Example sentences of "[vb base] [not/n't] expect [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , try not to expect unrealistic changes . |
| 2 | But do not expect much new philosophy from the present government . |
| 3 | I am a woman , and also a writer who has used up her allotment of renown during her own lifetime ; and on those two grounds I do not expect much pity , or much understanding , from posterity . |
| 4 | I do not expect much joy from the Minister tonight , but I give warning that , for the time I remain on these Benches , with the label on which I came here eight and a half years ago — as a Labour Member of Parliament , albeit a Member who has a label beneath his name on the TV as an expelled Labour Member — I shall bring before the House the necessary measures not just to talk about the death of the poll tax but to bury it once and for all . |
| 5 | Although we predict that many of these sites are DNA-PK phosphorylation sites , we do not expect all Ser-Gln motifs to serve as DNA-PK recognition elements . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Even so we do not expect such spells to lead to permanent changes in our lifestyle . |
| 8 | Do not expect such a dramatic improvement on all of your reports but they will all benefit from a modest improvement . |
| 9 | One can not prove a personal judgment of this kind , and I do not expect immediate assent to it . |
| 10 | But do not expect American protectionists to give up : next year , as domestic demand revives , the deficit will surely widen again . |
| 11 | ‘ 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 . |
| 12 | Do not expect these wines to taste like champagne . |
| 13 | However , they do not expect any radical revision to emerge in the run-up to legislation . |
| 14 | Analysts do not expect any move for Ferranti until the radar contract is awarded , though one possible bidder — British Aerospace — has already ruled itself out . |
| 15 | Analysts do not expect any move for Ferranti until the radar contract is awarded , though one possible bidder — British Aerospace — has already ruled itself out . |
| 16 | We do not expect any component buying problem to be encountered by constructors of the Vehicle Watchdog . |
| 17 | Doubtless there will be no thanks for that and we do not expect any . |
| 18 | British space officials do not expect any major difficulties in finding the money for INTEGRAL , because ESA science programmes are paid out of the subscriptions of member states which are calculated several years in advance . |
| 19 | The patients realise this and they do not expect any effective help anymore : medicines , sutures , needles are all scarce or absent . |
| 20 | We do not expect any blowback . ’ |
| 21 | I do not expect any difficulty in getting approval for the larger sum , and can do that at the same time as tenders are to hand for acceptance , but it will remain important to contain the total project cost as far as possible . |
| 22 | Independently , she and the other directors do not expect potential clients to start making firm decisions before the end of the year . |
| 23 | Although they appear to have stabilised , we do not expect those markets to settle down until Spring next year particularly with the impact of a weak dollar . |
| 24 | Do n't expect chatty presenters on a comfy settee just yet . |
| 25 | Of course , I do n't expect all the little people reading it to attain the heights I have — and I mean , literally , the heights . |
| 26 | If you plan to take part in a risky sport like skin-diving or hang-gliding , do n't expect automatic cover . |
| 27 | Hungarian-born Mr Soros , 62 , told a London news conference : ‘ I do n't expect other people to make donations of this size . |
| 28 | The , councillor I am not passionate about getting rid of union representation , what I am passionate about is union members paying for their own representation , not me , not the people out there , if they want a full time union official let them pay for it but do n't expect other people to pick up the bill , it 's ludicrous er to er put that sort of money in our budget . |
| 29 | Everyone in the village is shocked , you do n't expect such things to happen in a quiet backwater . |
| 30 | Just in case you are thinking of shouting ‘ Help ’ as you run down the street , do n't expect immediate results . |