Example sentences of "do not expect [adj] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Also it is disappointing that despite these improvements in performance we still do not understand properly the physics of thermal insulation and we did not expect that increased density ( up to the limit when particle collisions take over ) would have quite the favourable effect that we have found in many machines . |
2 | In ( 2 ) , for instance , the idea of unmanly seems to correspond to what caused the person represented as the support of the infinitive to perform the action of treating a woman badly , and the sentence suggests that the speaker did not expect such unmanly behaviour from the person he is addressing . |
3 | Society boss Geoffrey Lister said he did not expect any economic recovery in the immediate future . |
4 | Prost , who claimed his 12th pole in 13 races this year , admitted he did not expect any special team orders to help him to his 52nd career victory . |
5 | Clyde also said that it did not expect any significant impact from last year 's Budget tax changes which restricted tax relief on future exploration spending . |
6 | But do not expect much new philosophy from the present government . |
7 | ‘ The reason I have called you both here is to remind you that you are now second-year witches , and I do not expect this ridiculous feud between you two girls to continue . |
8 | The patients realise this and they do not expect any effective help anymore : medicines , sutures , needles are all scarce or absent . |
9 | However , they do not expect any radical revision to emerge in the run-up to legislation . |