Sentence examples for expected to sit for from inspiring English sources

Ms. Dow, the former attorney general, is expected to sit for questioning in a deposition by Mr. Barlyn's lawyer.

Some of the women in her work look rather dumfounded, as though they'd expected to sit for an ordinary portrait and ended up in some Surrealist nightmare.

Less radical adjustments could help, though: holding all state elections on one day of the year only, as in America; giving Länder the right to opt out of some federal laws; or disentangling the finances to give Länder more power.The commission is expected to sit for about a year.

During this time, you will be expected to sit for the Membership of the Royal College of Pathologists (MRCPath) exam.

At the same time, children are expected to sit for longer periods of time.

This means that, when they're called in to school, many parents are expected to take an hour off work, and the student is expected to sit for at least one class-period in the office.

He is expected to sit still for hours on end at school, but he can't be trusted for a couple of hours on a Saturday afternoon in an auditorium.

He made classical organ music appeal even to audiences that normally wouldn't be expected to sit still for it.

Christofias and Talat are expected to sit down for full negotiations this summer, having already established working committees to assess progress.

We were expected to sit quietly for 2 ½ hours, raise our hands to speak, and color inside the lines.

Young boys are expected to sit, concentrate and memorize for hours on end — skills that girls seem to be better at earlier in life.