Example sentences of "be expected [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Research done in Liverpool — albeit before the Partnerships — ( Nabarro and McDonald , 1978 ) , indicates that the inner areas received less than might be expected considering their total population . |
| 2 | Moody and high-strung though Anne was by nature , the girls ' brief quarrels were no more than might be expected between any siblings . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Thus differences in 18 O/ 16 O ratio may be expected between water and calcite precipitating from it . |
| 5 | The regulatory body OFWAT estimates that increases in charges of up to 86% can be expected between now and 2004 if all national and EC standards are to be met |
| 6 | The second problem is the more general difficulty of defining exactly what relationship should be expected between automaticity and memory . |
| 7 | Here , as in the Netherlands ( van Wijhe et al. 1980 ) , the ‘ gas window ’ may be expected at a depth of 4000–6000 m ( at a geothermal gradient of 32°C/km ) . |
| 8 | As in the Z2 Carbonate , a belt of good porosity might be expected at the edge of the platform where a continuous sequence of oolites is though to be present . |
| 9 | And , as is often the case in the media , literary texts have the habit of not turning out to mean what might be expected at first sight . |
| 10 | Isolation , rejection , dishonour and disrespect might be expected at different times . |
| 11 | But in Spain the climbing clubs are not properly integrated into the civil protection unit , and their assistance can only be expected at weekends . |
| 12 | Speedy success was essential , since records gathered over the previous 80 years showed that at best only three weeks of rain-free weather could be expected at that time of the year . |
| 13 | The original flight planned altitude of 31,000 feet was requested by radio on several occasions and the Oceanic Control Centre indicated that a higher altitude could be expected at 50°W longitude . |
| 14 | Unfortunately , the group did not define fetal distress , and the increased incidence may have been related to the higher rate of meconium staining of the amniotic fluid in spontaneous labours , which is to be expected at a later gestation . |
| 15 | " And Martha 's the same , it 's only to be expected at her age . " |
| 16 | More problematically , open market areas need not be expected at all sites , because temporary stalls or even trestle tables could have been erected in side-streets , as in some modern towns today . |
| 17 | Resigned to being detained for several minutes , Melissa forced herself to be pleasant , making suitable replies to his comments on the weather and agreeing that it was a bit unsettled , that frost was still likely to be a problem but was only to be expected at this time of year . |
| 18 | THE Scottish Football League programme has been badly affected over the last couple of weeks , not only by the injuries which might reasonably be expected at this stage in a crowded season , but , unusually , by a flu virus which has caused havoc in the playing staffs of some of the Premier Division teams . |
| 19 | All that can sensibly be said is that , given everything capitalism had gone through over the previous few years , a collapse of confidence was to be expected at some point . |
| 20 | WARSAW ( Reuter ) — The Polish Finance Minister , Leszek Balcerowicz , offered Poles a harsh dose of economic austerity yesterday , but said no relief from soaring prices and food queues could be expected for at least a year . |
| 21 | For some reason , however , the pachyderms do not fit this picture — both elephants and rhinos exhibit far more complex personalities with much higher intelligence than might be expected for animals with their style of feeding . |
| 22 | That is to say , hymns of praise are sung , especially to mothers , but the tangible rewards which might be expected for work of considerable social significance are not available . |
| 23 | The Easter Triduum is set out as will be expected for celebrating the mystery of salvation . |
| 24 | Even in this strict condition , signers performed better than would be expected for two unrelated spoken languages . |
| 25 | Only in per capita wealth did the town have a slight edge , and then perhaps less decisively than might be expected for so important a centre . |
| 26 | Even for severely ill patients a good long term outlook can be expected for most of those undergoing transplantation ; the overall survival of 70% at a mean of 69 months for those discharged from hospital after such an operation compares favourably with the long term results of cardiac transplantation worldwide . |
| 27 | " Sacrifices could be demanded in the name of democracy which could not be expected for mere patriotism for the social order as it was . " |
| 28 | Four months ' observations of QB 1 reveal an orbit that would be expected for a Kuiper-belt object , although there is still considerable uncertainty in the eccentricity . |
| 29 | can be expected for material that requires study , but for reports your aim must be to make the meaning clear on the first reading . |
| 30 | The percentage of synonyms to be expected for any given case , assuming that record allocation to addresses is entirely random and that synonyms are only stored after all home records , is as follows : |