Example sentences of "not [adv] expected " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the other hand , overt researchers are not only expected to ask questions that could seem impertinent coming from anyone else , but they might also find themselves sought out and given confidences that the believers want to share with a ‘ stranger ’ who has some understanding of their beliefs , but is not actually part of the official organisation . |
| 2 | for every legislative enactment constitutes a diktat by the state to the citizen which he is not only expected but obliged to observe in the regulation of his daily life and it is the judge and the judge alone who stands between the citizen and the state 's own interpretation of its own rules . |
| 3 | ‘ On that terrible night he showed devotion to duty at a level not only expected by the London Fire Brigade and the public , but well beyond it . ’ |
| 4 | And if they are to develop critical abilities , and to see their work in a wider perspective , that too must be built into the curriculum and not just expected to happen . |
| 5 | Conveyancers are not normally expected to act as negotiators and , if estate agents are involved , it is important to make certain that they have fully and finally settled the price , both for the legal estate in the property and for any extras , such as fixtures and fittings , or even any chattels that might be left at the property . |
| 6 | A vice is a bad habit or some kind of strange temperament in a horse or pony not normally expected which renders it — dangerous , or less useful or liable to decline in health . |
| 7 | Their manager 's distress on hearing the draw could have something to do with the fact that Messiahs are not usually expected to rework old miracles . |
| 8 | Admittedly the Lord Treasurers were , until the appointment of Paulet in 1552 , unqualified noblemen ; but they were not usually expected to perform any serious duties . |
| 9 | The related business person 's turnover will be under the current registration threshold if ( broadly ) it is not over £36,600 in any of the last 12 calendar months and is not reasonably expected to exceed that amount in the next 30 days from any time ( VAT Act 1983 , Sch 1 , para 1(1) ) . |
| 10 | The OSF/1 Unix will also aim for high security ( B-1 level ) , but it is not now expected to appear before November 1990 . |
| 11 | Tough , fit , not in the least prone to injury and highly consistent in his performances , Cross was the epitome of the ideal player , and he was versatile too , in a time when this was not really expected of a footballer , for he moved across to right-back after the signing of Scotsman Bobby Orr , who much preferred to play at number three , in 1927 . |
| 12 | Although George had written to Tamar to tell her of Edward 's christening , he had not really expected her and Stephen to make the long journey from Thorsbury . |
| 13 | In that case an aggressive demand defeats its own purpose for the use of aggression to ensure compliance suggests that compliance is not really expected . |
| 14 | From this he showed that they could be temporarily fooled into changing real output by nominal spending movements , the effects of which on prices they had not fully expected . |
| 15 | Continued implementation of community care , and making sure that we do carry on developing it , ensuring that people have the choice is going to be an important part of the agreement , and it 's also important that the joint finance , or some , some joint finance is kept as er , work for community care so that we are able to respond to er , events that turn up that are n't necessarily expected . |
| 16 | She had n't really expected to see him at the funeral , though she had looked forward to the possibility with unseemly excitement considering the solemnity of the occasion . |
| 17 | I have known turnstones all my life as common winter visitors to the coastal areas of Britain , and I have seen them on their breeding-grounds in Lapland and in Spitsbergen , but I had n't really expected to find that they were ‘ bird-table ’ visitors in the Seychelles . |
| 18 | We had been wakened as on my first morning by the hideous 6 a.m. clattering of dustbin lids ; I had n't really expected a bugle but I found this noise intolerable . |
| 19 | When he did n't she told herself she had n't really expected any and actually preferred it this way . |
| 20 | Jessamy had n't really expected he would . |
| 21 | She had n't really expected to , she realised . |
| 22 | He had n't really expected to actually see Mrs Constantine ; she was gaining a rather eccentric reputation . |
| 23 | With a wide , delighted smile , because she had n't really expected ever to see him again , she teased , ‘ Are you following me ? ’ |
| 24 | ‘ Most women do n't object to dressing up sometimes , as long as it is n't routinely expected of them . ’ |