Sentence examples for had been expected it from inspiring English sources

Diageo P.L.C. formally announced yesterday that, as had been expected, it would sell its Dewar's Scotch whisky and Bombay gin brands to the rival Bacardi Ltd. for $1.93 billion to comply with regulators' demands to preserve competition in the liquor industry.

Because the hike — the second this year — had been expected, it is unlikely to cause an immediate increase in mortgage rates.

While the snowfall in the New York area was a bit less dramatic during the day than had been expected, it was still enough to tangle roads.

Though the Internet created fewer fortunes than had been expected, it did deliver riches of information, creating an age of government disclosure not seen before.

While the program's passing had been expected, it still aroused questions among friends and supporters about why it had died so young.

While Mademoiselle's lawsuit had been expected, it contains new details of that disputed settlement, apparently drawing on records of the 1997 collective bargaining negotiations between the union and Claiborne.

(See: "Vodafone Narrows Loss But Doubts Remain") However the company didn't raise its full-year guidance, as some analysts had been expecting it to.

Martha Ridley, whose daughter Kathy Ridley died in the bombing, said she had been expecting it.

Bakersfield police spokesman Ryan Kroeker said the department is aware a claim was filed and had been expecting it, but did not comment further.

Following the post fans had been expecting it to drop exclusively on Spotify at midnight.

Eventually the end came, and even though I had been expecting it, the blow was no less painful.