And how would football in 2011 be expected to respond?
But you can be expected to respond to the attendant's intransigence with more than docility.
If "the U.S. opts for friction," Mr. Roach said, "the Chinese can be expected to respond in kind".
But a moment's thought about how the leaders of a smaller nuclear power could be expected to respond to such a threat should be disquieting.
The new governor has made it clear that he is watching lenders closely and they will be expected to respond to the raising of the gubernatorial eyebrows.
Nor should Amazon's board be expected to respond, he added, to what is essentially a spat between the company and a group of people who might best be described as suppliers.
Most professional athletes feel lucky to make huge salaries to play a sport they love, and could be expected to respond to such a visceral crisis, social scientists said.
China, at least, can be expected to respond by developing new quantities and qualities of missiles and warheads capable of compensating for the reduction in their deterrent capability that would be brought about by a defensive shield.
The Bush administration reacted largely with restraint to the news of Mr. Mugniyah's death, in contrast to the way it might be expected to respond if Mr. bin Laden were captured or killed.
Mr. Walsh presents a paper on Saturday, to which Mr. Taruskin, who has occasionally taken issue with him, can be expected to respond, and on Sunday the two appear on a panel with others likely to take issue with both.
"Master Teachers" will be expected to "respond intelligently and confidently to the unexpected and wide-ranging questions their pupils are encouraged to ask" Aren't some of our best lessons those where the learning journey takes an unexpected turn, because of pupils' contributions or, indeed, the unanticipated problems they encounter?
