Example sentences of "[pron] can [adv] expect [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I readily acknowledge that I can not expect definitive statements from the Minister when the answers given by his ministerial colleagues , who have greater legal experience than the Minister and I possess , are , to say the least , somewhat circumspect . |
| 2 | You can not expect public support if you do not have the support of your own ministers . |
| 3 | But you can not expect another to carry out a task if he or she is constantly being observed by someone else . |
| 4 | It must be emphasised that you can not expect any financial support from the University . |
| 5 | ‘ The bad is that we can not expect sharp short term demand recovery , certainly not recovery pulled through by exports ’ , he explained . |
| 6 | But we can not expect any Psalm reflecting the years of oppression and revolt to be exactly comparable with the situation described from a later point of view in the Books of Maccabees ; and if we can not use the Books of Maccabees in this way any certain terms of comparison are lacking altogether . |
| 7 | This new world will also be one in which we can not expect any new carrier to be able to enter the airline market to any competitive extent owing to lack of the large resources required . |
| 8 | In retirement we must achieve a state of calm , for we can not expect large segments of our lives to be filled with ecstasy . |
| 9 | We can not expect judicial interpretation to unravel the judicial knots … ’ |
| 10 | From the heat death of our Universe we can therefore expect another universe to spring . |
| 11 | Such a thing is certainly not to be found on this earth ; yet those who pick to pieces the open texture or verbal infelicities of an international Convention rarely pause to consider how , when legislation prepared in a single legal system is generally so verbose , obscure , and generally badly drafted , one can reasonably expect more of the product of many hands drawn from widely differing legal systems with different cultures , legal structures , and methods of legal reasoning and decision-making , entailing maximum flexibility , co-operation , and compromise . |
| 12 | So not every teacher was one hundred per cent successful with mixed ability teaching , but I do n't think one can ever expect that with a new method and I think now that the system has been running for a number of years in the school that it 's possible for each department to support new members of staff and introduce them to the appropriate methods and approaches to mixed ability classes . |
| 13 | So , not every teacher was one hundred per cent successful with mixed ability teaching , but I do n't think one can ever expect that with a new method . |
| 14 | If he condemns people who are outperforming his members , he can hardly expect much respect for their standards . |