Example sentences of "not expect a [adj] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | The question is how this expansion can be paid for , given that the new Secretary of State has said quite candidly that his present view is that higher education can not expect a higher share of public spending than it currently receives . |
2 | It does not expect a frail humanity to be capable of loving our neighbours more than ourselves : that would be a task of saintly dimension . |
3 | You would not expect a well-made machine like this to be light , and at 2.8kg ( 6.2lb ) it is n't , so you need the two handles moulded into the case of the machine to help hold it . |
4 | Do not expect a cast-iron guarantee of success . |
5 | But on March 20th , a week before the hearing was due , he withdrew his request , saying that he could not expect a fair hearing from the governor and had no wish to take part in an ‘ empty game ’ . |
6 | Immigrants will be required , as before , to send their children to French schools , and officials do not expect a significant increase in exceptions being allowed . |
7 | Given their portrayal by trade unionists as rich members of the bourgeouisie who were concerned only over the value of their property , they did not expect a sympathetic reception from workers . |
8 | Patients must not expect an endless supply of alternative drugs . |
9 | Iraq , which is thought to have capacity to produce at least twice as much oil as Kuwait , did not send its oil minister to the OPEC talks — an indication that the authorities in Baghdad do not expect an early resumption of export trading . |
10 | However often he and his ministers warned the population not to expect an overnight return to prewar prosperity , the head of the government was naturally held accountable for the persistence of food and fuel shortages , black marketeering , and bread rationing . |
11 | Your ruler , Mercury , turns retrograde on the 11th which means that from this point you must be prepared to sit certain situations out and not to expect an immediate response from people . |
12 | ‘ I was not expecting a great deal of management input from them , ’ he says . |