Example sentences of "expect little " in BNC.
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| 1 | For various reasons , we expected little of the sitting hen . |
| 2 | In seemed that the Minister expected little opposition in Parliament , where all MPs were members of TANU . |
| 3 | My master expected little response . |
| 4 | He simply stood still saying nothing until the cries died away , and then told them what they were waiting for , and that he expected little more fighting . |
| 5 | We expected little advertising support for the first effort in our new format but it came anyway on the strength of our description . |
| 6 | We expect little and get a lot . |
| 7 | He disapproves of bribery : ‘ Children do n't need to be saddled with the nagging aspirations of parents who expect little Johnny to do everything they did plus everything they did n't manage to do . ’ |
| 8 | Expect little and pressurised in personal of life , and give little . |
| 9 | Those caught in the ‘ genteel poverty trap ’ can expect little sympathy from people earning the national wage of £15,790 or less . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Young people in rural areas can expect little more than basic primary school education and the girls may not even receive that . |
| 12 | Sukarno and his associates could expect little sympathy from the returning Allies ; surely then the Dutch would be restored ? |
| 13 | Not only will the proposed reorganisation plunge local government into confusion and uncertainty for a number of years , during which we can expect little progress with the review and upgrading of old minerals permissions , but the resulting structure of small unitary authorities is very unlikely to deliver either the resources or the strategic perspective required to implement the proposed review . |
| 14 | Sentencing the three men on Aug. 28 , he said that the offence had been an attack on the integrity of the stock market , and that he wished " to send a clear message that those who seek commercial advantage by acting dishonestly … can expect little mercy from the courts " . |
| 15 | In the case of a contested bid the offeror can expect little co-operation from the target or its directors . |
| 16 | This will be particularly important in relation to contested takeovers where the offeror can expect little co-operation from the board of the target . |
| 17 | But gipsies and travellers can expect little support fromk Tory MPs whop maintain the nusiance and distress to local communties must be stopped . |
| 18 | His lordship had called , indeed bellowed , so often over the last six months that George had come to expect little else . |
| 19 | Rightly or wrongly the patient expects little more than perhaps ten minutes of the doctor 's time . |