Example sentences of "expect to be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | VECTOR is a specially designed bank account for those customers who expect to be overdrawn regularly ; |
| 2 | Councillors vary tremendously in the extent to which they expect to be involved in day-to-day matters of administration in the authority . |
| 3 | Operational and implementation elements ( for instance , should marketing management expect to be involved in the formulation of detailed advertising copy being undertaken by the company 's advertising agency ? ) |
| 4 | Many mothers of sons never see them to talk to on their own from the day they marry , because their daughters-in-law always expect to be present on every conceivable occasion , and this is something that can build up a very understandable resentment . |
| 5 | Another element that we expect to be present in the ultimate theory is Richard Feynman 's proposal that quantum theory can be formulated as a ‘ sum over histories . ’ |
| 6 | Some children may be prepared to chew on finger foods like toast or biscuits but a lump in a spoonful of food that they expect to be mushy can upset them . |
| 7 | And they rang up , and they said were sending you a list of what we expect to be available in the way of food at Christmas because we always have the same thing . |
| 8 | The pupils are insulted by weakness on the part of those in authority who they expect to be strong and this weakness , once established , provokes more playing up : |
| 9 | you never promise things that , you know , totally before you 've seen the facts , but I expect to be reasonable , certainly . |
| 10 | They expect to be net importers of a variety of items — varying from computers to television programming . |
| 11 | His argument was that they expect to be certain , and therefore interpret any doubt as evidence of unbelief : |
| 12 | IBM and Motorola expect to be producing PowerPCs in the millions starting next year , aiming to capture a 20% market share in 1996 or 30% to 40% of the desktop market . |
| 13 | IBM and Motorola expect to be producing PowerPCs in the millions starting next year , and they intend to capture a 20% market share in 1996 or 30% to 40% of the desktop market . |
| 14 | I wo n't be in record-breaking form for the European Championships , but I expect to be competitive . |
| 15 | We hope an expect to be faithful to each other . |
| 16 | Failure to use these words can lead to a lot of confusion , and provide opportunities for awkward parties to obstruct a reference by questioning the procedure used to arrive at a result which they expect to be unfavourable . |
| 17 | one expect to be comfortable if he is wearing a belt two inches too tight or a pair of shoes two sizes too small ? |
| 18 | If we expect to be ill , the likelihood is that we will be . |
| 19 | Take advantage of any chance for discussion , especially if you are able to give your employer a date in the not too distant future when you realistically expect to be fit enough to resume work . |
| 20 | For £200 , I expect to be able to buy something that 's good-looking and well-designed . |
| 21 | I have placed a request with our technical colleagues for a tape according to your specifications , and expect to be able to send this out to you within the next week or so . |
| 22 | I have placed a request with our technical colleagues for a tape according to your specifications , and expect to be able to send this out to you within the next week or so . |
| 23 | Because most of the closest-fought states are in the Eastern Time zone , American TV networks expect to be able to forecast the final result from 2am on Wednesday . |
| 24 | ‘ Most of our customers are second time buyers who know what they want and expect to be able to just walk in and take it off the shelf like a can of beans , ’ he says . |
| 25 | That bid is at the final stage of its examination and I expect to be able to make an announcement soon . |
| 26 | I expect to be able to report to the House soon the results of the review of the first year of the new European Standing Committees after the Select Committee on Procedure has reported . |
| 27 | Turning now to his own responsibilities , when does the Leader of the House expect to be able to make a statement on expanding the provisions of communication between Members of this House and the institutions of the European Community ? |
| 28 | ‘ Those who have had their homes repossessed expect to be able to get a council house easily , ’ she added . |
| 29 | Boro expect to be unchanged . |
| 30 | Rangers expect to be unchanged . |