Example sentences of "was expected [verb] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Maltese Foreign Minister , Guido De Marco , was elected president of the session , which was expected to debate 153 items amongst which the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait assumed priority . |
| 2 | In contrast to the homespun approach of Chiles , Martinez was believed to have amassed some $7,000,000 to spend on his November campaign , and was expected to use negative tactics . |
| 3 | The appeal began on 28 July and was expected to last two weeks , but after three days the judges decided they had heard enough . |
| 4 | The case was expected to last two years ; Honecker , who had terminal liver cancer , was considered to have only 18 months to live . |
| 5 | This RTP ( reduce to products ) contract was expected to last two-and-a-half years , and has just about come to an end after less than two . |
| 6 | The problem was that Barlaston sat above one of the richest coal mines in Europe and the whole village was expected to sink forty feet over the next twenty years . |
| 7 | For major culinary events , such as cooking the Easter turkey , one was expected to drive two miles along the road and use a cooker in a neighbour 's outhouse . |
| 8 | Saudi Arabia remained the only Arab state without diplomatic relations with China , but China had been a weapons supplier to Saudi Arabia since 1985 ; in addition the move was expected to open new links between Saudi Arabia and the Moslem minority in China . |
| 9 | Spanish and Portuguese membership came only after long talks , and was expected to put greater pressures on the Social and Regional Funds , as well as increasing the costs of the CAP . |
| 10 | Despite continued pressure from environmental groups to ban the use of lead , its consumption was expected to reach 4,430,000 tonnes in 1990 , very slightly ahead of the record levels attained in 1989 . |
| 11 | In December 1987 Peter Morrison , Minister of State for Energy , estimated that the North 's ( including Wear and Tees side ) offshore industry was expected to exceed 4000 jobs in 1988–9 . |
| 12 | An agreement reached with the International Monetary Fund ( IMF ) announced on May 10 was expected to release new credits and to create conditions for the rescheduling of the US$50,000 million debt [ see p. 37222 ] . |
| 13 | President René 's SPPF won 58.4 per cent of votes cast and was expected to take 14 seats on the commission to draft a constitution in advance of presidential and legislative elections scheduled to take place in December . |
| 14 | Following the Supreme 's Court 's endorsement of Noonan 's ruling , the case was due to return to the Appeals Court to be reviewed by a panel of judges , a process which was expected to take several months . |
| 15 | The process of identification was expected to take several months but human rights groups were confident that it would provide evidence of indiscriminate killing . |
| 16 | A reconstruction programme , calculated to cost at least US$10,000 million , was expected to take several years . |
| 17 | This was expected to cover four days , arriving Thursday and leaving Sunday . |
| 18 | The Commission had in fact drawn up a short list of six associations , from which the government was expected to select two groups . |
| 19 | The Democratic Party , led by Mancham , with 33.7 per cent of the votes was expected to occupy eight seats on the commission . |
| 20 | The conference , due to last 40 days , was expected to make fundamental decisions about a new constitution in preparation for the country 's first multiparty elections , scheduled for 1992 . |
| 21 | She confirmed that she had resigned because she was expected to work five days a week instead of the three initially agreed . |
| 22 | Iraq 's invasion in August of Kuwait , and the Saudi Arabian government 's subsequent decision to invite coalition forces to defend the kingdom was expected to have profound effects on internal political and economic affairs . |
| 23 | But Mr Major was expected to face stormy Commons scenes as he came under more pressure during Prime Minister 's question time this afternoon . |
| 24 | But Mr Major was expected to face stormy Commons scenes as he came under more pressure during Prime Minister 's question time this afternoon . |
| 25 | According to a World Bank report published on Sept. 23 , the administration of the US$1,200 million Environment Fund set up under the auspices of the UN was expected to face severe problems stemming from disagreements centring on the degree to which national governments would assume responsibility for environmental projects such as pollution control . |
| 26 | The Congress on Feb. 25 , in a decision that was expected to boost domestic savings by US$1,000 million , approved reforms to the country 's pension and housing funds . |
| 27 | The country 's biggest oil refinery , Ahmadi , which resumed operations on Aug. 27 , was expected to meet domestic demands by processing up to 130,000 barrels per day ( bpd ) of crude oil . |
| 28 | Zinc consumption was forecast to reach 5,360,000 tonnes in 1989 , a 2 per cent rise over 1988 levels , while production was expected to total 5,310,000 tonnes , up 1 per cent on 1988 . |