Example sentences of "were expected to be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The models of teaching it commended were expected to be influential , and the Authority saw itself as having a duty to provide a clear lead on the direction and character of primary classroom practice . |
| 2 | In experiments on rats it has been shown that where experimenters expected rats to be maze-bright , the rats fulfilled their expectation and where they were expected to be maze-dull the rats also fulfilled expectations . |
| 3 | According to the Samuelson hypothesis , the values of β were expected to be negative . |
| 4 | They were expected to be decorative and subservient . |
| 5 | But , wherever we went , whatever we did , we were accompanied by the innate , subconscious awareness that we were expected to be grateful . |
| 6 | Younger players in particular were expected to be clean-living . |
| 7 | Military commissions were in demand in Scotland , and Scottish politicians were expected to be able to satisfy their friends , and with an almost constant 25 per cent of the officer corps drawn from Scotland they clearly succeeded to an astonishing degree in obtaining positions for their countrymen . |
| 8 | The company was fully bonded and all 1,400 holidaymakers currently overseas on skiing trips in France and Austria with its subsidiary , Kaleidoscope , were expected to be able to complete their holidays while those with bookings would be reimbursed . |
| 9 | While the values of α ( which represents an estimate of the volatility of the spot market ) , were expected to be positive , in general they were not significantly different from zero . |
| 10 | On fundamental questions of doctrine or canon law their decisions were expected to be unanimous . |
| 11 | The long-term financial savings generated by the cuts were expected to be modest . |
| 12 | It also approved a law easing restrictions on joint ventures , which was criticized by foreign investors as not addressing the problem that joint ventures were expected to be self-sufficient in foreign exchange . |
| 13 | In Essex , a spokesman for the Eastern National bus company said its normal services between major towns were expected to be adequate to meet any additional demand due to the strike . |
| 14 | A church could derive both prestige and wealth from possessing the relics of a major saint , whose devotees were expected to be generous in their donations of land and precious metal . |
| 15 | Men were expected to be unfaithful . |
| 16 | People lacking supportive relationships were expected to be prone to depression whether or not they experienced major difficulties or threatening events . |
| 17 | New agreements were expected to be ready for signature by July 1991 . |
| 18 | Male presenters were expected to be black-tie-dressed while women wore evening gowns , and sometimes even tiaras . |