Sentence examples for was expected first from inspiring English sources

The money was expected first to shore up the balance sheets of the banks and then help push up the stock portfolios of higher-income Americans.

He was expected first to focus on bolstering the ceasefire, channelling reconstruction aid through the Fatah-run PA rather than Hamas, and on measures to stop arms reaching Gaza via tunnels under the border with Egypt or by sea from Iran.To this end, the Americans and Danes were planning a conference in Copenhagen in early February.

So I was expecting First Class Murder to be just as good, and it lived up to my expectations.

As might be expected, "First Person" is largely favorable to Putin.

Investigators are expected first to enter the ninth compartment of the hull.

You are expected first to be shocked, then supportive, and the proper adult response is probably the kind of patient indulgence you might offer an actual unruly adolescent.

The Mini-Note 2140 is expected first, sometime in February for under $600.

TomTom also said it was expecting second-quarter revenues of between €300m and €310m at its results on 22 July.

Wall Street had been expecting third-quarter revenue of $14.85 billion.

Analysts were expecting third-quarter sales of $3.7 billion.

Analysts had been expecting second-quarter earnings of 25 cents a share, according to Thomson Reuters.