Example sentences of "[pron] [was/were] expected to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was little time for dalliance when we came out from Sunday School as I was expected to be home for tea at half-past four . |
| 2 | From quite an early age I was expected to be somewhere around . |
| 3 | ‘ When I was at home , I was expected to be submissive , obedient and totally dependent on my parents . |
| 4 | The changes also anticipate many of the demands which were expected to be made at opposition rallies tomorrow in Sofia and the provinces where calls are expected for the resignation of many of the figures ousted yesterday . |
| 5 | Furthermore this number underestimates the number of external programmes which were expected to be attended during 1984/5 because a number of authorities ( 16 in our sample ) were not able to indicate or estimate this , in the spring of 1984 : |
| 6 | added , however , that the offers of accommodation which were expected to be made pursuant to the resolution of the local authority could ‘ be made the subject of fresh proceedings under Order 53 or by way of writ , as the recipients may be advised by counsel . ’ |
| 7 | At the bottom end of the scale , some small ‘ third-class ’ stations , which were expected to be used only by Indian travellers , were staffed entirely by Indians . |
| 8 | The decisions , tantamount to a significant downgrading of COMECON ( as also indicated by a sharp staff reduction at the Moscow secretariat ) , and which were expected to be approved at a future summit meeting , were the outcome of an undertaking made at the summit meeting in January [ see p. 37202 ] to review existing COMECON arrangements to allow for the wider operation of market principles . |
| 9 | The confessions , which were expected to be challenged by the defence , provided the heart of the prosecution case , as the victim was unable to remember the attack or to identify her assailants and forensic tests were inconclusive . |
| 10 | Lacking a majority in either chamber , he asked senators and deputies for 180 days of extraordinary legislative powers to launch an economic anti-inflationary plan ( details of which were expected to be announced in August ) , with the intention of restoring Peru 's relationships with international lending agencies . |
| 11 | He began digging for the pipe , which was expected to be about half a metre down . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Full enactment of the emergency package required a supplementary budget which was expected to be submitted to the Diet in October or November 1992 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | This was a period of rapid development in the technology and tactics of warfare ; gone were the Frankish troops of the time of Charlemagne , who were expected to be riders , foot soldiers , swordsmen , spearsmen and archers all at once . |
| 21 | Whilst poor Millie , far from playing cello concertos at the Festival Hall , or leading archaeological expeditions to Asia Minor , or whatever she was expected to be doing by this time , is … |
| 22 | And it was wonderful to have heard from Liz today , when her cousin had rung to wish her a happy birthday , that she was expected to be discharged from hospital in about a week 's time . |
| 23 | But , wherever we went , whatever we did , we were accompanied by the innate , subconscious awareness that we were expected to be grateful . |
| 24 | For verbal ability , there was expected to be a right field advantage , whereas visuo-spatial ability was expected to have a lesser advantage in the right field indicating left field advantage . |
| 25 | However , there was expected to be friction between Taoiseach Albert Reynolds and Sir Hugh Annesley about the warning of loyalist attacks in the Republic . |
| 26 | Those who attempted to manage the political affairs of a county or district of burghs had not only to contribute towards any public project in their area , they were expected to be the leading subscribers , and it mattered little whether or not they agreed with the project in view . |
| 27 | Women and girls were not expected to go off after work and sing in choirs or play games — they were expected to be at home catching up on household chores . |
| 28 | In experiments on rats it has been shown that where experimenters expected rats to be maze-bright , the rats fulfilled their expectation and where they were expected to be maze-dull the rats also fulfilled expectations . |
| 29 | They were expected to be decorative and subservient . |
| 30 | They were due to be escorted to Croatia where they were expected to be handed over , possibly later today , to British consular officials . |