Example sentences of "[pron] [was/were] expect [to-vb] [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Though the move could help to speed up investment in a few large projects , there were fears last night that the sudden change in the offshore tax system could hit the bulk of the smaller oil and gas projects which were expected to provide most of the work for the offshore supply industry over the next few years . |
| 2 | Later , it was to take on consultative functions ; in practice , most observers expected it to act as a clearing house for mutual trade between its members , which was expected to remain important for some years , and to co-ordinate east European policy toward the European Communities ( EC ) . |
| 3 | Details of the new force , which was expected to become operational by the end of 1994 , revealed that it would consist of three elements : a Rapid Reaction Force consisting of a multinational corps under UK command ; Main Defence Forces consisting of six multinational corps ( two under German command , one each under US , Netherlands and Belgian command and another under rotating German and Danish command ) ; and Augmentation Forces or reserves . |
| 4 | The organization for the event fell to Sybille , who was expected to invite some of her friends and family to lend an authentic French air to the proceedings . |
| 5 | If the receptors for acetylcholine were all the same , agents which blocked any of them were expected to block all of them . |
| 6 | In 1982 he had helped to found the anti-apartheid United Democratic Front ( UDF ) [ see also p. 33895 ] , and he was expected to remain active in politics . |