Example sentences of "[not/n't] expect [to-vb] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She knew that junior deacons in their second curacies , even if they came from distinguished clerical families , were not expected to make contributions uninvited when in the presence of very senior clergy . |
| 2 | As part of the preparation for this programme , which is not expected to commission projects until spring 1987 , a number of position papers have been written and conferences held . |
| 3 | During the meetings ministers were not expected to raise objections to decisions affecting other ministries , much less to challenge the chair . |
| 4 | The nobility , clergy and communes of the region were not expected to produce justifi-cations for their tenures , and there was no waving of rusty swords by irate tenants-in-chief ( as in England ) . |
| 5 | We can not expect to detect boundaries bottom-up , since there seem to be few reliable cues to word boundaries . |
| 6 | Other Japanese companies-Hitachi , Toshiba , Matsushita — have treated LC TVs more as a design exercise , and do not expect to market models for a while . |
| 7 | At that time the party seemed to have many of the characteristics of a party which did not expect to win elections : it had changed its leadership only a few weeks before the general election was called , Lansbury having resigned and been replaced by Attlee on a temporary basis ; and it suffered from a good deal of internal factionalism , and found its major policy demand — collective security through the League of Nations — ‘ scooped ’ by Stanley Baldwin , the Prime Minister . |
| 8 | Hewlett-Packard Co has seen off one of those contemptible shareholder class-action lawsuits : it was filed last August and alleged securities laws violations after the company said that it did not expect to meet analysts ' fiscal third quarter estimates ; the judge dismissed the case after Hewlett persuaded the plaintiffs that they were wasting their time and that of the court . |
| 9 | But we should be very careful not to expect to send troops all over the world . |
| 10 | If it had been a man and woman relationship you would think that was understandable but we are n't expected to have feelings ; if we do they 're a joke . ’ |
| 11 | The US Masters champion said : ‘ To be the best in the world you 've got to play around the world , but I do n't expect to see Americans playing over here . |
| 12 | As he 'd spent most of the day campaigning in an area where thousands of jobs have been lost in the defence industry , I asked him why he should n't expect to lose votes on that issue . |
| 13 | Kevin Dutton was unsure of the reaction he would get to his first unconventional portrait of a British comedian , he certainly did n't expect to find others demanding the same treatment . |
| 14 | You ca n't expect to change things overnight . |