1.   Earnings in the second half of the current financial year were expected to increase.

2.   Either way, climate extremes are expected to increase.

3.   Firms wanting to merge have therefore been expected to jump through impossibly tight hoops.

4.   He expects to profit from the high strike mostly when he throws his overhand curve which breaks late into the strike zone.

5.   The movie was expected to gross millions, but that forecast was wide of the Mark.

6.   The problems in getting online are expected to Decrease as the new equipment is installed.

7.   Their importance is expected to increase as higher percentages of those approaching retirement age are members of occupational pension schemes.

8.   Democrats are expected to blast away at the proposed budget cuts.

9.   The defendants, who continue to assert their innocence, are expected to appeal.