Example sentences of "can [adv] be expected " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is a judgment about moral limits and one which reasonable adults can properly be expected to make in a democratic community . |
| 2 | Examples can be found in the research literature on elderly people , where it is reported that those without children tend to form equivalent ties with whichever kin are available , typically a niece or nephew , although there is some doubt about whether such a person can properly be expected to provide such extensive or reliable support as a ‘ real ’ child ( Townsend , 1965 ; Allan , 1983 ; Wenger , 1984 ) . |
| 3 | On the contrary , to emphasise the personal and private nature of moral or immoral conduct is to emphasise the personal and private responsibility of the individual for his own actions , and this is a responsibility which a mature agent can properly be expected to carry for himself without the threat of punishment from the law . |
| 4 | The company was putting a brave face on it yesterday , as can only be expected . |
| 5 | But in Spain the climbing clubs are not properly integrated into the civil protection unit , and their assistance can only be expected at weekends . |
| 6 | As the key range , nine digits , is potentially 10 000 times the address range , 100 000 , even division can only be expected to equal or very marginally improve on perfect randomization . |
| 7 | Yet one must consider that such an undertaking without cost information can only be expected to give a limited explanation because the production yield depends considerably on the geometry of the articles . |
| 8 | Given this reality , a Common Foreign and Security policy can only be expected to reflect the lowest common denominator , the position which least offends . |
| 9 | The model predicts that vulnerability factors can only be expected to be revealed amongst women experiencing major difficulties or who have recently experienced a severe event . |
| 10 | The magnitude of the overt CR will depend on the interaction of these two forms of learning and can thus be expected to diminish as the contribution of the latter increases . |
| 11 | A simple measure of breakage can thus be expected to differentiate these major groups of predator . |
| 12 | That Saints managed to cause an upset with nothing more than direct running and honest endeavour , bodes well for Great Britain , though the Kiwis can not be expected to enter the Test arena in such a generous mood . |
| 13 | ‘ We can not be expected to draft legislation at this stage , ’ he said . |
| 14 | ‘ It is my belief that , without an honest money , Soviet citizens can not be expected to respond to the reforms , as they do not have a meaningful incentive , ’ said Mr Angell . |
| 15 | They can not be expected to consider the inflationary consequences of their commercial activities . |
| 16 | Leadership can not be expected from those quarters . |
| 17 | ‘ The opportunities remain good , but miracles can not be expected overnight , ’ he said . |
| 18 | LRT has warned that passengers can not be expected to finance the group 's entire five-year £3 billion capital spending programme . |
| 19 | Young Whizzquid and his City friends can not be expected to toil on Aunt Agatha 's behalf for nothing , and the spread between offer prices and bid — between what she puts in and what she could take out five minutes later — is around 6% . |
| 20 | You do not know me and so you can not be expected to take anything on trust . |
| 21 | Local staff or voluntary workers can not be expected to have the resources , time or experience to ensure that telecommunications , backdrop , crowd flow , music , lighting and camera positions are available at the right time and in the right way . |
| 22 | For the past 150 years our politicians have been droning on about the need to train the British worker to the level of the German , oblivious to the somewhat obvious fact that we are not Germans so can not be expected to behave like them . |
| 23 | As even the Treasury probably does not have a sufficiently sophisticated model to calculate where exchange rates or interest rates will go , the cleverest entrepreneur can not be expected to give a correct answer . |
| 24 | Quick radical solutions to complex human , social , technical and economic problems in such areas can not be expected , but they can be greatly accelerated by the adoption of appropriate financial , administrative and educational systems . |
| 25 | 17.7 Children can not be expected to learn everything at once . |
| 26 | A simple replicator , whether gene or meme , can not be expected to forgo short-term selfish advantage even if it would really pay it , in the long term , to do so . |
| 27 | Until he is capable of doing this without a rider , he can not be expected to do so when ridden . |
| 28 | He will never lose sight of who his pupils are , what they can and can not be expected to take for granted . |
| 29 | The applicant is required to certify that he has taken nature conservation into account when implementing his scheme , even though the average farmer can not be expected to be capable of assessing such impacts . |
| 30 | They can not be expected to read every piece of intelligence that pours into Whitehall . |