Example sentences of "expected that the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The years from 1966 to 1969 saw real GDP growing in excess of 10 per cent annually and , with growth at twice the level of Japan 's competitors , it was confidently expected that the substantial differences in productivity levels between large and small firms would be eroded .
2 Recently , the Auditing Practices Board ( APB ) suggested in the preface to its Exposure Draft , Going Concern , that ‘ … one year is normally the period during which it is expected that the financial statements can reasonably be relied upon ’ .
3 By lunchtime it was expected that the sit-down run throughs would be complete and timed to run an optimum length of twenty-four minutes , thirty seconds .
4 In the South Wales region it is expected that the annual quantity required from this source will rise from about 2.8 mt to 3.6 mt over the 20 year period , despite the fact that as a proportion of overall consumption it will fall from 15% to 10% .
5 In the South Wales region it is expected that the annual quantity required from this source will rise from about 2.8 mt to 3.6 mt over the 20 year period , despite the fact that as a proportion of overall consumption it will fall from 15% to 10% .
6 It is expected that the new system could be in place in the year 1993–94 .
7 Lexandro had expected that the Imperial Fists ' home-base would be on a world .
8 Foreign investment in 1989 rose by almost 76 per cent to 8,600 million ringgits , and it was expected that the upward trend would be maintained for 1990 .
9 It is expected that the appointed person will have an excellent record in applied scientific research coupled with a sound understanding of commercial contract research .
10 Secondly , the number of significant train accidents recorded in 1990 was the lowest on record and it is expected that the final figure for 1991 will show a further decline .
11 It might have been expected that the tribal masks and statuettes that had such a profound effect on Picasso 's painting would have excited him to a new activity in the field of sculpture as they did Derain and , to a certain extent , Matisse .
12 But I would have expected that the whole thing would have to be operated by , somebody who was qualified .
13 It is also expected that the Physical Sciences Board will agree to forward to the General Board the name selected by the members of the department .
14 In West Sussex the English elm ( Ulmus procera ) is nearing extinction and it might be expected that the large numbers of standing dead trees will , at least temporarily , provide large amounts of insect food and sites for hole-nesting species .
15 It was widely expected that the formal ban on direct trade with the Soviet Union would be lifted in 1990 leaving only mainland China , Albania , Cuba and North Korea on the prohibited list .
16 It might be expected that the main means by which teachers would become acquainted with the concept of SSE would be through their own LEA scheme .
17 It was n't purely coincidental that she happened to be carrying the details of previous work experience , for she 'd expected that the secretarial agency might want to see them .
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