Philippines ? |
| 19 | On the industry budget , regional selective assistance , which is led by demand on the part of applicants for assistance , is expected to be down next year , which is only to be expected in the present economic circumstances . |
| 20 | He was fortunate to have been accepted as a member of the new customs syndicate in 1667 before Clarendon 's fall deprived him of his patron ; but the lease was cancelled four years later , when the farmers sought guarantees against the heavy defalcations to be expected in the imminent Dutch war . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 ) . |
| 23 | As might be expected from the above , the most extensive changes to be made were in procedures for recording audit work . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | 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 . |