Example sentences of "[noun prp] [was/were] expected to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Relations with Taiwan were expected to be downgraded to " representative " status , but Taiwan 's state-run Chinese Petroleum Corporation was expected to continue to buy the bulk of its crude oil from Saudi Arabia . |
| 2 | The court was also told that a sale of Paramount was expected to be completed in the next fortnight for £1.5million . |
| 3 | Despite the brisk sales reported in the last few days before Christmas , December saw a small decline in retail trade compared with the previous year , according to the Confederation of British Industry 's distributive trades panel , said on Tuesday that many retailers had reported a disappointing Christmas , although the results were an improvement on recent months and sales in January were expected to be up on a year ago . |
| 4 | Simon was expected to be called up by the Army , and sent off God knew where . |
| 5 | Although not explicitly referred to in this statement , issues such as the size of a united Germany 's armed forces and its relationship to NATO were expected to be discussed under this umbrella , dubbed the " two-plus-four " formula ( that is , the two Germanies plus the four allies ) . |
| 6 | The first test match in South Africa was expected to be against India , which proposed South Africa 's membership . |
| 7 | We 'll keep an open mind about the caller 's sex until we get confirmation from Bidwell , but it was probably a woman , probably also someone who knew that old Mr. Lorrimer was expected to be in hospital yesterday , and who did n't know that the appointment had been cancelled . |
| 8 | At least six of the 14 UNO member parties were thought likely to support the formation of a new opposition grouping , within which Vice-President Virgilio Godoy Reyes was expected to be a leading figure . |
| 9 | Michelle Pfeiffer was expected to be cast alongside Michael Douglas in Carolco 's forthcoming ‘ Basic Instinct ’ ; in the end a less-costly actress , Sharon Stone , was chosen . |
| 10 | Insurance claims from the huge IRA bomb blast in the City of London were expected to be around £300m ( $172m ) . |
| 11 | Beaverton , Oregon-based Sequent was expected to be ready to show two pre-production prototypes of its high-end WinServer 5000 series , one being the much-anticipated 30-way box carrying a mix-and-match assortment of Intel Corp Pentiums and 80486 chips , in itself a design feat , and the other an 18-way WinServer 5000 fitted out with only 60MHz Pentiums , a modern-day exercise in conspicuous consumption considering the rarity of the chips . |