Example sentences of "[Wh det] was expected to " in BNC.
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| 1 | He began digging for the pipe , which was expected to be about half a metre down . |
| 2 | Discussions were in progress for a mandatory EC-wide system of minimum technical standards for motor vehicles , which was expected to be in place by mid-1990 . |
| 3 | According to the Bush administration , the war was estimated to have cost about $50,000 million , most of which was expected to be offset by contributions of $36,000 million made recently by Japan , Saudi Arabia and Kuwait . |
| 4 | The government 's latest autonomy offer , which was expected to be endorsed by Barzani — the DPK leader — before the next round of negotiations , was made to a delegation of Kurdish leaders including Talabani , Nechirvan Barzani ( a nephew of Masoud Barzani and a leading DPK member ) , Sami Abdul-Rahman of the Kurdistan People 's Democratic Party ( KPDP ) and Rasoul Marmand of the Socialist Party of Kurdistan ( SPK ) , during six days of secret talks . |
| 5 | It set out a timetable for major political changes , starting with the signing of the new Union Treaty , which was expected to be ready within three months . |
| 6 | The committee was to submit its proposals to a 260-member consultative assembly responsible for drafting by the end of the year the new constitution which was expected to be presented for approval in a national referendum . |
| 7 | On July 13 the South Korean National Assembly unanimously passed a bill which accepted the UN Charter and thereby opened the way for a South Korean application for membership , which was expected to be filed on Aug. 5 . |
| 8 | Full enactment of the emergency package required a supplementary budget which was expected to be submitted to the Diet in October or November 1992 . |
| 9 | On Nov. 27 President José Eduardo dos Santos announced the appointment of Marcolino Moco , secretary-general of the MPLA-PT , as Prime Minister to head a transitional government which was expected to be named on Dec. 1 . |
| 10 | It was generally believed that they were proposing to seek an electoral pact with the Conservatives , so as to ensure that they would hold their seats against what was expected to be a Conservative landslide at the next general election . |
| 11 | By chance a list of dresses taken by Mme Moulton to Compiègne has survived and it gives a very good idea of what was expected to be worn . |
| 12 | The intensity of reaction is normally very much less in these cases than after a severe loss such as bereavement but , even so , people can be surprised by their lethargy , sadness , even depression and bursts of irritation , which disturb what was expected to be so happy . |
| 13 | There had been some 400,000 arrivals since the 1988 elections ( including 240,000 from the former Soviet Union ) , and 240,000 of them were eligible to vote , which was seen as possibly a decisive factor in what was expected to be a close electoral contest . |
| 14 | One report described observers in Baghdad as surprised that what was expected to be Iran 's final offensive , taking in the Shatt island of Bovarian , began as a frontal assault against earthworks and water barriers east of Basrah where Iraq 's defences were at their most formidable . |
| 15 | Based in Zagreb , he succeeds Sir Donald Acheson , who went there in July last year on what was expected to be a two or three month assignment . |