Sentences with phrase «widely expected»

Reid's endorsement of Kihuen, a former Reid aide, was widely expected.

The New York state legislator's candidacy for the Harlem and Bronx - based district was widely expected.

(1) This long - drawn - out leadership contest was widely expected to lower morale and sap expectations.

The sharp decline in Chinese tourists has been widely expected as Beijing has banned its travel agencies from selling package tours to Korea since mid-March in apparent retaliation over Seoul's deployment of the U.S. Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system.

In Wales in 2007, our party was widely expected to be the partner of choice for a Labour party that had failed to win a majority.

So, this seems to be a safer move: Focus on the Senate, which everyone agrees is desperate for improvement, as far as reform and ethics goes, while also preserving a relationship with the Democrat who is widely expected to be the next governor of New York — a guy whose team doesn't truck with disloyalty and is known to hold political grudges.

Bloomberg also said he has spoken with Republican Staten Island DA Dan Donovan and will endorse him if he enters the AG race, as is widely expected.

Mr Cameron is widely expected to win, having the support of more than 100 Tory MPs and leading the opinion polls, but Mr Davis has insisted the race is not yet over.

And a rise in inflation is now widely expected.

It's now widely expected other banks will soon be confirmed as guilty of interference, too.

(St. Lawrence is now mulling a run for Rockland County executive, assuming the current occupant of that office, Scott Vanderhoef, announces, as is widely expected, that he's running for the seat of retiring Sen. Tom Morahan).

Today's ruling is likely to be appealed, and it is widely expected that this case could eventually end up before the US Supreme Court.

Stone has not been contacted by the team of special counsel Robert Mueller, but it is widely expected they will be reaching out to him.

Several sources said Rice is widely expected to run while Maloney and Jeffries are less likely.

Although current Comptroller John Liu has yet to announce his electoral intentions, he is widely expected to run for mayor next year, leaving a vacant seat behind him.

-- Sen. Adriano Espaillat, who has only been in the Senate since 2010, replacing former Senator - turned - AG Eric Schneiderman, is planning to run for the new Latino congressional district widely expected to be created by LATFOR in Upper Manhattan.

The final agreement not only burnishes Cuomo's liberal credentials by extending (though not expanding) the millionaire's tax, raising the age of criminal responsibility of New York and addressing the high cost of college tuition for members of the middle class, it also dramatically increases his (already considerable) budget powers, enabling him to single - handedly make spending cuts in the event of widely expected future federal funding reductions.

The consultation widely expected to lead to gay marriage has been initiated by the Home Office, despite protest from religious leaders.

If Mayer wins, as is widely expected, then all eyes will be on Brooklyn Sen. Simcha Felder, who will be the only thing standing between the Democrats and the majority — or, if you prefer, the Republicans and the minority.

This is widely expected to be a launch of his re-election bid.

Alcantara noted that should she win in November, as is widely expected, then she will make history was the first Dominican woman in the chamber.

During an hour - long discussion with reporters, Cuomo seemed to suggested he perhaps didn't want a budget at all, at least not one without what he called «flexibility» for his administration to act — post-budget — to respond to widely expected federal cuts, particularly in the Medicaid program.

He was then widely expected to run again in four years, and some feared that the couple sought (and that Cristina will still seek) to amend the Constitution to allow them to continuing serving indefinitely.

Chancellor Gordon Brown, who is widely expected to be his successor, has also indicated his support for the nuclear deterrent.

The House passed a bill to ban abortions after 20 weeks of gestation, a top priority of the anti-abortion movement, but the measure is widely expected to die in the U.S. Senate.

Approval of the annexation agreement at Monday's Village Board meeting had been widely expected.

While it is widely expected to be a two - horse race for the individual honour, the PFA nonetheless announced a six - man shortlist on BBC Sport's Football Focus on Saturday afternoon.

Cazorla was widely expected to return to training in the opening of January transfer window, but that expectation was short lived as he was in the news last week that the Spanish player will be needing another surgery making that a setback.

The Belgian attacker has been scoring goals for fun at the start of the season and he is widely expected to help United improve offensively.

Costa was widely expected to be missing here, which did little for pre-match optimism.

Monaco are keen not to allow too many first - team stars to depart this summer, with Bernardo Silva recently joining Manchester City for # 43m and Tiemoue Bakayoko widely expected to link up with France team - mate N'Golo Kante at Chelsea.

As was widely expected, Serie A's Sporting Judge has suspended Claudio Marchisio, along with another 11 players Sporting Judge...

It is more widely expected that he will depart this summer, however, in a recent interview the player confirmed he will be looking to play Champions League football.

It was widely expected that current Italy boss, Conte, would be at the helm next season after he was spotted in London over the weekend to talk to finalise a deal.

Jese has struggled for regular minutes on the pitch at the Santiago Bernabeu during the current season and is widely expected to be leaving this winter.

Lampard is widely expected to play this match whilst Cole and Carvalho are unlikely to start.

Arsenal put up a very meek display during their 3 - 1 defeat against Chelsea last weekend and it is now widely expected that manager Arsene Wenger will be making a host of changes to his squad for the encounter against Hull City this weekend.

While it was widely expected that QPR would look to get rid of Barton, this summer, Fernandes has insisted that the incident is firmly in the past, and the midfielder was still very much a part of the club's plans going forward.

Ezen wa was widely expected to return...

At the Anfield clash with Liverpool and in the game against Chelsea, he was widely expected to impress.

The Blues will be widely expected to continue their impressive winning run, which has led them to a commanding lead at the top of the Premier League.

Signed from AS Roma in 2013 for a fee of $ 31.4 million at just 19 years of age, Marquinhos was widely expected to slot straight into the PSG side.

Arsene Wenger is widely expected to add to his squad this summer, with a defender, a holding midfielder and a striker on top of most people's wish lists.

The French international midfielder is widely expected to leave Old Trafford this month having told manager José Mourinho that he wants to bring to an end his 18 - month spell at the club, but his suitors will have to pay big if they want him.

It is now widely expected that Griezmann will be leaving for greener pastures next summer and reports have claimed that Atletico Madrid may part with their star player if any team can match their valuation of... [Read more...]

It is anticipated that Willock will finally make his first - team debut at some stage next season, and it is widely expected that he will seize his opportunity.

Manager Jose Mourinho preferred using Rooney in the midfield, but it is widely expected that he will make the switch back to the striker's position at Everton.

Nico Hulkenberg was widely expected to show Sergio Perez the way in their three - year spell at Force India, but that's not exactly how it worked out.

He is comfortably one of the world's most prolific center forwards and the previous campaign was widely expected to be his last in a Dortmund shirt.

Jose Mourinho arrived at Old Trafford with many problems to fix, no more so than to persuade David De Gea to stay at the club despite the advances of Real Madrid who were widely expected to once again bid for the new Spain number one, having spectacularly failing to get the deal done on deadline day last summer.