Example sentences of "not expect [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had not expected colonial argot from such a source . |
| 2 | It was humiliating , and she had not expected that kind of reaction from him . |
| 3 | She had accepted that she could not help loving him , but she had not expected this result . |
| 4 | The idea that the colonies might be told to go their own way was not considered ; an administrative system was set up to make sure that the King 's orders were obeyed on the far side of the Atlantic as much as in the more distant parts of the British Isles — it was realized that he could not expect complete obedience , and in some respects the system was losing its impetus even by the beginning of the eighteenth century , but the shift from the Greek pattern of virtual independence to the Roman pattern of general obedience in the colonies had been made and there was no reason to think it would be reversed . |
| 5 | One can not prove a personal judgment of this kind , and I do not expect immediate assent to it . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | He was less severe with me than he would have been normally , but I saw I could not expect great leniency from him . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Love Virgos involved in a new relationship should not expect much progress until at least early December . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Although a company can not expect all staff offered transfers to other parts of the country to accept them , it can take steps to improve employees ' attitudes towards relocation . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | We should not expect that research will come up with recipes and remedies which will work whatever the circumstances . |
| 15 | Complaints about government appointments or policies could only be met by Law with the barren reply that the party could not expect total control and that in coalition such things must happen — which is just what the critics were saying too . |
| 16 | Another implication of ( 16 ) , or ( 15 ) , is that , apart from questioning the adjective , the language would also provide a means to question the noun phrase alone while " leaving behind " the predicate qualifier ( even though one might not expect such questions to be particularly common in practice ) , and in fact such questions are perfectly grammatical : ( 21 ) who(m) did he paint seated ? what did he send registered ? |
| 17 | Even so we do not expect such spells to lead to permanent changes in our lifestyle . |
| 18 | I did not expect such kindness … |
| 19 | The West should not expect outstanding interest to be paid off before 1993 . |
| 20 | But do not expect American protectionists to give up : next year , as domestic demand revives , the deficit will surely widen again . |
| 21 | We can not expect judicial interpretation to unravel the judicial knots … ’ |
| 22 | You can not expect public support if you do not have the support of your own ministers . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | I did not expect another career , since I felt that I had already had one , but in the event I found not only that , but a fascinating path through life that my original naval calling could not possibly have produced . |
| 25 | We must consequently not expect Greek callers at Palestinian ports to go up to Jerusalem for the pleasure of observing Jewish festivals . |
| 26 | When Qaddafi abolished the state he did not expect Libyan society to collapse into fragments . |
| 27 | Independently , she and the other directors do not expect potential clients to start making firm decisions before the end of the year . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | Do not expect these wines to taste like champagne . |