Example sentences of "[noun] were expect [to-vb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Economies of scale and the use of computers were expected to reduce administrative costs . |
| 2 | Dealers were expected to get these cards filled in at the same time as fulfilling their quotas of business , but nobody had time . |
| 3 | As was the custom , such applicants were expected to do some work in exchange for shelter in the sleeping cell and for their food , and such work was at the discretion of the labour master . |
| 4 | Conditions were expected to include further liberalization of exchange regulations and the provision of credit and tax changes . |
| 5 | These conditions were expected to meet stiff resistance in the Legislative Assembly . |
| 6 | And many will remember the dread feeling of uncertainty after Dunkirk when German Panzer divisions were expected to land any day . |
| 7 | Press reports in late November 1989 had stated that more than 200 US members of Congress were expected to sponsor renewed moves to erect protectionist measures against Japan . |
| 8 | Bishops and abbots were expected to produce substantial contingents . |
| 9 | These issues were expected to receive close attention when the treaty was submitted to the US Congress . |
| 10 | Repairs were expected to cost 100,000,000 roubles and to take six months . |