Example sentences of "[noun] [modal v] expect little [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sukarno and his associates could expect little sympathy from the returning Allies ; surely then the Dutch would be restored ? |
| 2 | In the case of a contested bid the offeror can expect little co-operation from the target or its directors . |
| 3 | This will be particularly important in relation to contested takeovers where the offeror can expect little co-operation from the board of the target . |
| 4 | But gipsies and travellers can expect little support fromk Tory MPs whop maintain the nusiance and distress to local communties must be stopped . |
| 5 | This reading of silences depends on the argument that the companionate ideal of marriage developed first among the privileged classes , and that in the eighteenth century lower class women could expect little affection in marriage . |