Example sentences of "not be expect [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I can not be expected to monitor these statements . |
| 2 | The Association would regard the professional responsibilities of the librarian to include full discretion over the acquisitions made by the library service within the terms of the general guidelines laid down by an employer : in the case of public libraries these guidelines should not be expected to allow local censorship . |
| 3 | Patients refused admission can not be expected to take much comfort from this explanation of their plight . |
| 4 | If you are called for an interview with a local authority , you would not be expected to answer detailed questions relating to local government law . |
| 5 | The biological resources that just supported small nomadic populations at a neolithic level of culture can not be expected to support larger populations at southern standards of living . |
| 6 | The left argued that children who speak dialect at home could not be expected to speak Standard English , which they regarded as middle class , and that it was improper to make this an essential attainment target in a national curriculum . |
| 7 | Aguirre , previously thought of as one of the President 's most loyal officers , described it as " unfair and unjust " and stated that a leader who was incapable of " making a just and proper decision over a simple matter such as appointments can not be expected to make correct decisions about the complex affairs of state " . |
| 8 | The Swedish Prime Minister , Carl Bildt , justly complained that ‘ membership has unspecified potential obligations ’ , and that Sweden thus could not be expected to make binding assurances that she would participate in a common defence policy which has not yet been defined . |
| 9 | Without a market for externalities the price system can not be expected to bring marginal costs and marginal benefits of these externalities into line . |
| 10 | Over one thousand qualified , committed and underpaid young men and women can not be expected to exercise greater patience . |
| 11 | The market can not be expected to exercise self- restraint — this is the duty of government . |
| 12 | While younger pupils can not be expected to have great depth of understanding and indeed will not reach a mature conceptual level of historical understanding until their mid-teens , none the less the initial building bricks in the process can be laid from the very beginning of the pupil 's school career . |
| 13 | It is not right to assume that those in inner-city areas can not be expected to achieve good examination results . |
| 14 | Local large employers could also be encouraged to establish departments providing work experience for people with long-term disabilities , provided they received financial incentives in the form of capital grants and revenue support : employers should not be expected to provide charitable funds or investment , although they can provide an atmosphere of tolerance , access for sheltered workers to the benefits which other employees enjoy ( such as sports and canteen facilities ) , and a willingness to consider these supported workers for more general employment if they make good progress . |
| 15 | The court accepted that the minister would not be expected to hear such representations as if he were a judge . |
| 16 | A girl brought up in a convent with the whole town knowing her circumstances could not be expected to feel any warmth towards the people who lived in splendour over in Westlands . |
| 17 | However the Tube is not designed as anything more than a temporary tent so it should n't be expected to give normal tent performance . |
| 18 | Well , he could n't be expected to shed any tears . |
| 19 | ‘ We ca n't be expected to wait six weeks for another good performance . ’ |
| 20 | What was he doing , acting the liberal again , and in front of country people who could n't be expected to comprehend modern attitudes ? |