Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] not expect [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Independently , she and the other directors do not expect potential clients to start making firm decisions before the end of the year . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | The Commission does not expect any dramatic changes in this pattern , except for an increase in the currently low activity rates of women accompanying migrant male workers . |
| 5 | In ( 2 ) , for instance , the idea of unmanly seems to correspond to what caused the person represented as the support of the infinitive to perform the action of treating a woman badly , and the sentence suggests that the speaker did not expect such unmanly behaviour from the person he is addressing . |
| 6 | Lisa had not expected that of him . |
| 7 | A downturn is expected in 1993 since activity is anticipated to be lower as the company does not expect these contracts to be repeated . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Although ready for a shock , Charity had not expected this particular one . |
| 11 | John had not expected such an overwhelming response , and as not even the Ballroom itself could contain such large numbers , he took them all outside into the street to make his selection . |