Example sentences of "[pron] was expect [conj] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was expected that a similar equation would govern the proton , the only other supposedly elementary particle known at that time . |
| 2 | It was expected that a UN-supervised referendum to resolve the conflict over the region [ for details and background see pp. 37628-29 ] would be held in early 1991 . |
| 3 | By lunchtime it was expected that the sit-down run throughs would be complete and timed to run an optimum length of twenty-four minutes , thirty seconds . |
| 4 | Foreign investment in 1989 rose by almost 76 per cent to 8,600 million ringgits , and it was expected that the upward trend would be maintained for 1990 . |
| 5 | However , by November it was expected that the 1990 cereal harvest , an important element in gross domestic product ( GDP ) , would be the best since 1987 . |
| 6 | It was expected that an economic upturn would lead to attempts to repay foreign debts and thus gain Libya access to fresh lines of international credit . |