Example sentences of "were expect [prep] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A first planeload of ANC exiles returned home from Zambia on March 7 , and a further 550 were expected during the ensuing weeks . |
| 2 | Computer People Group Plc saw lower profits for the year ending December 31 than were expected at the interim stage due to a drop in recruitment revenues in the UK and lower volume sales of consultancy services in the US . |
| 3 | The bureau said that despite flooding the summer grain harvest was down by only 1.8 per cent , although " severe " economic losses were expected in the second half . |
| 4 | Its primary purpose was to make room for the large number of civilian air-raid casualties which were expected in the big cities . |
| 5 | Japanese forces , with four years ’ battle experience in China , were expected by the Imperial Command to destroy the American fleet in Pearl Harbour ( Hawaii ) in the early Sunday morning of 7 December 1941 . |