Example sentences of "[was/were] expect [to-vb] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Instructors were expected to attend an instructional techniques course since the skill to instruct well was every bit as important as the craft skill . |
| 2 | DHAs were expected to devolve a substantial measure of autonomy to units who remained directly managed so that a clear distinction was made between purchasing and providing functions . |
| 3 | The budget deficit was K514,000,000 before taking into account grants and loans , which were expected to leave an overall deficit of K102,000,000 [ see p. 36993 for previous year 's budget figures ] . |
| 4 | Until early in the eighteenth century , moreover , foreign diplomats when given audience by the sultan were expected to wear a Turkish-style robe over their normal clothing in order to spare him the repellent sight of European dress . |
| 5 | However the long standing official policy of community care , in which social services departments were expected to play a major part was thwarted by the unforeseen consequences of financial restraint . |
| 6 | There has been a small reduction in cigarette smoking , to 1,008 per capita ; military spending fell in 1990 and figures for 1991 were expected to show a further decline ; and significantly smaller quantities of ozone-depleting chemicals are being produced ; but , disturbingly , grain production has fallen while population continues to grow at record rates . |
| 7 | The ruling Liberal Party ( which held 24 seats ) and its supporters were expected to face a rival coalition comprising the left-wing former guerrillas of the April 19 Movement ( M-19 , 19 seats ) , the conservative National Salvation Movement ( 11 seats ) , and the Embera and Guambino Indian leaders Francisco Rojas and Lorenzo Muelas , from the north-west jungle region and the southern mountain region respectively . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | At 8am each morning , the 80-odd contestants were expected to run a full marathon while it was still cool enough . |
| 10 | Just four days after completing a 30-hour journey from Edinburgh to Darwin they were expected to overcome a nine-hour time difference and temperatures in the 90 's to beat a Northern Territories Invitation XV . |
| 11 | ‘ Several of my friends went up yesterday , and were expecting to spearhead a big breakthrough . ’ |
| 12 | During 1991 they had recruited 109 graduates and were expecting to recruit a similar number in 1992 . |
| 13 | Even though experienced Australian batsmen like Marsh and Dean Jones ( before his second-innings 150 at Perth ) have flopped badly this summer at international level , perhaps the most disappointing has been Mark Waugh , who after his sensational century on debut against England at Adelaide last year was expected to forge a long-term place in the middle order . |
| 14 | Therefore , although a copy of suggested questions was issued to all staff individually , only the head of faculty was expected to submit a written report , on the basis of informal discussion with individual faculty members . |
| 15 | Clearly Shakespeare 's audience was expected to take a sceptical view of dreams as portents although attributing such beliefs to the ancients . |
| 16 | The satellite was expected to earn a further US$1,000 million . |
| 17 | The death of Gaviria Rivero was expected to provoke an new upsurge in violence following two weeks of relative calm since the Medellín cartel 's declaration of a unilateral truce on July 27 . |
| 18 | As part of this process , education was expected to play a crucial role in changing attitudes , not simply in creating national unity and skills to improve the national economy . |
| 19 | Widely regarded as the ANC 's most able negotiator , he was expected to play a key role in talks with the government . |
| 20 | Before going to Beijing , on Oct. 7 Patten was expected to make a key policy speech to the Hong Kong legislative council , reports said . |
| 21 | He was expected to superintend a grand banquet looking like this . |
| 22 | The educational system was expected to produce a higher output of suitable entrants to professional and managerial employment ; one aspect of this was the hope of tapping an unused pool of talent among those lacking educational opportunities . |
| 23 | Maybe that was why this picture just would n't work : she was expected to produce a suitable work in return for the fellowship that was supposed to be paying her just to paint . |
| 24 | He was a recently appointed lecturer in English literature and philosophy at London University College , and was expected to have a brilliant future . |
| 25 | The creation of a new party was also a more exciting enterprise which was expected to have a greater effect on public opinion : for the first twelve months — until the Falklands crisis arrived — the SDP gained much favourable publicity and appeared to be potentially successful . |
| 26 | For verbal ability , there was expected to be a right field advantage , whereas visuo-spatial ability was expected to have a lesser advantage in the right field indicating left field advantage . |
| 27 | In order to analyse possible variations in expression , we studied whole blood from a patient with pheochromocytoma , who was expected to have a high level of expression of this gene , obtaining a value four times higher than those from normal subjects ( data submitted but not shown ) . |
| 28 | In the next five years NASA was expecting to spend a further $15 billion on its plans for space station Freedom . |
| 29 | It 's also telling people it was expecting to have an installed Windows 3.1 base of more than 8m systems at the end of ‘ 92 . |