The phrase "are expected to function" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing anticipated performance or behavior of a system, process, or individual.
Example: "The new software updates are expected to function seamlessly with existing applications."
Alternatives: "are anticipated to operate" or "are supposed to work."
Currently joint replacements are expected to function for 10 15 years, however, with an increase in life expectancy, and a greater call for all types of joint replacement due to increased activity levels, there is a requirement to improve their function to offer longer term improved quality of life for patients.
We are expected to function well early in the morning.
By the second semester, they are expected to function as head teachers.
Alloyed with about 2 percent tungsten plus a trace of magnesium, nickel is used as the cathode base in amplifiers for submarine cables that are expected to function for 20 years without attention.
Today, men and women, not assumed to be only heterosexual, are expected to function at work alongside one another, eat at adjacent seats in restaurants, sit cheek by jowl in buses and airplanes, take classes, study in libraries, and, with some exceptions, even pray together.
Plasmonic metal nanostructures are expected to function as optical antennas that can promote photon molecule interactions.
Although USPS is expected to function as a business, it is in the peculiar position of needing to win Congresss approval for changes to its strategy.
First and foremost, the designs were expected to function on a conceptual and artistic level, even if that would result in sacrifices to energy efficiency.
The Playhouse Theatre, Sun; touring to 18 Oct PH In the run-up to the Edinburgh festival, cultural types clearly can't be expected to function without a continuous supply of artisan breads and street-food stalls.
