Example sentences of "the [noun] were expect to be " in BNC.

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1 Al Raqaba was quoted in Le Monde of June 24 as saying that 170 burning oil wells had so far been capped while the majority were expected to be under control by March 1992 [ see pp. 37988 ; 38119 ; 38166 ; 38212 ] .
2 The proposals were expected to be endorsed by the special party congress .
3 The powers of the president were expected to be redefined in the new constitution currently being drafted and scheduled to be approved in 1991 .
4 These were analogous to the special migrant stations in the United States and Russia with the exception that most of the Tamils were expected to be only temporary migrants .
5 The applications were expected to be the same as those already noted .
6 The contents were expected to be badly corroded : in fact , with minimum effort bolts were undone , springs sprang , hinges opened and moving parts were easily freed .
7 Observers said that the members were expected to be named in late January .
8 The long-term financial savings generated by the cuts were expected to be modest .
9 The recommendations were expected to be ratified by a special general congress of the party on Feb. 18 .
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