Example sentences of "it [was/were] expect [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Intel told the Wall Streeter it was expecting to deliver Pentiums in the low hundreds of thousands this year , not the million or more anticipated . |
| 2 | Intel said it was expecting to deliver Pentiums in the low hundreds of thousands this year , not the million or more anticipated . |
| 3 | It 's also telling people it was expecting to have an installed Windows 3.1 base of more than 8m systems at the end of ‘ 92 . |
| 4 | It was expected to prompt banks and building societies to further reduce mortgage rates , currently averaging just under 12pc . |
| 5 | It was expected to lead to the appointment of an impartial body to determine responsibility for the conflict . |
| 6 | Attlee thought that the coalition should continue until after the end of the war with Japan , however long that should take — and , as we have seen , it was expected to take another eighteen months after the collapse of Nazi Germany . |
| 7 | That system was both perceived and expected to perform three related functions : through election to the House of Commons it was expected to produce a government ; through a purportedly democratic franchise and mode of election , it was expected to confer legitimacy upon the government to govern , subject to the approval of Parliament ; and , through facilitating a choice between parties propounding specific programs , it was expected to influence public policy , the party in government carrying through the promises embodies in its election manifesto . |
| 8 | Consisting of eighty-five lots of modern Chinese paintings , it was expected to realize in excess of $2million ( NT$50million ) . |
| 9 | The Soviet Union was South Korea 's second-largest communist trading partner ( after China ) ; in 1989 bilateral trade between the two countries amounted to US$599 million , and in 1990 it was expected to exceed $1,000 million . |
| 10 | When the event resumed in September 1989 it was expected to finish off the closing submissions which had already started and then gently fade away into history . |
| 11 | But that is what six or so months ago it was expected to do . |
| 12 | It was expected to improve Kim 's prospects in his bid for the presidency in the elections in late 1992 or early 1993 , by expanding his area of support , traditionally based in south-western Cholla province , to include Lee 's power base in Kyongsang in the south-east . |
| 13 | It was expected to reach 5,400 million by mid-1991 and 6,400 million by 2001 . |
| 14 | That system was both perceived and expected to perform three related functions : through election to the House of Commons it was expected to produce a government ; through a purportedly democratic franchise and mode of election , it was expected to confer legitimacy upon the government to govern , subject to the approval of Parliament ; and , through facilitating a choice between parties propounding specific programs , it was expected to influence public policy , the party in government carrying through the promises embodies in its election manifesto . |
| 15 | That rise is not shown in the table , which predates the change , but it was expected to increase VAT 's share of tax revenue to 17 per cent . |
| 16 | In addition it was expected to increase the supply of emergency food aid passing across the Ethiopian border into Sudan , to regions facing a severe threat of mass starvation , and to refugees camps around the Sudanese capital , Khartoum , where refugee numbers were swollen by the influx from drought-ridden and war-torn rural areas . |
| 17 | To decide whether it is successful , we have to know how it was intended to be used and what it was expected to achieve . |
| 18 | That system was both perceived and expected to perform three related functions : through election to the House of Commons it was expected to produce a government ; through a purportedly democratic franchise and mode of election , it was expected to confer legitimacy upon the government to govern , subject to the approval of Parliament ; and , through facilitating a choice between parties propounding specific programs , it was expected to influence public policy , the party in government carrying through the promises embodies in its election manifesto . |
| 19 | It was expected to ascertain whether the Uttar Pradesh government had violated two court orders by granting permission to Hindu militants in July to start work on the construction of a Hindu temple [ see p. 39008 ] . |
| 20 | It was expected to reduce the state 's total emissions of air pollutants by about 5 per cent , or 1,435 tonnes per day . |
| 21 | How to make government responsive to the choices of those it was expected to cater to ? |
| 22 | He said that the party would be committed to democracy , socialism and universal social welfare , but it was expected to attract mostly Moslems after the convention of Moslems organized by Shahabuddin on July 8-9 had asked him to organize a national party for minority groups . |
| 23 | It was expected to co-ordinate a process of consensus-building by holding meetings throughout the country involving maximum public participation . |
| 24 | It was expected to cost around £800 million when launched , of which foreign aid made up about a half . |