Example sentences of "was expect [verb] [adv] [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Iraq was among more than 30 observers at the conference which was expected to last approximately 10 weeks . |
| 2 | At the outset of the campaign , allied spokesmen suggested the air-only phase was expected to last about ten days . |
| 3 | This was expected to affect around 250,000 people and to cost the state between 6,000 million and 6,500 million forints ( about US$80-86,000,000 ) in 1992 . |
| 4 | The process , which was expected to take about six months beginning in April 1992 , would be voluntary until the situation in Cambodia was clearly non-threatening . |
| 5 | The decision was expected to cost about 100,000 jobs in Bonn , and would affect property prices both in Bonn and in Berlin . |
| 6 | The Sainsbury petition was expected to attract about 2,500 signatures . |
| 7 | Most critically , the island 's main export crop , sugar , was expected to total only 5,500,000 tonnes in 1992 , compared with 7,600,000 tonnes in 1991 , due to a 30 per cent drop in fuel supplies since 1990 . |