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 These conditions were expected to meet stiff resistance in the Legislative Assembly .
3 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 .
4 Bishops and abbots were expected to produce substantial contingents .
5 These issues were expected to receive close attention when the treaty was submitted to the US Congress .
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