Example sentences of "[verb] not expect the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since the Soviet Union had no forces in the region , or only token forces in the 1950s and 1960s it is likely that Soviet leaders did not expect the Western allies to take these early proposals altogether seriously . |
| 2 | Although Sir Campbell did not expect the strong sales growth of the first half to continue , he anticipated satisfactory results for the full year . |
| 3 | He was certainly not one of the ‘ tame ’ scholars and did not expect the young people to be so . |
| 4 | Pierce took the logical view that he did not expect the All Black selectors to be interested in him again . |
| 5 | Managers did not expect the two pieces of equipment would compete with each other . |
| 6 | He did not expect the French empire to be reconstituted at the end of the war . |
| 7 | Whilst we did not expect the same standard of play we should have expected something better . |
| 8 | It is clear from our analysis in the previous section that we do not expect the strange invariant set produced at r 13.926 to be stable and we do not expect it to show up in numerical simulations ; the behaviour described in ( 2 ) and ( 3 ) above ( r } 13.926 ) can not be predicted from the purely local analysis . |
| 9 | They do not expect the medical profession to be disinterested , and are disappointed if it does not provide advice and support . |
| 10 | However , I do not expect the full effect to be felt until next year , when I am sure we can expect a megaseller each month . |
| 11 | We had not expected the Prime Minister to look at her watch and say , ‘ I see it 's only eleven , so we have half an hour in hand . |
| 12 | I had not expected the twentieth century to show such a steep decline both in numbers and in quality , though I was less surprised to see the cultural importance of the nineteenth century . |
| 13 | Memorex reported a $120m net loss for the nine months to December and the New York rating agency says that it does not expect the fourth quarter net outturn to be much better . |
| 14 | Looking further ahead to the mid-1990s , the [ Mt does not expect the three big economies ' external imbalances to change as a percentage of GNP — in dollar terms they will rise-assuming economic policies and exchange rates stay the same . |
| 15 | Well , she 'd been warned not to expect the welcome mat , Sabine thought , as she drove under the arch . |