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Last year, about 400 people were initially expected at the conference, but only about 250 attended.

Costs to government were initially expected to total 32p per £1 lent.

The trial ended in April 2006, and its results were initially expected in late 2006 or early 2007.

They were initially expected in Brindisi down the coast, but rough seas forced a change of plans, officials said.

But the states are genuine tossups that were initially expected to be much more hospitable to Mr. Gore.

The needed improvements, mainly an additional staircase to use in emergencies and upgrades to fire safety systems, were initially expected to cost $2.3 million.

Under the Funding for Lending initiative, the Bank of England is initially expected to lend about £80bn at below-market rates to banks and building societies.

For stumps, this method indicated that decomposition may have been greater than was initially expected (stumps were not re-measured due to an expectation of minimal decomposition), especially at the more recently disturbed juvenile and regenerating clearcut sites.

She was initially expected to leave the hospital on Monday.

Rubio versus Crist was initially expected to be a walk for the moderate, cheerful governor.

An auction was initially expected shortly after Mr. Clinton left the White House.