Example sentences of "[noun sg] [was/were] expect to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | The powers of the president were expected to be redefined in the new constitution currently being drafted and scheduled to be approved in 1991 . |
| 2 | The electorate was expected to be weary of elections and possibly apathetic as well . |
| 3 | Development revenue was expected to be almost Rps10,400,000 million , including programme aid of Rps1,500,000 million and project aid of Rps8,900,000 million — representing a reduction compared with the last budget . |
| 4 | Oil revenue was expected to be 257,000 million francs CFA , with other revenue ( excluding loans ) set at 181,000 million francs CFA ; the investment budget was set at 102,000 million francs CFA . |
| 5 | The so-called Massive Privatization Programme was expected to be presented to parliament for approval in the autumn . |
| 6 | In addition a future crop substitution programme was expected to be seriously hampered by the July 6 murder of Walter Tocas , the leader of the Upper Huallaga Defence Front , a 150,000-strong organization of coca growers in the country 's principal coca growing region , by either drug traffickers or Shining Path ( Sendero Luminoso ) guerrillas , who were known to work in tandem in the region . |
| 7 | At least 33 people were killed in the Bahamas , Florida ( where the death toll was greatest ) and Louisiana , although the final figure was expected to be higher . |
| 8 | Britain 's voluntary , though gradual , conversion of the colonial Empire into the British Commonwealth of Nations would help her recovery as a great power : her military commitments to provide overseas garrisons should diminish , and her influence was expected to be enhanced as she became the central pivot of an association of free and independent states girdling the globe . |
| 9 | The issue was expected to be high on the agenda at the summit of presidents of the so-called Group of Eight — Peru , Colombia , Mexico , Venezuela , Argentina , Brazil and Uruguay — which started in Ica yesterday . |
| 10 | The issue was expected to be the major obstacle to any agreement being reached . |
| 11 | Despite the sweeping nature of Bush 's proposals , which went beyond the 30 per cent cut in strategic nuclear weapons agreed under START [ see p. 38320 ] , only a small proportion of the US nuclear arsenal was expected to be affected , with the " triad " of ground-launched missiles , submarine-based weapons , and long-range bombers remaining intact . |
| 12 | By 1995 the zone was expected to be operating as a fully integrated common market of 90,000,000 people . |
| 13 | Deregulation was expected to be completed by 1993-95 but there was concern at the prospects for the economy in the intervening period . |
| 14 | Shop assistants in this period were expected to be of " respectable " appearance and speech . |
| 15 | The OIEC was expected to be based in Budapest , and to have a small staff of around 100 . |
| 16 | A Social Credit Party convention to choose a new leader was expected to be held in June . |
| 17 | Legislation approving the move was expected to be presented to the Federal Parliament in 1993 , and a 10-member implementation commission , to be appointed by the three signatories of the accord , was due to be created in order to oversee the transition process . |
| 18 | Far too often the village teacher was expected to be the creature of his employer , the school manager . |
| 19 | ( For Wales the weighted average community charge was expected to be £222 . ) |
| 20 | Adaptation was expected to be the result of a change in visual perception or the proprioceptive sense of the arm . |
| 21 | Yesterday Ray Flowers , a member of Durham County Council , said contracts had not yet been signed but the former DTC service was expected to be replaced . |
| 22 | Domingo Cavallo , the Economy Minister , said that a 6.5 per cent increase in GDP was forecast for 1992 , and inflation was expected to be " slightly more than one digit " ; he also promised that there would be no domestic or foreign loan applications involving an increase in the public debt . |
| 23 | Oskar Lafontaine , 46 , Minister President of Saarland since 1985 , was on Jan. 29 nominated by Hans-Jochen Vogel , the SPD chair , as SPD candidate for federal Chancellor , and this nomination was expected to be approved by a meeting of the SPD presidium in March . |
| 24 | Result awaited — The module was expected to be completed after 31 July 1991 ( end of session 1990/91 ) and the result was unknown at November 1991 . |
| 25 | According to an International Wheat Council report in April 1989 , world wheat stocks at the end of the 1988-90 season were expected to be 103,000,000 tonnes — down from 135,000,000 tonnes at the end of the previous year — with the biggest decline being in US stocks [ see p. 36280 ] . |
| 26 | According to Danielle de St Jorre , Minister for Planning and External Affairs , after modifications to the Constitution political parties would be invited to register from the beginning of January 1992 ; party-based elections for a constituent commission were expected to be held in July . |
| 27 | Although the report acknowledged that the Gulf crisis had adversely affected the economies of individual countries , most notably those of Jordan , Turkey , Romania , India and Yugoslavia , its effects on world trade were expected to be relatively small . |
| 28 | The report projected a 3 per cent annual growth of per capita incomes in the developing world in the 1990s , with wide variations between east Asia , where income per capita was set to grow at 5.3 per cent , and sub-Saharan Africa , where the rate was expected to be only 0.5 per cent . |
| 29 | The sultan was expected to be a good Muslim and to act justly in accordance with Islamic teaching . |
| 30 | Moreover , the duke 's authority was expected to be only temporary . |