There they may be expected to make epic PowerPoint presentations to giant audiences, and to attend banquets and intimate discussions, often in hotels owned by the bidder.
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Although the Union's members may be too busy horse-trading with each other to think much about confronting anybody else, there were expected to be two powerful ghosts at the Euro-banquet on the Riviera.
To the naked eye in January 2009, it had to be expected that soon there was going to be a nice surge, of GDP growth for quarters on end above 5 or 6%, with stocks retracing all-time highs and unemployment getting stifled.
The rout, if there is to be one, is not expected to come soon.
Following the wedding ceremony, there are expected to be some street parties in and around London.
But with LaSalle back in play there is expected to be a feeding frenzy of interest.
By the end of Lent, in six weeks' time, there is expected to be a new Pope.
However, there is expected to be a three-year grace period for governments to meet the financial rules.
There was expected to be further snow in the region on Tuesday, but it should mostly die away later.
There is expected to be discussion of the new Greek government's policies.
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And while it is not yet clear if he will attend other events while in the country, there is expected to be a huge level of interest in the Prince's travel plans.
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"I'd be interested to know where he expected those people to go, there would be a huge knock-on effect, " said Hannah Rowan from the West Rhyl Young People's Project.
There are 2, 900 islanders there whose per capita income can be expected to rise appreciably, if even any substantial oil is recovered there, let alone 60 billion barrels.
However, if Chesapeake is not able to develop its shale reserves as expected, there can be a downside to our forecasts.
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Turn out there is not expected to be very light, even though both the Governor's Mansion and a Senate Seat are at stake.
Hence, there are not expected to be any new spending cuts unveiled by Mr Darling, or any further tax rises (beyond those already pencilled in).
But Abdullah Abdullah said that he pulled out in part -- maybe he had personal reasons -- because he expected there to be massive fraud.
There's expected to be intense argument later on Monday in Istanbul, when the main opposition body, the Syrian National Coalition (SNC), discusses its next move.
There is not expected to be a news blackout this time.
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He expected there to be great interest in Firefox 3.0 because most users of the browser tend to upgrade to the latest version as soon as it comes out.
Some expected there to be progress towards a more democratic second chamber after the rejection of electoral reform, as a Tory sop to bind the Lib Dems into the coalition.
This does not apply to amounts that can be considered gifts instead of loans, and as such, there must be evidence that there was an understanding between you and the borrower that the amount was expected to be repaid.
There will be some people who feel there should be a limit to the dollar amount any one household should be expected to pay.
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In Mr Obama's upcoming visit to Israel and Jordan - his first trip there as president - Iran is expected to be high on the agenda.
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Vice President Joe Biden, law enforcement officials and members of Congress were expected to be there.
Although there is something to this, the pound's strength cannot be expected to vanish so easily.
Government sources say Justice Sonia Sotomayor, who joined the bench in 2009, is expected to be there.
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Of all the teams in the Championship play-off frame, they are the team I least expected to be there.
Regardless, Roberts has never missed a State of the Union as chief justice and is expected to be there next week.
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