Example sentences of "was expected to be a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The sultan was expected to be a good Muslim and to act justly in accordance with Islamic teaching . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Forced repatriation was reportedly favoured by public opinion in the colony and the issue of the boat people was expected to be a major issue in the first elections to the legislature due in September . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |