Example sentences of "[verb] not expect [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , try not to expect unrealistic changes . |
| 2 | Abolitionists did not expect immediate conversion by slaveholders ; it was not necessary in so far as they were sure planters could not for long resist the economic imperatives . |
| 3 | When Qaddafi abolished the state he did not expect Libyan society to collapse into fragments . |
| 4 | He did not expect domestic coal supplies to be insulated from world price trends — especially as government grants to the National Coal Board will have to rise over the next few years . |
| 5 | Do not expect instant results , especially if the baby has diarrhoea or colic — it may take up to two weeks for the baby 's digestive system to return to normal . |
| 6 | One can not prove a personal judgment of this kind , and I do not expect immediate assent to it . |
| 7 | But do not expect American protectionists to give up : next year , as domestic demand revives , the deficit will surely widen again . |
| 8 | Independently , she and the other directors do not expect potential clients to start making firm decisions before the end of the year . |
| 9 | He had not expected colonial argot from such a source . |
| 10 | Deutsche Bank Research says it does not expect northern EC members to revalue or devalue their currencies before the introduction of the single European currency . |