Example sentences of "were expect [to-vb] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were expected to attend the urban celebrations of the great festivals and took part in the pageantry and the festivities . |
| 2 | They were expected to support the M-19 coalition . |
| 3 | But why would someone who recognised that they were expected to derive the contextual implication that B did n't do the reading go on to produce the utterance in [ 15c ] ? |
| 4 | Compression of the ice and diffusion of the chemical species were expected to obliterate the annual signal beyond this period . |
| 5 | The issues of weapons shipments , attempts to achieve a ceasefire in El Salvador , and the stalled demobilisation of the contras were expected to dominate the two-day summit , which Mr Arias described at the weekend as critical to the future of the peace process . |
| 6 | The issues of weapons shipments , attempts to achieve a ceasefire in El Salvador , and the stalled demobilisation of the contras were expected to dominate the two-day summit , which Mr Arias described at the weekend as critical to the future of the peace process . |