Example sentences of "[vb mod] [be] expected [prep] " in BNC.

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1 The second problem is the more general difficulty of defining exactly what relationship should be expected between automaticity and memory .
2 Especially in accounts of how one sibling became the main carer for a parent , there is a sense of people guarding their own position , lest too much should be expected of them .
3 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 .
4 The plan itself does serve as a binding mechanism to reduce ambiguity , but not too much should be expected of it .
5 PW rejects the suggestion that the auditors should be expected to under-write the company against any
6 Thus most people dying of asthma should be expected to be old .
7 Considering that σ A -RNA polymerase can also form stable open complexes at some promoters , it seems that no general rule can be easily established , and that the characteristics of the different complexes should be expected to be a particular feature of each promoter .
8 It is true to say that the ‘ reforms ’ have been taking place along several different tracks at the same time , and it would be simplistic to suppose that the single element called ‘ case management ’ could or should be expected to ‘ make the difference ’ in isolation from other aspects of the reforms .
9 It was held that the car was merchantable because some defects and some ordinary wear and tear should be expected with a second-hand motor car .
10 Despite the slowdown in emigration during 1991 Voice of Israel radio reported on Dec. 10 that Uri Gordon , director of the Jewish Agency , had predicted that 400,000 Soviet immigrants should be expected in 1992. to Egypt
11 As the demand for western goods dwindles in Asia , a fair return should be expected from those foreign products which are in high demand , i.e. western books .
12 It is important to note that the Act does not require all landowners to fence against the highway : in moorland areas of Wales and the north of England this would be an intolerable burden and in such areas a motorist must be expected to be on the look out for straying livestock .
13 Deviation from such norms and mores will not only result in a social storm around both the adult and child concerned but may interfere with the child 's normal development according to normal modes of life and upbringing — in other words may affect libidinal development as this must be expected in our culture .
14 He complained , not at length : ‘ This was the first time , and except one , the last , that I found any reason to complain of a Scotish [ sic ] table , and such disappointments , I suppose , must be expected in every country , where there is no great frequence of travellers . ’
15 Moody and high-strung though Anne was by nature , the girls ' brief quarrels were no more than might be expected between any siblings .
16 The result of all this politics — and Ramsey 's sense that he might be reading the wrong subject , because his interests were now more modern than ancient — meant that his classics did not go as might be expected of someone who won a scholarship .
17 And standing on the resting birds are massive caryatids — each one as grim and unsmiling as might be expected of a lady who is balancing an arch on her head .
18 That money was invested as might be expected of the Tysons .
19 Walter Henry , as might be expected of a man of his background , calling and intellect , was much concerned with the well-being of his people and campaigned actively on their behalf .
20 Richard Duke of York meanwhile was an excellent dancer — as might be expected of a youthful extrovert with several fun-loving sisters .
21 All systems based on the ideal of equality break down in action : that is a point that might be expected of Waugh , but it is Orwell who makes it the more forcefully : ‘ Some animals are more equal than others ’ , as the pigs decree in Animal Farm , symbolising the easy self-justifications of Leninists in taking and keeping power .
22 With the advent of the Copernican system , the universe , according to Ray , had acquired a new elegance , more in keeping with what might be expected of a divine architect .
23 It heralded a flood of Italian imitation such as might be expected of a period when English culture was particularly fascinated by everything Italian .
24 The justifiability rule has yet to receive widespread judicial consideration in the context of education , but it might be expected to be applied more strictly .
25 In short , he is all that a medieval paladin might be expected to be .
26 The greatest effect of social mobility might be expected to be in the middle of the range , perhaps when fathers move from manual to non-manual jobs , for example .
27 From a different perspective such repeated defects of urban policy might be expected to be overcome through local community involvement , yet again the three contributions here demonstrate a complexity which belies naive aspirations .
28 On this theory some potencies would contain more shape-specific molecules than others and some would contain longer chain polymers than others , so some potencies might be expected to be more efficacious than others in treatment .
29 One might interpret this in relation to stronger group orientation , as expected of those who are field-dependent , nevertheless the task might be expected to be easier for those who are more used to visual processing .
30 Class bias might be expected to be less in the US , where tertiary education is less restricted and social class is often claimed to be less important .
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