Example sentences of "[was/were] expect " in BNC.
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| 1 | The children were expected to do well , carefully encouraged , but never laid under strain to do or be the best . |
| 2 | It was there for all to see — BR became less of a corporate business , more an overlord for the sectors who were expected to find their own feet with or without government subsidy . |
| 3 | These dances mattered very much to Petipa and all nineteenthcentury balletmasters because they were expected to show off the wealth of talent found in the many imperial , Royal and State theatres , e.g. all the characters from other fairy tales who came to Aurora 's wedding and the character dances in Swan Lake . |
| 4 | There was no doubt that they were expected to admire the former and scorn the latter ; anyone misguided enough to get the preference the wrong way round , would be regarded as at best naïve and misguided , and at worst corrupted in sensibility . |
| 5 | Yesterday 's poor figures to 30 June were expected after the fire alarm and data storage group warned two weeks ago that it was unlikely to beat last year 's £10m . |
| 6 | At least two , the Statesman and the Indian Express , were expected to take up the story in their issues today . |
| 7 | East Germany had agreed to give them papers allowing them to go to the country of their choice , and they were expected to leave Poland ‘ in the very near future ’ . |
| 8 | They were expected finally to be freed either late last night or , more likely , this weekend . |
| 9 | But because interest rates were expected to drop gradually over the coming 12 months , the view was that by early 1991 confidence would have returned , volumes picked up and prices started to lift — even if only by the inflation rate . |
| 10 | Of course in conformity with ecclesiological principles , schools were expected to be in the Gothic style . |
| 11 | But she said that almost as if it were expected of her rather than with conviction — and the family knew it . |
| 12 | Tass said journalists were shown money and hand grenades seized from him and a tape recorder ‘ with the text of the oath Soviet citizens were expected to take when recruited ’ . |
| 13 | Tass said journalists were shown money and hand grenades seized from him and a tape recorder ‘ with the text of the oath Soviet citizens were expected to take when recruited ’ . |
| 14 | The changes also anticipate many of the demands which were expected to be made at opposition rallies tomorrow in Sofia and the provinces where calls are expected for the resignation of many of the figures ousted yesterday . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | However , one share dealer commented that with many institutional investors reluctant to open aggressive new positions ahead of the new year , losses were expected to be contained . |
| 18 | The ministry said yesterday that an urgent review of the fungicides ’ safety was in progress and ministers were expected to announce their decision early in the new year . |
| 19 | The casualties were expected to climb further . |
| 20 | McLeish and Catherine Crane were expected and escorted quickly to the Minister 's Private Office . |
| 21 | In the early stages of independence , former colonies were expected to need some military assistance through defence agreements , supplies of military equipment and provision of training teams . |
| 22 | At the beginning of last year 70 franchise bids were expected , but more recent guesses have lowered the number to 30 . |
| 23 | The Social Democrats were expected to emerge on top thanks to traditional backing from workers in the industrial south . |
| 24 | After a pause we continued , but in a few more minutes another note came through saying that further resignations were expected . |
| 25 | That was the road we apprentices were expected to take . |
| 26 | The members of the Battalion mess were so superior , it seemed , that they were expected to have unlimited funds at their disposal . |
| 27 | Winter barley is ripening rapidly on the heavy lands of North Humberside , and combines were expected to move from mid-week onwards , according to barometer farmer John Fenton , who manages Yokefleet Farms , Blacktoft . |
| 28 | Compared with the national average of about 450 , Dr Simm figured that the top 5% of herds at 650 CGI were expected to achieve an extra £200 a cow a lactation . |
| 29 | Under Mary , the Crown set up a sliding scale of military liability , so that poorer members of the community were obliged to supply a suit of armour , spear and bow and arrow , while those worth a thousand pounds or more were expected to provide sixteen horses , sixty suits of armour , fifty helmets , forty pikes , thirty long-bows , twenty bills , and twenty arquebuses . |
| 30 | On fundamental questions of doctrine or canon law their decisions were expected to be unanimous . |