Example sentences of "[pron] can 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 We can not expect Britain to influence the direction the Community takes in the next decade unless it is a full and enthusiastic member .
3 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 .
4 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 . ’
5 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 .
6 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 .
7 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 .
8 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 .
9 As with externalities , we can not expect markets to allocate resources efficiently if the markets do not exist in the first place .
10 We can not expect voters to leave their conscience behind them when they go to the polling booth .
11 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 .
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