Example sentences of "was expect [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The FASB issued an exposure draft on the subject in September 1991 , and was expected to issue a statement later this year . |
| 2 | Mr Arafat , had been in Sudan and was expected to visit a guerrilla base in south-east Libya . |
| 3 | Annan , who described the talks on Jan. 10 as " constructive and positive " , was expected to submit a report to UN Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali . |
| 4 | He was expected to name a coalition government with congressional support . |
| 5 | The extent of Taiwan 's indirect business with the mainland , via Hong Kong , was expected to reach a record US$7,000 million in 1992 , and Taiwan 's investments in China could come to US$10,000 million , reports said [ see p. 39005 for lifting of ban on contacts with PRC ] . |
| 6 | He was expected to own a lighter , but he even had no matches . |
| 7 | Because of the complexity of the balance of forces represented in the new parliament , the formation of a government was expected to take a number of weeks . |
| 8 | If all went according to plan , the voyage was expected to take a month . |
| 9 | In September the government announced new austerity measures including a reduction in public spending to counter the adverse effects of the Gulf crisis [ see p. 37697 ] which , taking into account the loss of remittances from Bangladeshis in Iraq , loss of exports and a squeeze on jobs in other Gulf states , was expected to cause a loss of US$250,000,000 . |
| 10 | Moreover , not only would Vietnamese interests be subordinate to those of France but the French Communist Party in turn was expected to follow a policy which was subordinate to that of international communism : in a word , Comintern policy . |
| 11 | Gail Rebuck , chief executive of Random House UK , was expected to announce a set of new appointments this week , as a further stage in her reorganisation of the company . |
| 12 | According to press reports the King was expected to convey a message to Bush from Saddam , which was said to include fresh proposals to solve the crisis . |
| 13 | The white woman knew she was expected to offer a solution , some medical advance that would undo the damage to her friend 's body , to her life . |
| 14 | The 22nd meeting of the seventh standing committee of the National People 's Congress ( legislature ) on Oct. 25 was expected to approve a proposal that China accede to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty ( NPT ) , following Premier Li Peng 's announcement in August of China 's acceptance of the treaty ; however Japan 's Kyodo News Service reported on Oct. 31 that it was agreed only to hold further discussions [ see also p. 38340 ] . |
| 15 | In the long hours when there were no customers to show she was expected to lend a hand with some of the unskilled tasks — running errands and making tea , unpicking a seam or a hem , even sewing on a button or a hook and eye when she had been taught the proper way to do it . |
| 16 | played rather a dirty trick on me because he did n't tell me that I was expected to make a speech . |
| 17 | That system was both perceived and expected to perform three related functions : through election to the House of Commons it was expected to produce a government ; through a purportedly democratic franchise and mode of election , it was expected to confer legitimacy upon the government to govern , subject to the approval of Parliament ; and , through facilitating a choice between parties propounding specific programs , it was expected to influence public policy , the party in government carrying through the promises embodies in its election manifesto . |
| 18 | This appointment was expected to produce a hardening of the government 's stance towards militant Islamic fundamentalist students , whose campaign against liberalizing reforms in higher education had escalated during February . |
| 19 | It was expected to co-ordinate a process of consensus-building by holding meetings throughout the country involving maximum public participation . |
| 20 | But for most of the king 's vassals , who did not inhabit the Iranian heartland , the benefit took the form of gifts of land like medieval fiefs , in return for which the man ‘ enfeoffed ’ was expected to maintain a levy of troops . |
| 21 | Second half I was expecting to see a lot more action from Leeds at the Leeds fans end part of the ground . |
| 22 | He was expecting to become a country parson on his return to Britain , and was only assigned to the Beagle expedition through the recommendations of professor Henslow , his mentor . |
| 23 | He entered the room with the pop-eyed , lock-jawed expression of one who was expecting to hear a death-sentence from his commanding officer , but he cracked into smiles of various kinds when he heard we were to be his proteges . |