Example sentences of "was expect [adj] [noun] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | The cooperativity between α-truncated polymerases and CRP is lost at the lac promoter , consequently it was expected that binding of CRP at its target in the -60 region would not lead to the occupancy of lac P1 by the mutant enzymes . |
2 | It was expected that measurement of surface heat radiation would provide clues to the planet 's chemical composition and the reasons behind the planet 's " greenhouse effect " . |
3 | The company said last October that it was expecting 20,000 subscribers by year-end , but at the start of March it had signed just 8,500 to the service . |
4 | Now several mornings a week when perhaps she should have been concerning herself with the house ( she delegated more and more to the housekeeper , who after all had run everything before she , Lily , had come ) , she would go and sit with Sadie , who was expecting another child at Christmas . |
5 | ‘ Kuwait was trying to reassert its pre-Gulf war position and Saudi Arabia was expecting some sort of show of compromise , ’ one analyst said . |