Example sentences of "[vb past] [be] expected " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the second case , the number of consonants recalled was expected to decrease as the delay increased . |
| 2 | The number of dead and injured was expected to rise as rescue teams reached more outlying regions cut off due to the widespread destruction of roads and bridges . |
| 3 | He enjoyed being expected and being useful , providing electric fires , finding plumbers , even tidying and washing things , Irina 's efforts in these latter respects being minimal . |
| 4 | While the seven sectors examined were expected to continue to create jobs until the end of the decade , that rate of increase is predicted to be lower than in the recent past , as new technology and industrial concentration increase productivity . |
| 5 | If I stayed on at Bletchley — which I was reluctant to leave — I should scarcely ever see Leslie before the invasion of France , which we all knew was expected within a very few months . |
| 6 | Most economists believe that the tighter squeeze on the economy would now lead to a more rapid deceleration in inflation in the first half of next year than had been expected before yesterday 's base rate increase . |
| 7 | The Department of Health had been expected to approve another £250,000 when the story that it would refuse was leaked , apparently from Downing Street . |
| 8 | Calder , who had been expected to win his 22nd consecutive cap , feels he is short of fitness having spent September fulfilling a number of engagements in the aftermath of the tour . |
| 9 | They had left Eastover days earlier than had been expected . |
| 10 | The Wasserschutz Polizei , or River Police launch , Whose arrival had been expected much earlier , turned on its blue flashing light and jauntily turned to take station upstream , in order to intercept any barge or ship choosing to ignore the river closure order which had been imposed by the river authorities for the night . |
| 11 | The name change , which will officially happen in January 1992 , had been expected since the association took delivery of a weighty industry assessment from Saatchi & Saatchi last summer . |
| 12 | There were fears that the chronic empyema , which the thoracoplasty had been expected to cure , would recur on the other side . |
| 13 | National newspapers had been expected to publish the declaration , code , and announcement of a system of readers ' representatives to take up complaints from the public in today 's newspapers . |
| 14 | Much heavier punishments had been expected . |
| 15 | Wimbledon had been expected to bear the brunt of the FA 's displeasure because of their past record . |
| 16 | Mr Goddard , a former mayor of Phoenix who had been expected to win the November race easily , first lowered the tone by comparing Mr Symington to Charles Keating , the financier at the heart of the Lincoln Savings and Loan disaster . |
| 17 | The underlying problem was , perhaps , that too much had been expected of the Queen . |
| 18 | Jewish men had been expected — unrealistically in the conditions of the Diaspora — to make regular pilgrimages to the Holy City . |
| 19 | He had planned for it ; it had been expected ; it was just another episode of the unreal bureaucratic adventures in which he seemed to picture himself . |
| 20 | The pre-tax figures were in line with City expectations , but estimated net assets , which had been expected to dip from 720p to nearer 700p a share , rose to 731p , following a partial valuation by directors . |
| 21 | Since fuel is a major part of a coal station 's running costs , the fact that prices were not rising nearly as fast as had been expected would have a fundamental impact on the future cost of coal-fired electricity . |
| 22 | Invariably this works out at less than the cost of the repairs , because a vendor would be unlikely to reduce his price to the extent of their full cost — he would argue that he had already taken some account of defects and age when fixing the price of his house in the first place , and if he had been expected to replace all the windows he would have asked a correspondingly higher price . |
| 23 | Elisa had been expected to return too and continue her duties but she had decided to stay in Naples . |
| 24 | Its numbers had increased by 1979 to 3,000 from only 800 a century ago , when it had been expected to disappear : its only use was for bloodless bull-fighting in which ribbons are snatched from the bull 's horns . |
| 25 | Since 1987–88 , the state has , for the first time , been responsible for providing stationery and textbooks , which previously parents had been expected to pay for . |
| 26 | On 8 June 1714 the Electress Sophia of Hanover , who had been expected to succeed Anne , died suddenly , and on 1 August 1714 so did Queen Anne , aged only 49 . |
| 27 | All she had been told when she came round after the anaesthetic was that there had been a few complications and the operation had taken rather longer than had been expected . |
| 28 | The Panel , as had been expected , extended the Place of Safety orders on all nine children for a further twenty-one days . |
| 29 | Until yesterday , Diana had been expected to spend Christmas with the royals . |
| 30 | The unprecedented level of media attention on the Royal Family in recent months had been expected to boost the figure above last year when 21 million viewers tuned in . |