Example sentences of "[noun pl] can be expected " in BNC.
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| 1 | These communication styles can be expected to induce difficulties in the listener 's ability to focus attention and handle the meaning of what is being said . |
| 2 | Both holders of government stock and dealers in it know that prices fluctuate and that capital losses can be expected as well as capital gains . |
| 3 | Market makers can aim to run only modest positions in any group of similar stocks or they can run large but offsetting positions , i.e. being long on certain stocks and short on others such that capital gains and losses can be expected to cancel each other out . |
| 4 | The council has warned that unless it gets more funding from Central Government , further job losses can be expected next year . |
| 5 | Readers can be expected to spot which of these quotations are forgeries , and they must also have doubted in their time whether this writer was as good as the early tributes made out . |
| 6 | Current attention is being given to lowland agriculture , where greater impacts can be expected on farm output and wildlife . |
| 7 | The great motive power behind information technology is ever-diminishing unit costs , so that the application of computers can be expected to continue to proliferate . |
| 8 | A local Conservative association seeking a candidate will invite applicants , and in a safe Conservative seat , several hundred aspiring candidates can be expected to put their names forward . |
| 9 | Relatives of people living in care homes can be expected to make up the difference between the amount of benefit and the charges actually levied by by the home . |
| 10 | If that was the plan then Wall Street certainly reacted correctly last night and the Group of Seven industrialised nations can be expected to discuss how to take the initiative further at this weekend 's meeting . |
| 11 | Plants grown in different environments can be expected to vary and the biologist 's job is sometimes to identify the environmental change which has caused an observed effect . |
| 12 | The Lions have their best chance of winning a Test in this opening fixture as the All Blacks can be expected to hone their act by the time the Wellington and Auckland Tests come along in the final week of the tour . |
| 13 | Neath ..... 13 Bath ...... 17 WHEN the undisputed club champions of Wales and England collide , sparks can be expected to fly , and Saturday 's game provided the perfect blend of drama , skill and excitement . |
| 14 | Regular forecasts by meteorologists on TV have taken most of the mystery out of isobars these days , so it should be easy to understand how , when the isobar lines are drawn close together , strong winds can be expected . |
| 15 | It seems likely that a similar decline will not be allowed to occur in a period of world food shortages , and continued changes along the present lines can be expected . |
| 16 | There is no way the non-established denominations can be expected to make a comparable contribution , and the Government must therefore take a larger role in providing some mechanism for preserving some of the notable places of worship which , as well as being delightful buildings , are an important testimony to our religious and social history . |
| 17 | It will also have some impact on training commitments required of users , and whether end-users can be expected to use the system independently or whether they will need the assistance of an intermediary . |
| 18 | At any given moment most such bands can be expected to contain no incestuous members . |
| 19 | Notes : Participants can be expected to be in age range 25–55 , and approximately 75 per cent male . |
| 20 | I mentioned earlier that American experience suggests that marketing costs can be expected to equal the actual building costs of the unit , and we ought to regard this as the minimum outlay for planning purposes . |
| 21 | Other things equal , the higher the rate of interest , the more individuals can be expected to economize on cash holdings . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | There are obvious limits to the extra work that families can be expected to absorb and these limits may already have been reached . |
| 24 | Root problems can be expected here . |
| 25 | The dismantling of internal frontiers can be expected to result in major corporate reorganisations in the Community , particularly in the form of concentrations … |
| 26 | In a legend so old , discrepancies in dates can be expected and are of secondary importance . |
| 27 | As a general rule ferrets can be expected to live between five and nine years . |
| 28 | These days , most US chart-toppers can be expected to notch reasonable placings in the UK listings , though there are exceptions . |
| 29 | However , certain features can be expected to be present in any viable theory . |
| 30 | In STV constituencies electing three , four or five members better proportionality than in single-member constituencies can be expected , but it is very unlikely to be accurate proportionality . |