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by btg760 » Sat Jul 11, 2009 7:22 pm
During the first one hundred fifty years of the existence of this republic, no one expected the press was fair; newspapers were mostly shrill, scurrilous, and partisan.

(A) was
(B) to be
(C) of being
(D) should be
(E) had to be

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by gmat740 » Sat Jul 11, 2009 7:43 pm
During the first one hundred fifty years of the existence of this republic, no one expected the press was fair; newspapers were mostly shrill, scurrilous, and partisan.

(A) was
(B) to be
(C) of being
(D) should be
(E) had to be
IMO-B("to be")

idiomatic

Eg : A few years back, nobody expected Jack to be a nice boy.

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by madhur_ahuja » Sat Jul 11, 2009 7:44 pm
Should be B, it follows the right idiom.
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by dumb.doofus » Sat Jul 11, 2009 10:27 pm
yes, would go with B
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by dineshydv » Tue Oct 06, 2009 8:18 pm
Is idiom under test here is "expected to be".??
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