Example sentences of "[modal v] [be] expected to be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus most people dying of asthma should be expected to be old . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | My objection was not to discussion of the subject , but to the refusal of those who might be expected to be clear and able spokesmen of the Church to commit themselves to a firm position on right and wrong . |
| 4 | Meetings therefore always took place at five-thirty in the evening , a time when a politician , a lawyer or a captain of industry might be expected to be able to get away from his office for an important private occasion . |
| 5 | The motivation for the project was : staff recognition of a need to evaluate whether children made any real progress in their written work between 1st year infants and 4th year juniors ; whether too much was expected too soon , and whether it is possible to decide an age when the average child could be expected to be competent in certain skills ; whether the language curriculum throughout the school was sufficiently broad in terms of coverage or whether there was unnecessary duplication ; whether the most able children were being stretched enough ; whether there was any justification for ‘ setting ’ across classes for certain kinds of work ; whether pooling teacher energy and resources on a common topic increased intra-staff awareness and co-operation , and co-operation and interest among children from different classes ; and finally , whether whole-school topic work appeared sufficiently worthwhile in terms of children 's learning experiences to warrant repetition at some future date . |
| 6 | " But is it really likely , sir , that the call was intended to delay the finding of the body and to give the killer time to replace the keys ? admittedly Mrs. Bidwell could be expected to be first in the Biology Department this morning when she put out the clean coats . |
| 7 | Together these viewpoints have distorted the development of English education at the expense of a balanced provision in a system which could be expected to be concerned with the broad world of personal development , preparation for employment and providing for economic and community need , both local and national . |
| 8 | Consolidation and centralisation have been effected to a much greater degree than here , and so a reaction to their effects may be expected to be stronger . |
| 9 | Under these circumstances bood sizes would be expected to be low and behavioural traits to emphasize careful and effective rearing and foraging under difficult circumstances . |
| 10 | In addition , coelocentesis does not involve puncture of the amniotic membrane and therefore the risk of direct trauma to the embryo or chronic amniotic fluid leakage would be expected to be lower than with amniocentesis . |
| 11 | If these strands were antiparallel spin diffusion crosspeaks would be expected to be visible between G2H1 and G5H8 , and vice versa. 5122K data sets were acquired using time proportional phase incrementation ( ref. 31 ) in phase-sensitive mode , with a sweep width of 7,812.5Hz . |
| 12 | The numbers of the skeletal elements are usually expressed as proportions of the numbers that would be expected to be present for a given number of prey individuals , which is usually the minimum number of individuals ( MNI ) . |
| 13 | Moreover , a viral superantigen would be expected to be present in all HIV-infected patients , unless its activity depends on half the HLA phenotypes . |
| 14 | As the OECD research group on traffic safety in residential areas has commented , ‘ signing regulations should be supported by engineering structural measures as enforcement would be expected to be minimal . ’ |
| 15 | If , as Brown and Harris ( 1978 ) suggested , early loss acts as a vulnerability factor , rather than being of aetiological significance in its own right , then the relationship between loss and depression would be expected to be strongest in the presence of a psychosocial stressor . |
| 16 | Transit time was not measured but it would be expected to be shorter . |
| 17 | As a returner , these are the skills in which you will be expected to be competent before being allowed to return to practice . |
| 18 | Signs in use for many referents reflect one or two of these properties , and thus we should not be surprised that comparisons of sign lists result in such a high degree of similarity , as the appearance , movement , and use of an object can be expected to be similar across different cultures . |
| 19 | The return on money spent or lent in Eastern Europe can be expected to be better , politically and commercially , than those from similar outflows into the gurgling sink of Latin America and other parts of the South . |
| 20 | The situation changes when dealing with a liquid as remains unaffected by the addition of molecules and can be expected to be zero . |
| 21 | With the emphasis being placed on long-run equilibrium , percentage changes in the rate of interest can be expected to be zero ( is a proxy for the return on a wide range of assets ) and the is the rate of change of output governed by real influences such as factor supplies and their productivities . |
| 22 | However , certain features can be expected to be present in any viable theory . |
| 23 | It requires the cooperation of every citizen , and no law which unreasonably infringes the freedoms of that citizen can be expected to be effective . |
| 24 | The period for which the product can be expected to be stable under given conditions must also be specified . |
| 25 | Simply stated , the relative growth rate of an unconstrained plant can be expected to be constant . |
| 26 | It seems that a similar test might be applicable to international legal incapacity ; where a prior treaty is well-known and public , a third party can be expected to be aware of any limitations upon the capacity of a treaty member to enter into a treaty with itself . |