Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] not expect [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I tell you this because I know that I can not expect trust if I do not give it . |
| 2 | She would not expect Rachaela to be home in any case and always had her lunch and tea with Emma . |
| 3 | We may not expect consumer behaviour , right , to be the same at all prices and quantities basically but er , nevertheless , you will probably see more linear demand curves than nonlinear ones because they are somewhat simpler . |
| 4 | Given those characteristics we should not expect BBC and ITV viewers to be influenced in different ways . |
| 5 | The imagination must be fed ; we should not expect children to go on drawing from imagination or memory without directing his attention to the things he does and sees , and tries to imagine . |
| 6 | We can not expect Britain to influence the direction the Community takes in the next decade unless it is a full and enthusiastic member . |
| 7 | We can not expect teachers of science , history of geography to accept that they need to know about , say , the nature of language or the multiplicity of its functions , unless we can show how the need for this knowledge derives — by a chain of relevance sufficiently direct to be convincing — from their own search for greater pedagogic effectiveness . |
| 8 | Here the modest claim is made that without the social services , a section of the population will be permanently unemployed because in advanced industrial societies ‘ we can not expect industry to create many extra jobs because of the speed of technical change and job-saving investment . ’ |
| 9 | We have come to appreciate that we can not expect children to live by our adult standards too early , or too quickly , without doing them harm ; but nor should we expect them to socialize themselves . |
| 10 | Of course we can not expect linguists , text critics or publishers to explain to us how best to interpret , mark and process those classically ambiguous phrases which are now the stock and trade of historical data modelling exercises . |
| 11 | We can not expect pupils to learn the sophistication necessary for handling difficult concepts if we constantly draw a veil over them and shut pupils off from the real debate . |
| 12 | Hence we can not expect markets and prices to ensure that the marginal benefits of making a noise are equated to the marginal cost of that noise to other people . |
| 13 | As with externalities , we can not expect markets to allocate resources efficiently if the markets do not exist in the first place . |
| 14 | We can not expect voters to leave their conscience behind them when they go to the polling booth . |
| 15 | As a well-known republican who had twice taken arms against Britain he could not expect clemency , and he was shot by a firing squad in Kilmainham gaol 5 May 1916 . |
| 16 | He will not expect miracles , only a reasonable standard of proficiency . |
| 17 | And if a man permits his personal belief to distort , alter or transform historical fact , he can not expect others , whether or not they share his belief , to condone the process . |