it was expected that vs it was predicted taht

Both phrases are similar in meaning, but 'it was expected that' is the correct and more commonly used construction in English. 'It was predicted that' is not incorrect, but it is less common.

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it was expected that

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used to indicate that something was anticipated or foreseen.

Examples:

It was expected that the project would be completed by the end of the month.
It was expected that the team would win the championship.
It was expected that the prices would rise due to high demand.

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Also the forecasts for the non-aeronautical revenue were based on realistic assumptions, as it was expected that each passenger will spend around EUR [...] at the airport.
Other residential areas in the city were already starting to be saturated and, based on population growth, it was expected that new areas would need to be developed.
That happened at a time when the disquiet surrounding shortcomings in Romania was at its peak and it was expected that Bulgaria would yield the least problems.
During 2001, for reasons mainly related to Teracom's investments in digital terrestrial television, the predictions concerning Teracom's solvency were not very optimistic and it was expected that its solvency would continue to fall.
At the time of notification it was expected that the airport would start its activities at the beginning of 2014.
Decision 2008/820/EC applied until 31 December 2008 because it was expected that the Interim Economic Partnership Agreement with the SADC EPA region would enter into force or would be provisionally applied before that date.
Moreover, it was expected that the induced incremental costs will remain stable in 2000 to 2003, as only a marginal increase in the frequencies offered by Ryanair was expected.
It was expected that initial tariffs would not be set at a level significantly above prevailing rates.
It was expected that the revised report, to be submitted by the end of April 2011, would provide more information about clear targets, concrete measures foreseen and road maps for their implementation and on indicators for monitoring progress.
It was expected that all applications for the renewal of authorisations for products containing active substances renewed in accordance with Commission Regulation (EU) No 1141/2010 [4] would be submitted by 31 December 2015.
It was expected that EFSA would not find clear safety concerns related to food products from clones of farm animals, compared with conventionally-bred animals.
After 2040, it was expected that the airport manager would grow forever at a stable growth rate of the free cash flow of [...] %.
At the end of 2005, during the Doha round of these negotiations it was expected that export subsidies would be abolished by end of 2013.
In general, it was expected that debt securities with a short original maturity (below two years) or money market paper would be subject to rather infrequent and modest changes in value.
Given the open borders policy between the Principality of Liechtenstein and the Swiss Confederation, it was expected that the countries would join Schengen at the same time.
A number of points in the constitution had been changed in a democratic sense, a number of political prisoners were released, and it was expected that the customs union would further stimulate developments.
In February 2014, the applicant informed the Commission that it was expected that not all the confirmatory information required would be available by the deadline set out in Implementing Regulations (EU) No 540/2011 and (EU) No 1037/2012.
Consequently, when granting the derogation by Decision 2011/47/EU, it was expected that the derogation would generate the required turnover to finance the said investments in diversification of products and activities, so that the company benefiting from the derogation would no longer be required to request derogations.
It was expected that the proportion would be significant and disproportionate to the number of units switched to AMD.
It was expected that only 3% of funds raised would be allocated to early stage and expansion technology investments, compared to 5% in 2002.

Alternatives:

it was anticipated that
it was foreseen that
it was projected that
it was assumed that
it was believed that

it was predicted taht

This phrase contains a typo ('taht' instead of 'that'). The correct form is 'it was predicted that'.

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It was predicted that I'd be an orphan.
In fact, it was predicted by Alexander Fleming, the man who discovered penicillin.
It was predicted to be the heaviest of the quarks.
It was predicted that more sinister than we thought.
A small asteroid was discovered and it was predicted to land in Sudan the next day, and it did.
On the other, it was predicted that sparkling wine producers would pay relatively good prices (between EUR 0,36 and EUR 0,41 per litre) for large lots of uniform, guaranteed quality raw wine.
It was predicted in advance that with such a sized group... you would have a 25% drop in violent crime... as defined by the F.B.I. in Washington that summer.
Whereas a few years ago it was predicted that by 1998 there would be three million users in Europe, when 1998 came we realised that there were already 18 million, and this growth is still continuing.
In 1992, when there was a need to persuade France to vote in favour of the Maastricht Treaty, Jacques Delors predicted that the European Union would generate ten million jobs, just as it was predicted that the creation of the single market would bring prosperity.
Mr President, what is happening now was predicted well before the vote.
Here's an example of a symbol that was predicted.
This was predicted by the Commission back in 2004.
The death of Jesus was predicted, thousands of years, Judas before even existed.
Much of what was predicted before its introduction has not come to pass, but there are three things that need constant emphasis.
A great deal of consideration was also given to prevention and consequently, in most Western countries, the illness failed to develop into the pandemic which was predicted in the 80s.
Even the ploy involving the distribution of corn, far away from the polling stations, was predicted by the opposition.
A few moments before he was killed, someone handed Mr. Englehart a sketch depicting him being skewered by that same I-beam, as if his death was predicted.
Although emissions have increased more than was predicted, the temperature is not now logically following the rise in emissions.
Given the higher growth rate than was predicted in the financial perspectives, which are based on 2.5% growth, we can see our way forward to taking slightly different measures on budgets than we would otherwise have done.
The average exposure in an adult patient weighing 80 kg was predicted to be about 23% lower than in an adult patient weighing 60 kg (see section 4.2).

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