Example sentences of "[was/were] not expected to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of the initial purposes of the World Bank was to aid post-war reconstruction through the provision of finance , since private capital markets were not expected to be able to cope with the scale of the problem . |
| 2 | This broke the tradition whereby Presidential Addresses were not expected to be highly personal ; the convention was that the President reviewed the scientific developments in the past twelve months , usually appealed for more public support for research and education , and might indicate what avenues seemed most hopeful . |
| 3 | In other words , cash limits were not expected to be adjusted during the subsequent year to take account of inflation . |
| 4 | Some of the instruments on the telescope , especially those operating in ultra-violet light , were not expected to be seriously affected . |
| 5 | Greece , which sent 20 per cent of exports through Yugoslavia , would be compensated , while other EC countries were not expected to be heavily affected . |
| 6 | The night raids with a few sporadic bangs and our own guns , and twice a silver Zeppelin picked out by a search light , seemed fun — because we all came downstairs and stayed up late and were n't expected to be bright at school next morning . |
| 7 | Mr Upham , 45 , was at Labour 's campaign headquarters when police broke the news to him and was not expected to be at last night 's count . |
| 8 | In these schools , he implied , people would be falling over themselves to get jobs , and , in certain cases , they might be employed even if they had no formal teaching qualifications , though that was not expected to be the norm . |
| 9 | With few spares and no reserve aircraft , their service was not expected to be sustained . |
| 10 | We were also told that the fire was started in June , and was not expected to be extinguished until the start of the rains , normally in October . |
| 11 | A full set of privatization laws was not expected to be ready before October 1990 . |
| 12 | Progress on the Lesotho Highlands Water Project , expected to become an important additional source of income and employment , was not expected to be affected by the political crisis in February 1990 ; the military government confirmed its intention of proceeding with the scheme under which hydroelectricity was to be generated in Lesotho and water was to be diverted from a catchment area in Lesotho to South Africa 's industrial heartland in the Transvaal [ see pp. 31304 ; 34789 ; 35815 ] . |
| 13 | A bill formally legalizing the new parties was not expected to be enacted before April . |
| 14 | The token repayment of $60 million per month on the $40,000 million commercial debt was not expected to be increased . |
| 15 | Lawyers for the two sides were continuing negotiations late into the night and a settlement was not expected to be announced until today . |
| 16 | If I had left you , then I was n't expected to be … ’ |