Example sentences of "[conj] it [was/were] expected [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Djibo Ká was transferred from Planning and Co-operation to Education , where it was expected that he would be required to find a solution to three years of student unrest . |
| 2 | The French government tried to save money by accrediting the consul-general it sent to Japan in 1858 also as chargé d'affaires ( a device quite often used outside Europe , mainly in minor Latin-American states where it was expected that political relations would be very much subordinate to commercial ones ) . |
| 3 | He is , by nature , an organised man and it was expected that his teams would be well organised . |
| 4 | Foreign investment in 1989 rose by almost 76 per cent to 8,600 million ringgits , and it was expected that the upward trend would be maintained for 1990 . |
| 5 | Legal proceeding were started against Barak , Stepan and Colotka , and it was expected that many others would be charged in due course . |
| 6 | Several cantons had already reduced the voting age for cantonal elections , and it was expected that the others would now introduce measures to bring their regulations into line with the new situation at federal level . |
| 7 | Major improvements were being noted two years later , and it was expected that these would be carried further when the Polytechnic was transferred to the East Sussex Local Authority following county boundary changes . |
| 8 | A detailed itinerary was not provided , but it was expected that the bulk of the meetings would be held in Washington . |
| 9 | Results for the North West Frontier Province ( NWFP ) and Baluchistan had not been finalized , but it was expected that the IDA would be in a position to form coalition governments in both provinces . |
| 10 | Patronage was necessary , because it was expected that the member of parliament should be able to obtain it , a fact which goes a long way towards explaining the close links between so many Scots members of parliament and administration . |
| 11 | By Aug. 24 , when the Security Council Military Staff Committee met , the USA had drafted a proposed resolution which would give UN legitimacy to the use of the necessary force to maintain a blockade , but which would leave the decision on such interventions to the naval command ( i.e. to the US Navy , in practice , or the British or French , since it was expected that those other countries which had contributed naval forces on a smaller scale would wish to avoid this controversial step ) . |
| 12 | King Hassan went to Washington on a state visit , when it was expected that he would discuss the question of a revised voting list for the Western Sahara . |
| 13 | On Aug. 28 it was reported that Patten was to visit China on Oct. 12-14 , when it was expected that he would have talks with Premier Li Peng and other officials . |
| 14 | In comparison the trade union movement did little until the subsidy ended on 30 April 1926 , even though it was expected that the Samuel Commission would be unable to offer a compromise which might be agreeable to both coal owners and unions . |