Example sentences of "[was/were] expect [to-vb] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Conditions were expected to include further liberalization of exchange regulations and the provision of credit and tax changes . |
| 2 | In Britain Lord Clarendon in the 1860s seems to have been the first foreign secretary to apply systematically the principle of seniority in the appointment of attachés ; and from that decade onwards heads of British missions abroad were expected to report each year on the conduct and abilites of those under their control . |
| 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 | These issues were expected to receive close attention when the treaty was submitted to the US Congress . |
| 5 | Fourth quarter results , however , were expected to reflect increased oil import prices and a drop in tourist numbers . |
| 6 | These conditions were expected to meet stiff resistance in the Legislative Assembly . |
| 7 | We were expected to have enough initiative to overcome the physical problems , maybe when the streets were under water or covered in snow , to get to our appointment on time . |
| 8 | And many will remember the dread feeling of uncertainty after Dunkirk when German Panzer divisions were expected to land any day . |
| 9 | Mr Whyte plans to visit the research base at Laspi Bay , in the Crimea 20 miles east of Sebastopol , where Brightness was expected to arrive last night , to ask the Russians to drop their plan . |
| 10 | The first tranche of these sanctions , affecting imports worth US$300,000,000 , was due to take effect on Dec. 5 and was expected to affect French wine and food products , since the USA held France responsible for the deadlock . |
| 11 | The extent of royal jurisdiction varied enormously : at one extreme lay Roger II , the would-be autocrat , uttering absolutist doctrines out of Justinian ; or the English king , who , however tied by custom , had effective control both of the king 's court , which retained a wide jurisdiction and was capable , under Henry II , of rapid expansion , and over the old popular courts of the shire and , where they had not fallen into private hands , of the hundred ; at the other extreme was the German king , much of whose jurisdiction had been delegated to the ecclesiastical immunities , and equally much was slipping , in the twelfth century , into princely hands ; or the French king , who was expected to do high justice to all who came , but received comparatively few callers from outside the royal domain . |
| 12 | He had been elected as an opposition Jatiya Party member of the Jatiya Sangsad ( parliament ) in February [ see pp. 38006-07 ] , but was expected to forfeit this office if he lost his appeal . |
| 13 | As a Scot , I was expected to take New Year 's Day as leave rather than Christmas . |
| 14 | He was expected to miss six week 's play . |
| 15 | During this time conditions were to be worked out for a monitoring scheme and new quota system , which was expected to allow renewed exploitation of certain stocks , notably of minke whales . |
| 16 | He was expected to keep good order ; that is to say , to see that offenders were punished , that evil-doers went in fear of him , that disputes over land were settled in an orderly manner ; and personally to supervise his royal court . |
| 17 | The forced repatriation of Vietnamese boat people from Hong Kong was expected to begin this week as the Foreign Secretary , Mr Douglas Hurd , restated his intention to go ahead with the expulsions . |
| 18 | THE forced repatriation of Vietnamese boat people from Hong Kong was expected to begin this week as the Foreign Secretary , Mr Douglas Hurd , restated his intention to go ahead with the expulsions . |
| 19 | The sum , substantially in excess of estimates by the country 's central bank which had recently estimated borrowing to pay for war costs at around $10,000 million [ see also pp. 37987 ; 38166 ; 38212 ] , was expected to cover current expenditure reported to be running at some $20,000 million . |
| 20 | The medical officer of health of the county council was expected to exercise general supervision over the work of the public health and medical staff in the various services including the hospitals , but it was recommended that he should interfere as little as possible in the clinical work , i.e. between doctor and patient . |
| 21 | The Parti Seselwa , led by Wavel Ramkalawan , which won 4.4 per cent of votes , was expected to secure one seat under a " best losers " system . |
| 22 | However , the Council 's forecast in July 1990 of a rise in world wheat production by 28,000,000 tonnes to 564,000,000 tonnes in 1990-91 , with coarse grains expected to rise to 837,000,000 tonnes , was expected to provide limited replacement of stocks . |
| 23 | France was reported on Dec. 4 to have offered to contribute 1,500-2,000 troops to a multinational force expected to total 35,000 , and was expected to provide logistical support through its base in Djibouti . |
| 24 | Franco was expected to seek congressional approval for a two-step reform to simplify the tax system and to counter tax evasion , in order to meet performance targets set by the IMF in the January 1992 agreement [ see pp. 38719-20 ] for the disbursement of credits . |
| 25 | Major flaws in the optical system of the US$1,500 million Hubble telescope , which was launched on April 29 and was expected to revolutionize astronomical research [ see p. 37394 ] , were discovered in late June . |
| 26 | Despite problems with a solar panel and with high-gain radio antennae , the 11-tonne telescope , with a planned life-span of 15 years , was expected to revolutionize optical astronomy and to advance current understanding on the origin , evolution and structure of the universe . |
| 27 | Despite this diplomatic isolation , an estimated 40 per cent rise in oil revenues due to the Gulf crisis ( which prompted November forecasts of a current-account surplus of US$2,650 million instead of a feared deficit of $950 million ) was expected to accelerate international investment and involvement in the development of the country 's hydrocarbon sector . |
| 28 | Mr Clinton was expected to unveil that strategy at the summit . |
| 29 | In the first case , the delay was expected to prevent further rehearsal of words late in the word list and as a result reduce the chance of their recall . |
| 30 | On July 30 Bush announced a " new beginning " in US-Soviet relations by promising trade concessions , most notably the granting of MFN status to the Soviet Union which was expected to boost bilateral trade currently estimated at only US$5,000 million annually . |