Example sentences of "it [was/were] expect that " in BNC.
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1 | Twenty years ago it was expected that if you trained you would surely be accepted into the membership of your trade union and be given the chance to compete for the roles that were suitable . |
2 | It was expected that she would show sympathy with the white settler minority associated with Ian Smith 's Rhodesia Front and propose a deal between him and the near-puppet government of Bishop Abel Muzorewa . |
3 | It was expected that identifying and resurfacing slippery roads would reduce skidding accidents by 1800 a year . |
4 | In comparison the trade union movement did little until the subsidy ended on 30 April 1926 , even though it was expected that the Samuel Commission would be unable to offer a compromise which might be agreeable to both coal owners and unions . |
5 | With allocation of places based ever more firmly around the notion of parental choice , it was expected that schools would be forced to raise their standards to meet the qualitative expectations of parents . |
6 | Although the Emperor had married for love it was expected that the union would , as soon as possible , produce a child which would , it was hoped , be male . |
7 | It was not known whether they would be the most advanced protagonists of environmental scanning , but for various reasons it was expected that they would have views about scanning and about the extent to which they wished to undertake formal environmental analysis . |
8 | At the same time it was expected that accompanying memoirs would be published explaining in detail the geology shown on the maps . |
9 | It was expected that some sort of legal action would follow . |
10 | He is , by nature , an organised man and it was expected that his teams would be well organised . |
11 | Patronage was necessary , because it was expected that the member of parliament should be able to obtain it , a fact which goes a long way towards explaining the close links between so many Scots members of parliament and administration . |
12 | By lunchtime it was expected that the sit-down run throughs would be complete and timed to run an optimum length of twenty-four minutes , thirty seconds . |
13 | In determining whether the occupier was in breach of that duty , it was expected that the plaintiff fireman would exercise those skills expected to be shown by firemen . |
14 | It was expected that there would be 13 feet of water during the lowest tides . |
15 | It was expected that a similar equation would govern the proton , the only other supposedly elementary particle known at that time . |
16 | By May 1913 it was expected that Emmeline Pankhurst would die from hunger and thirst strikes . |
17 | After all , it was expected that he would become a priest , like James . |
18 | As the material prepared by the Scottish Office was so extensive , it was expected that the use of this would form a major part of boards ' training activity . |
19 | It was expected that these would be first seen at a higher value of the exposure and that in every case a roughly linear graph segment would follow the point at which the subject was fully seen . |
20 | Forecasts were reduced and by the year 2000 it was expected that 45pc of homes 9.5 million were likely to have a dish or cable TV — 800,000 fewer than first predicted . |
21 | It was expected that some 40-50 mergers per year would fall due for examination in this way . |
22 | Following the Dublin meeting , it was expected that an EC fact-finding mission would visit South Africa in the near future . |
23 | It was expected that this would open the way for further World Bank and European Community lending ( Yugoslavia having already requested $500 million in aid to recapitalize its banking system , and $1,000 million in medium-term economic assistance over three years , from the Group of 24 Western countries and Japan ) . |
24 | It was expected that some of the larger projects approved by the Gandhi government would be postponed . |
25 | Djibo Ká was transferred from Planning and Co-operation to Education , where it was expected that he would be required to find a solution to three years of student unrest . |
26 | A detailed itinerary was not provided , but it was expected that the bulk of the meetings would be held in Washington . |
27 | It was expected that the unemployment rate by the end of the plan period would be reduced from its current 14 per cent official estimate , with a projected 394,000 jobs to be created each year . |
28 | Foreign investment in 1989 rose by almost 76 per cent to 8,600 million ringgits , and it was expected that the upward trend would be maintained for 1990 . |
29 | By Aug. 24 , when the Security Council Military Staff Committee met , the USA had drafted a proposed resolution which would give UN legitimacy to the use of the necessary force to maintain a blockade , but which would leave the decision on such interventions to the naval command ( i.e. to the US Navy , in practice , or the British or French , since it was expected that those other countries which had contributed naval forces on a smaller scale would wish to avoid this controversial step ) . |
30 | It was expected that the airport would be capable of handling 80,000,000 passengers a year , while the port extensions would increase fivefold the colony 's present cargo handling capacity . |