Example sentences of "they [be] expected to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is a time when they are expected to be looked after by family , friends and neighbours because they are too overcome to cope by themselves . |
| 2 | They never get a day off , nobody thinks of letting them go off on a training course , they never get the chance to keep up and yet they are expected to be the fount of all knowledge . |
| 3 | They are expected to be issued with a writ tomorrow giving them two weeks to leave the premises . |
| 4 | A search-light may scan the sky looking for aeroplanes or it may move to that part of the sky where they are expected to be . |
| 5 | This financial year , they are expected to be just over £1 billion — about one half of 1 per cent . |
| 6 | They will be unable to consummate their marriage until around the turn of the century , when they are expected to be released . |
| 7 | They are expected to be released as soon as UN monitoring officers cross the frontline to bring them back to Tuzla . |
| 8 | They 're expected to be allowed home tomorrow , counting themselves very lucky . |
| 9 | Those who attempted to manage the political affairs of a county or district of burghs had not only to contribute towards any public project in their area , they were expected to be the leading subscribers , and it mattered little whether or not they agreed with the project in view . |
| 10 | Women and girls were not expected to go off after work and sing in choirs or play games — they were expected to be at home catching up on household chores . |
| 11 | In experiments on rats it has been shown that where experimenters expected rats to be maze-bright , the rats fulfilled their expectation and where they were expected to be maze-dull the rats also fulfilled expectations . |
| 12 | They were expected to be decorative and subservient . |
| 13 | They were due to be escorted to Croatia where they were expected to be handed over , possibly later today , to British consular officials . |
| 14 | They were expected to be discharged last night . |