Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] been expected " in BNC.
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| 1 | The unprecedented level of media attention on the Royal Family in recent months had been expected to boost the figure above last year when 21 million viewers tuned in . |
| 2 | Finally , schools have been expected to initiate discussions and reviews of the curriculum a change from the more usual state of affairs with regard to whole curriculum issues ( a point we made earlier ) . |
| 3 | Since 1987–88 , the state has , for the first time , been responsible for providing stationery and textbooks , which previously parents had been expected to pay for . |
| 4 | No more than in the West , therefore , could the emergence of effective trade unions and moderate political representation for workers have been expected to reconcile the most radical sections of the working class to capitalism . |
| 5 | Much heavier punishments had been expected . |
| 6 | Suspicious of session musicians , he has never been in the habit of sharing his thoughts about chord sequences or the like ; his co-artists have been expected to listen hard and play along if they can . |
| 7 | National newspapers had been expected to publish the declaration , code , and announcement of a system of readers ' representatives to take up complaints from the public in today 's newspapers . |
| 8 | Jewish men had been expected — unrealistically in the conditions of the Diaspora — to make regular pilgrimages to the Holy City . |
| 9 | Disagreements had been expected at the party convention after Koirala 's dismissal of six key ministers on Dec. 30 , 1991 . |