Example sentences of "was expect [to-vb] [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The plan ( see Guitart 1981 ; RENFE 1980m : 53–67 ) was expected to create 50,000 permanent new jobs and aimed to put RENFE on a par with the best European railways within a dozen years . |
| 2 | The plan allowed for IR4,500,000 million in agricultural investment , and was expected to create 2,000,000 new jobs . |
| 3 | He was expected to employ six able well-experienced and sufficient miners for nine months in each year , and as soon as " Tenn Tunns " be raised , to employ ten able well-experienced workmen to dress the ore . |
| 4 | Their promised availability and utilisation was such that one new vehicle was expected to replace two old ones , and thus considerable cost savings were ensured . |
| 5 | It was expected to reach 5,400 million by mid-1991 and 6,400 million by 2001 . |
| 6 | In Germany the total number of refugees from eastern Europe and from developing countries was expected to reach some 200,000 in 1991 . |
| 7 | Attlee thought that the coalition should continue until after the end of the war with Japan , however long that should take — and , as we have seen , it was expected to take another eighteen months after the collapse of Nazi Germany . |
| 8 | The new , limited monarchy of William III that replaced James was expected to show much more respect for established interests . |
| 9 | Japan was expected to announce some new wetlands sites for protection at the meeting , but there was speculation that these would only cover small parts of the areas in need of conservation . |
| 10 | She added work was expected to start early next month . |
| 11 | The forthcoming contest was of importance not merely because of California 's size and prestige , but also because the state was expected to gain another six or seven seats in the federal legislature as a result of the redistribution due to follow the 1990 census . |
| 12 | A two-day rave which was expected to attract thirty thousand people has been cancelled . |
| 13 | The current Russian President Boris Yeltsin was expected to face vigorous local opposition to any acceptance of Japanese sovereignty , from 47,000 Russian citizens ( 20,000 of whom were military personnel ) who lived on the islands , a source of precious metals and with rich fishing grounds . |