Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] [adv] expect [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | 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 . |
| 32 | In retirement we must achieve a state of calm , for we can not expect large segments of our lives to be filled with ecstasy . |
| 33 | We can not expect judicial interpretation to unravel the judicial knots … ’ |
| 34 | From the heat death of our Universe we can therefore expect another universe to spring . |
| 35 | They 'll hardly expect separate cards from the two of us , though since you 're likely to be sending them one it would n't hurt to add my name to yours . |
| 36 | ‘ Then he 'll surely expect some sort of explanation from me , ’ Harry said quietly . |
| 37 | The idea that the colonies might be told to go their own way was not considered ; an administrative system was set up to make sure that the King 's orders were obeyed on the far side of the Atlantic as much as in the more distant parts of the British Isles — it was realized that he could not expect complete obedience , and in some respects the system was losing its impetus even by the beginning of the eighteenth century , but the shift from the Greek pattern of virtual independence to the Roman pattern of general obedience in the colonies had been made and there was no reason to think it would be reversed . |
| 38 | Besides its low-profile Object Group Common Object Request Broker Architecture-compliant Application Control Architecture Service application integration scheme , it thinks that COSE might like Habitat , its technology for enabling an operating system to take on the personality of another as it does with Unix System V.4 on its OSF/1 system — and it would n't expect fellow COSEs to implement it right away . |
| 39 | It would n't expect fellow COSEs to implement it right away . |
| 40 | But he ca n't expect any help form the Borough Council . |
| 41 | If he condemns people who are outperforming his members , he can hardly expect much respect for their standards . |