Example sentences of "are [adv] expected to be " in BNC.

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1 The Dutch are widely expected to be the first to try it .
2 Yes — but you are not expected to be a nurse .
3 And while you are not expected to be perfect ( who is , ever ? ) you are expected to have something to offer .
4 US-based companies will play a major role for the first time , but the Japanese are not expected to be heavily involved .
5 If they fail to win 50 per cent this time , they are not expected to be able to rebuild the alliance .
6 You should be able to forgive yourself once you realise that you are not expected to be perfect ; indeed , if you were , you would not need to be here at all — your spirit would be continuing its learning process somewhere else .
7 Luxury German car-makers such as Mercedes and BMW are not expected to be panicked into price increases .
8 ‘ I 'm sure you know ’ , Miss Honey said , ‘ that children in the bottom class at school are not expected to be able to read or spell or juggle with numbers when they first arrive .
9 Initial implementations are not expected to be 64-bit — that should first appear in the PowerPC 620 chip , expected next year .
10 It will include an extension mechanism , and QuickTime , AppleScript and Apple Open Collaboration Environment are being converted for the environment , but are not expected to be ready until the second half of next year .
11 Women are not expected to be socially subservient to their husbands as was often the case even 50 years ago .
12 Hence staff sample covertly where they can , without gaining access to the discharger 's premises ; or they sample at night or weekends when they are not expected to be at work , and any routine sampling done during the day is never by appointment :
13 It is acceptable to ask them over for a meal they are not expected to be able to manage without a caring woman .
14 The report 's contents are not expected to be damaging to the government .
15 As a rule , you are not expected to be technical , and should avoid being drawn into technical conversations .
16 ‘ The effects of the Chancellor 's Budget are not expected to be felt in the local economy for some time . ’
17 Although Microsoft Corp is currently gorging itself on Intel Corp iAPX-86 platforms with its Windows desktop environment — and Windows NT will follow — there are still expected to be some rich pickings left over for the gaggle of hopefuls which are working on desktop Unix implementations for the architecture , which will soon include the new P5 80586 iteration when it arrives .
18 Calls for consideration of electoral reform and a new form of black representation are both expected to be defeated .
19 Kelly and Forrester picked up knocks on Saturday but are both expected to be fit for Battyburn .
20 What is different about a vocational course is that you are also expected to be creative and to produce new ideas , novel applications and improved methods of doing things .
21 In addition to being good teachers able to motivate their students they are also expected to be able to plan and present a scheme of work , write a syllabus with clear aims and objectives .
22 Versatility is all very well , but we are now expected to be accountants , personnel managers and lawyers as well as dermatologists , psychiatrists , obstetricians and general physicians .
23 Institutions engaged in higher education are now expected to be much more aggressively entrepreneurial , and they are also being invited to help their students to acquire marketing and business skills through the Enterprise in Higher Education Initiative .
24 Company profits are now expected to be level this year compared with a near 2 per cent fall last November , but next year 's improvement has been cut from 4.4 per cent to 2.9 per cent .
25 Unfortunately , they have no power over political parties , who are n't expected to be legal , decent , honest or truthful .
26 The proposals will go before councillors at a private meeting , and are then expected to be given the go-ahead at a full meeting of Strathclyde Region later in the morning .
27 Whereas women are frequently family breadwinners ( in contrast with women in white South African society ) , they are otherwise expected to be subordinate to men .
28 A survey of the Japanese computer market in Nikkei group magazine Nikkei Computer estimates the Japanese domestic computer market at $92,000m : a growth rate of 6% is expected over the new financial year that started on April 1 ; by sector the market grew last fiscal by 18% for Unix systems , compared with 8% for the data services market , 5% for mainframe computers and 3% for small business computers , while personal computers saw negative growth ; Unix machines are expected to grow by 20% this year and personal computers to put on 7% ; mainframes are again expected to be affected by the depressed economic conditions but will still manage 2% growth .
29 They are therefore expected to be within the visual focus when children watch the teacher 's face and lips .
30 You may have problems with work — although many women are entitled to full maternity leave , they are actually expected to be back at work in eight to ten weeks , otherwise they 're regarded as lacking in commitment .
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