Sentence examples for it was once expected from inspiring English sources
It was once expected that decolonization would deliver more than halting development of dependent economies under generally conservative elites.
That helps to explain why this Wednesday — the long-awaited moment when motion picture classics like "Scarface" and newer hits like "Toy Story 3" will vanish from the streaming service — is not the doomsday that it was once expected to be.
With marijuana now legal in Washington state after voters passed Initiative 502 in November, state law enforcement has taken steps to make inroads into the community it was once expected to view as made up of law-breakers.
That place is different from where one started; it may not even be what was once expected or desired.
And we've all been there when it didn't look as bright as what was once expected.
At a rally to launch the Alliance's manifesto, he promised "education, work and justice for all" and a crackdown on corruption.Corruption was once expected to dominate the campaign, and it may yet do so.
As production continued on "Jezebel James, Foxx reduced its order to 7 episodes from 13, and while the show was once expected to run in a time slot abutting "American Idol," it will now be shown on Friday nights.
It would be quite a come-down for a technology that was once expected to change the world.
And yet the book deserves scrutiny, because its authors' views are going to matter a lot sooner than was once expected.
The internet was once expected to spread enlightenment everywhere.
She was traveling in Amtrak's Club Class, where a degree of civility was once expected.
