Example sentences of "we [modal v] not expect [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We should not expect that research will come up with recipes and remedies which will work whatever the circumstances . |
| 2 | We should not expect three classes of behaviour corresponding to the three processes of adaptation . |
| 3 | However , direct coercive sanctions require continuous effort , and may in fact be a rather brittle form of social control , so we should not expect dominant groups in different societies to rely wholly and simply on such crude means of retaining their power and privilege , especially where their position has long been entrenched . |
| 4 | The representation is , of course , implicit and we would not expect any child to be able to state explicitly the phrase structure rules and transformations generating the sentences of his language . |
| 5 | But we can not expect any Psalm reflecting the years of oppression and revolt to be exactly comparable with the situation described from a later point of view in the Books of Maccabees ; and if we can not use the Books of Maccabees in this way any certain terms of comparison are lacking altogether . |
| 6 | In retirement we must achieve a state of calm , for we can not expect large segments of our lives to be filled with ecstasy . |
| 7 | We can not expect judicial interpretation to unravel the judicial knots … ’ |